Where to look?

K_and_N

Hi,

Having looked around for a week or so, we have decided to spend more than we've planned before. So the budget is now £3000.

And this is what we'd like to have;

VW golf/Polo/Toyota Yaris
Mileage up to 50k
Age: 2001 onwards
5 doors manual

We searched autotrader, ebay and gumtree. Can anyone advise where else to look? It's been really difficult to find one and whenever we find something, it's gone when we made query. Are we not realistic in our criteria?:o

Should we just go to a local dealer? We live in South London (zone 4) and I think it's generally more expensive down here.

Thanks.

TiTheRev

215 found on Autotrader?

10JH

Try

https://www.pistonheads.com

It's fairly active and has a lot less rubbish in that autotrader!

jd82

This sort of car is extremely over priced at the moment. You won't find any value in the used market. I ended up buying a brand new car because the idea of paying £5k for a 3 year old Fiesta seemed nuts.

Harry_Flashman

There should be loads that easily fit the OP's criteria though.

jd82

Harry_Flashman wrote: »

There should be loads that easily fit the OP's criteria though.

Providing the OP realises these cars are over priced at the moment

Hintza

Pick that one up for £1,500 +/-

http://www.copart.co.uk/c2/homeSearch.html?_eventId=getLot&execution=e1s3&lotId=14203480&returnPage=SEARCH_RESULTS

bigbulldog

I was in the same boat with a budget of upto £3k towards a VW Golf,but unless it had moon mileage ie 75000 plus and loads of previous owners there was not a hope in hell as anything really nice was way over priced however having said that I did manage to pick up a 2002 golf 2lt se with only 17,200 miles one owner,but it was a cabrio and really wanted a tin top.

Be patient and you will find something that fits the bill.:)

K_and_N

Hi All,

Thank you for your posts here.

We finally managed to get a 1.2 Polo 52 reg at just under 47k mileage for £2700. Were really pleased with it until the "exhaust emission warning lamp" lights up yesterday whilst driving on mortorway...:(

Hoping it won't cost us too much to fix it.

K & N

tomstickland

I found loads of Ford Focii on Auotrader for £3K the other day.

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K_and_N wrote: »

Hi All,

Thank you for your posts here.

We finally managed to get a 1.2 Polo 52 reg at just under 47k mileage for £2700. Were really pleased with it until the "exhaust emission warning lamp" lights up yesterday whilst driving on mortorway...:(

Hoping it won't cost us too much to fix it.

K & N

Run some Redex through the system?