Which car to buy?

hewhoisnotintheknow

buy her a moped

Locoblade

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

buy her a moped

How many times are you going to say basically the same (unhelpful) thing in one thread? :rolleyes:

Personally I'd look at something like an early Mk2 Ford Focus or 2/3 year old Mondeo. Big old cars like the Lexus are nice, but they're going to cost a lot more to insure, run and keep maintained than a run of the mill family hatch, and if something big goes wrong then you're looking at really big bills.

A few examples of what you could get for £5k:
with a bit of haggling
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/FORD+FOCUS/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-64-67-103-133-146-236,N-20-63-112-143-240-4294967193-4294967194/advert.action?R=200844321996070&distance=195&postcode=gu35+0rn&channel=CARS&make=FORD&model=FOCUS&min_pr=&max_pr=6000&max_mileage=
This would still be under Ford warranty for about a year!
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/FORD+MONDEO/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-64-67-103-133-146-236,N-19-63-112-143-240-4294967084-4294967194/advert.action?R=200844322271654&distance=39&postcode=gu35+0rn&channel=CARS&make=FORD&model=MONDEO&min_pr=&max_pr=5000&max_mileage=

GDB2222

I think road tax will be okay for lexus cars registered pre-2001, but for later cars the road tax is going to be a major expense.

Locoblade

Yup, but pre 2001 is getting on for 8 years old, and at the end of the day its an ageing £30-40k car which is never going to be as cheap to maintain as a more modern mainstream car with less miles etc, especially if you need to pay a garage to do the work.

GDB2222

That saxo film is shocking.

GDB2222

Ukuser wrote: »

hi

road tax is £210 for a year

Insurance is £500 fully comp for me ( age 30, 1 years NCB)

Not too sure about mercedes - personally i think they are not as good as they used to be

why not have alook on the lexus owners club

Road tax on the Lexus is going to be £430 next year, £455 in 2010.

AdrianHi

GDB2222 wrote: »

Road tax on the Lexus is going to be £430 next year, £455 in 2010.

Oh no it isn't!!! A bit of a U-turn on this one:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/3429019/Labour-U-turn-on-car-tax-rises.html

GDB2222

AdrianHi wrote: »

Oh no it isn't!!! A bit of a U-turn on this one:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/3429019/Labour-U-turn-on-car-tax-rises.html

Thanks for that. It's d*mn hard to keep up to date on this stuff!

lauren_1

An agila? or failing that make her use a taxi.

2 accidents in 6 years is not a good record despite what you say.

MrsE_2

anewman wrote: »

Buy her one of these and show her this video posted by someone else on here recently. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M3FdnWU5ecg She won't want to crash in one of those

How about getting the roadcraft book?

This is mine

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=itHjjWJegpM

& comments are saying how good it is:eek:

What speed are those impacts?