Ibiza or Fiesta? Advice? Buying tips?

ahillsy

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

You will need lots of vw parts too, awful unreliable heaps.

The reliability is from a by gone age, they are living off their past reputation, just take a look at the reliability stats, awful

Just a bit of a generalisation there!

As I said a bit further up, my Ibiza was the most reliable car I'd ever owned (followed on from a Peugeot 106 that was OK, a 306 that would cut out randomly and an MG that started leaking via the roof after 9 months from new and felt stuck together with sticky tape). So much so I decided to stay with VAG and hopped over to Skoda (who come in 8th in this reliability study: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7865945/Japanese-manufacturers-top-car-reliability-poll.html)

Jap cars are renowned for their reliability as demonstrated by their dominance in there.

Kilty_2

steveandel wrote: »

Does the Fabia still have that ridiculous hydraulic clutch which was fitted to the previous model? I hated driving it purely because of that. Oh and the skoda jokes

Felt exactly the same as the Polo's clutch. Probably the same VW part.

:rotfl: at wanting something "exciting" and "not middle aged looking" when buying a bloody supermini.

Pandora_Peroxide

Kilty wrote: »

Felt exactly the same as the Polo's clutch. Probably the same VW part.

:rotfl: at wanting something "exciting" and "not middle aged looking" when buying a bloody supermini.

I don't recall saying exciting and in my opinion fabia's look middle aged whereas some superminis do not. Glad my request for advice amused you so.

Pandora_Peroxide

I bought a Fiesta at the end of a weekend trawling round dealerships. Decided the Ibiza wasn't for me. I went to several dealersips and looked at several brokers and other dealer websites. I fixed on a deal which was less than my personal target price. In fact I got a broker price beaten by £100, a spare wheel and a tank of fuel. Some dealers were more willing to negotiate than others even within the same chain.

TiTheRev

That's because every car has different margins. One car can have been bought for 5k and needed £1000 work doing to it to make it warranty-able, but another may be part-ex'd for 5k and be fine, so straight away you have £1000 more negotation as they will invariably have the same forecourt value.

I hope the Ford serves you well, but IMHO feel you've made the wrong choice there...

johnnyroper

TiTheRev wrote: »

That's because every car has different margins. One car can have been bought for 5k and needed £1000 work doing to it to make it warranty-able, but another may be part-ex'd for 5k and be fine, so straight away you have £1000 more negotation as they will invariably have the same forecourt value.

I hope the Ford serves you well, but IMHO feel you've made the wrong choice there...

well she has not made the wrong choice she has made the choice that best suites her.
just because you work for VAG dealer does not mean anyone who chooses not to have a VAG built car makes the incorrect decision.
i am not a ford fan myself and personally would not buy one but that would not mean i think anyone who does is making the wrong decision.

the op states she has got a good deal and also the fact she has a ford dealer close where as she does not have a close by seat dealer makes it a good choice for her needs/wants.

Pandora_Peroxide

TiTheRev wrote: »

That's because every car has different margins. One car can have been bought for 5k and needed £1000 work doing to it to make it warranty-able, but another may be part-ex'd for 5k and be fine, so straight away you have £1000 more negotation as they will invariably have the same forecourt value.

I hope the Ford serves you well, but IMHO feel you've made the wrong choice there...

Well as the car is new I would hope it needs no work!

I'm changing from one Ford to another and my husband has owned 3 Fiestas so we are happy with the quality.

Plus any parts are cheaper than those from VW group (used to have a Polo).

TiTheRev

Pandora_Peroxide wrote: »

Plus any parts are cheaper than those from VW group (used to have a Polo).

...but you'll need less new parts on a Polo than Fiesta

It was only my humble opinion, and as I said in the post, I hope it works out for you. The example of the different costs was for 2nd hand or part-ex's, and all new cars have the same cost, so shouldn't be much different at Retail