dan_m1les
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Registered: 8th May 06
Location: Burnham, Buckinghamshire
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Looking for a car that I can use for work basically, around £4000 mark, needs to be cheap on tax insurance etc, however I don't want an escort like some  
Any ideas? I've been looking at 1.2/1.4 polo's? Any thoughts/ideas are welcome.
I don't drive that far to work, actually around 3 miles... and I think the golf is getting a little tired now coming up to its 10th birthday. Also fed up of paying out a fair bit on tax/insurance/fuel, as would like to start tucking some more money away for a deposit on a flat.
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
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Clio DCI.
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Pete_vxl
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I had a 106 1.1 for 8 days between selling my gsi and getting my vec, i put £30 of petrol in it and i done around 400 miles in it and the red light light came on, on the way to trade it in.
Tax is cheap, insurance is cheap only problem i had was shite electrics. It cost me £350 so you would have plenty change.
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Russ
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just get a bike and save the 4k towards your deposit
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A2H GO
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I spent £2.5k on a Black 2005 Clio 1.2 woth 40k miles on the clock whilst i pay a few debts off.
Its done me proud for the last 6 months and really is cheap motoring, more than 100 miles to a tenner of fuel no matter how you drive it, cheap insurance, just flown through MOT, comfortable and nice to drive. Makes me wonder sometimes why i used to blow so much money on expensive performance cars.
[Edited on 17-11-2010 by A2H GO]
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fir3vip3r
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Why spend 4k, if you want a cheap and cheerful car?
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dan_m1les
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
just get a bike and save the 4k towards your deposit
I would however:
- If I move out I may be further away.
- The road to work is horrendously up hill and dangerous.
- I'd look like a nob on a bike wearing a suit mainly 
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
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Why not get a 2k runner instead of spending 4k and losing more on it?
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3CorsaMeal
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how is four thousand english pounds cheap & cheerful.
i spent a 1/10th of that and can overtake BMW and still launch the car off kerbs 
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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My mates got a 1.3 or 1.1 diesel 206, lovely little car, £35 Road Tax for the year, extremely cheap to insure and runs on smiles!
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
how is four thousand english pounds cheap & cheerful.
Agreed. It isn't.
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dan_m1les
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
how is four thousand english pounds cheap & cheerful.
Agreed. It isn't.
I'd say £4000 was cheap enough for a car to get to work and back in?
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alan-g-w
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... but why not save yourself 2 GRAND and get one that'll do exactly the same job for half the price?
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dan_m1les
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quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
... but why not save yourself 2 GRAND and get one that'll do exactly the same job for half the price?
£4000 was only the top end of my budget 
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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£4k just isn't a lot of peoples idea of a "cheapo car", especially since you could get a corsa for £50. Depends how cheap you want to go I suppose.
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pow
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If you really want cheap, got yourself a 106 1.5D, get a later one with PAS and electrics, does 60MPG all day long, cheap as fuck to run.
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by dan_m1les
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Originally posted by alan-g-w
... but why not save yourself 2 GRAND and get one that'll do exactly the same job for half the price?
£4000 was only the top end of my budget
You said you were looking for a car 'around the 4k mark', maybe just me but that sounded like you were intending on spending 4000.
Good shit if you do mate, I'm just saying you could get a pretty good runner for 1500 and spend the rest on loose women and drugs.
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scottyp1989
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TBH if you are only travveling that distance to work id get a moped or someting, bet you will only be using £5 fuel a week, tax is only £15
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Anty
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lupo?
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MarkSport
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there is a nice corsa van in classifieds, you would have £3k + in change aswell
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redtom
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Registered: 6th Oct 07
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306 1.9td will do the job nicely and tuck the rest away if your saving.
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3CorsaMeal
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5dr mk3 golf gti. that hasn't been abused. bargain if you get a decent one. not amazing by any means. but a wise buy imo
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
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2005 Corsa C 1.3 CDTI for 2k. Tax is £35 a year and insurance will be peanuts.
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noshua
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DIESEL? IT'S 3 MILES AWAY
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MarkM
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quote:
Originally posted by noshua
DIESEL? IT'S 3 MILES AWAY
If they are the same price why not a diesel? Will be more economical than an equivalent petrol plus the tax will be a LOT cheaper if you take my example.
Just because he doesn't do many miles doesn't mean he shouldn't go for a diesel.
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