first time car advice

millwalll

im looking to buy my very first car can anyone give me advice on good ones to buy that cheap to insure and run. also does having power stearing and abs matter so much any advice would be very nice

also what you think a good price is for a first car ?

mercisa

Bought my first car last October a 10yr old fiat punto. Bought it from a car auction and cos you have to pay £108 auction fees I think paid over the odds total £958. It worked well for couple of months but had 2 trips to garage total £300. No power steering/ABS etc... but as first car was good enough. After 6 months felt confident enough to buy brand new car (toyota Aygo) and really notice the difference. Would not go back to such an old model, but think I made the right decision at the time. Good luck!

Midmac

I would recocomend a corsa. They are cheap to buy, cheap to insure, and very reliable and easy to fix

millwalll

hi i was thinking of a corsa but finding it really ahrd to find one that gto 3 doors and is a diesel they all seem to be petrol ones

also if i did buy a car without abs or airbags could i get them fitted

moonrakerz

Ford Ka - cheap to buy, cheap insurance, cheap bits, great fun to drive, roomy (not in the back !),power steering, airbag(s), a lot have a/c, all in all - a great first car.

ericthekidstoner

renault clio was a very good first car for me

have u got a rough budget? are you after a new or 2nd hand or banger?

fitting abs and airbag isn't worth it imho

Midmac

moonrakerz wrote:

Ford Ka - cheap to buy, cheap insurance, cheap bits, great fun to drive, roomy (not in the back !),power steering, airbag(s), a lot have a/c, all in all - a great first car.

Although extremely prone to rust quickly.

millwalll

yeah i dont really want spend alot for first ar so budget about £1000 and second hand one to start off then i can alway sell and get a new one after a while

moonrakerz

Midmac wrote:

Although extremely prone to rust quickly.

Wife's got one, daughter's got one - no rust anywhere !

trigger_mike

you won't get a ka with power steering for under £1000, you may get a fiesta for that on about a P-reg, make sure you get one with power steering as manual steering in them fiesta are quite heavy.
All try and get the 1.25 16v engine as it's cheap to insure and very fast, the 1.3 fiesta engine arn't great, they are guttless and very unrefinded and rattle a lot.

bingobango_3

I'd recommend a small car like the ones mentioned above to start with.