Cars?

[iCraig]

Right basically I am considering hanging up my biking gloves for a while, and getting a car.

I am at the moment doing lessons which are going quite well, having had 6 years of riding under my built has kinda put me in good stead.

But my question is what first car would people go for?

I am looking at cars under £1000, only requirements are it must be under 1549cc to qualify for cheap tax cos I resent paying £175 for a round bit of paper! It must be cheap to insure, and run. And be fairly easy to fix as I shall be working on it myself alot.

I have been looking at Ford Escorts and such like and wondered what people suggested really.

[MRX Steve]

If you want some thing super cheap you could get the 1.0 12v vauxhall corsa.
It gets about 50mpg on fuel and is only a group 1 insurance, perfect first car, faster than most 1.0 cars too
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[Robby]

As much as I hate them, at that sort of money some of the 1400cc rovers could be an idea. You're a biker, so probably fairly used to doing weekly checks, which they would need.
But, with some of them you get a fair bit of car for the money, and economy is meant to be good.

[Finglonga]

If you want Uber cheap then go for Ford Escort or Festa, cheap as chips to buy and cheaper then a Kebab to fix if they ever go wrong.

Depends if you want it for posing or just as a mode of transport.https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/finglonga/Finglonga%20Inc/ne_nau.gif
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[iCraig]

[iCraig]

[Robby]

No problem with the rover parts situation, it was sold off long before rover folded and is still going strong. Think Xpart run it.

Have a look on autotrader, you might find a 45 in your budget.

[Dom_]

Rover 1400 engines are awful, ticking time bombs.

My stepmums head gasket went at 45k, and she never takes the car above 3k rpm.
A lad i know with an MG version 1.4, blew the engine up and had to have a replacement.
Out of 2 i know, 2 are shite.

Don't know what else you could get within that budget, but i'd certainly steer clear of rover.

[Ste]

I got a Renault Megane 1.4 after passing me test, the only things I could find cheaper to insure be a Fiat Cinquecento or a 2CV. No complains about it other than it's French.

Wanna buy one? reliable, paintwork all very tidy, MOT & tax, 4 new tyres (changed a couple of thousand miles ago), one careful lady owner (before me), it'll never let you down, includes hayes manual incase it ever does (which it wont), ~68k miles. £1k delivered

[ram_doom]

Fiat cinquecento, cheap, newer than similarly priced hatches, and whatever you do to them or drive them into, they somehow keep going
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[LustyLew]

[Rob-B]

Get a VW Polo

[RickHolt]

I passed my test last year but still haven't got a car. There's just no where to park one when I come to Bradford.

My mate wants me to buy a 2CV to go to Sweden next year. They're supposed to be really reliable and cheap. Possibly one of the worst looking cars you could buy though. They do have their own racing league, rallies all over the world and loads of parts on ebay though.

Might be worth you looking at vans or cars that most young people don't drive. You might find some really powerful old mans car with loads of storage space that's cheaper to insure than a punto.

If anyone else on here has a 2CV, or knows anything about endurance style driving events PM me please It's about the only thing I'd want a car for.

[LustyLew]

2CV's rock, but I'm not sure if in a good way.

They certainly an induvidual car. If I lived by the coast, I'd have one for a summer run around.

I recall one of the Gumball rallies someone had one and it made it back again!

Oh, they're not cheap!!
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[Finglonga]

[LustyLew]

Don't mock my jacket, it's very fetching I'll have you know!
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