can you recommend me a car for under 4500 pounds?

DianneB

I read loads of reviews and strongly agree with cyclonebri1. Brought a Megane yesterday because it looks good and suits me - only time will tell!!

life_in_termoil

opinions4u wrote: »

I have a very nice 07 Focus for sale at £6k - but I'm not allowed to plug that under the rules of the site, so won't mention that the OP or any other potential buyer can feel free to PM me if interested .

(It is the best car I've ever owned)!

sorry its over my budget lol


I have seen some ex police cars, 1 owner,1 years mot, full service history, granted they will of been ragged and the site doesnt tell you the mileage (probably high) but I was thinking that if anything had gone wrong on them they would of been put right.

freelander td4
2005-05 reg. diesel,ex police
£4,495


ford s max 2.5 zetec
2007-07 reg. 6 speed,ex police
£4,295


peugeot 407 2.0 hdi
2005-05 reg. 6 speed,ex police
£3,995


ford focus 1.6tdci estate
2006-56 reg. turbo diesel,ex police,
£3,895


Those are just some examples, but WOULD YOU BUY AN EX POLICE CAR?

benham3160

life_in_termoil wrote: »

sorry its over my budget lol
Those are just some examples, but WOULD YOU BUY AN EX POLICE CAR?

One half of me always says "YES" quite emphatically, cars that have been thrashed and serviced correctly and wanted for nothing are always the best to drive, and tend to last forever. Just remember to keep thrashing it occasionally.

Only problem is with these, (with a little experience of ambulance service vehicles) is that when the extra electronic gubbins are removed they generally are not removed with quite the same finesse they are fitted with....... Might end up chasing a few electrical gremlins, and the dashboards tend to look like swiss cheese.

Regards,
Andy

cyclonebri1

DianneB wrote: »

I read loads of reviews and strongly agree with cyclonebri1. Brought a Megane yesterday because it looks good and suits me - only time will tell!!

Mines a 55 plte estate, wife has had an 07 hatch for 2 years and my daughter has had an 04 hatch for 4years, all 1.5 diesels. If we had had any issues we wouldn't own 3. :TOther daughter had a 55 Scenic 2ltr petrol when she had the twins simply didn't like the people carrier image and heavy petrol usage, so that one went after 6 months, no issues with the car itself tho'

split_second

5 adults will fit in a focus as long as the ones in the back are under 6'

mondeo is a good bet, mazda etc

allan673

dont bother with ex police.
as above mentions most have had electrics played with, also they will be up on miles, shabby interiors, stickers removed etc the list goes on. i can never understand why people buy ex police cars?

focus, polo, golf, corolla, mazda 3, civic ???????

cyclonebri1

allan673 wrote: »

dont bother with ex police.
as above mentions most have had electrics played with, also they will be up on miles, shabby interiors, stickers removed etc the list goes on. i can never understand why people buy ex police cars?

focus, polo, golf, corolla, mazda 3, civic ???????

I could put up with all that, it's the goings on in the back seat that would put me off.
Only yesterday I pulled up in traffic opposite an ex police Puggy, I know because every removed sticker was sillouetted in the cars paintwork.:T

jimjames

vaio wrote: »

A4 maybe worth a look too

I had an A4 from 138,000 miles and ran it another 40k with no problems.

My recommendation would be a VW Golf mk4 TDI, it should be comfortably within your budget and in my view the mk4 is the best Golf VW made. The economy on the TDI is astounding and I'm now running my 4th one that has 160k on clock having covered 150,000 miles in total on the 4 cars with no real problems.

Had the current one for 18 months, bought for £3500 at 141k and other than exhaust have had no other problems in that time.