Looking to buy 1st car

NJG_2

Hi I'm looking to by my first car and am in desperate need of advice! I'm looking to spend between £1000 and £1500 on a used car for something nice a small for city/suburb driving and am so far looking at Fiat Punto's though ideally a VW Polo.


Can anyone lend some knowledge, it's all a bit to me...

goldspanners

NJG wrote: »

Hi I'm looking to by my first car and am in desperate need of advice! I'm looking to spend between £1000 and £1500 on a used car for something nice a small for city/suburb driving and am so far looking at Fiat Punto's though ideally a VW Polo.


Can anyone lend some knowledge, it's all a bit to me...

at that price range forget the punto if you do nothing else.
the polo will be a bit on the expensive side for insurance if you are a young driver.
what about fiestas or corsas?

before_hollywood

i'm a fiat forum member and anyone that chooses a punto deserves all the breakdowns that they get (many of them)

polo or micra, fiesta is ok but polo better built, better to drive and worth the extra if you can afford it

goldspanners

before_hollywood wrote: »

i'm a fiat forum member and anyone that chooses a punto deserves all the breakdowns that they get (many of them)

polo or micra, fiesta is ok but polo better built, better to drive and worth the extra if you can afford it

but be aware the polo is not without its faults either,but not as common or as mystifing as some of the faults you will get on a punto.

Pssst

Renault Clio ?

hemophobic

I am also looking for a car in your price range. I have been looking at renault clios, peugeot 106 and 306 and polos. Fiestas and micras are very reliable but ugly lol. I wanted a punto was advised not to.

NJG_2

I've seen the Punto's get very good reviews, are they really meant to be THAT unreliable? The original recommendation was a Ford Ka but that's meant to be horrendously unsafe in an accident.

Clio's, Corsa's and Micra's all seem to not be the safest of cars whereas the Punto seems to get a good rep on safety which to be honest is the biggest concern with a first car.

Would love a post '02 Fiesta or Polo but they seem to have held their value more than the others.

mrdunkleysexy

As the other posters suggested, corsa/fiesta/106/micra are probably your best bet

ALl the above like any other car have faults but their a lot easier to deal with by a mechanic plus the parts are cheap and easy to purchase anywhere than the the Fiat Punto which does have a lot more bad points than good, if you are swayed to get a fiat punto though make sure you have the red key...

a fiat punto without the red key can turn out too be a very espensive car if you loose a key

before_hollywood

goldspanners wrote: »

but be aware the polo is not without its faults either,but not as common or as mystifing as some of the faults you will get on a punto.

i know mate, a car is a lottery at the best of times, having said that i was warned off a citroen ax and owned it for 2 trouble free years and miss it to this day

before_hollywood

clio not all that great, nice enough to drive but reliability not that great and awful in an accident- my car was hit by one :eek: <- that was the owners face when he saw what happened to his car

ticklepenny_2

I had an R reg ford Fiesta when i learnt to drive...... then on a long straight bit of country road doing 50mph (limit was 60), swerved to avoid hitting a deeer which had just fumped down from a field...... I hit a tree.

I walked away with bruises... nastiest bruise was from the seat belt lol. All the hospital staff/ paramedics were amazed!

I have a special place in my heart for ford fiesta's after this!