This silver saver wants to downsize to small car.

fitzroy

I want to cut motoring costs by downsizing to a smaller 2 door car with cheapest road tax available. I'm particularly keen to hear from any silver savers out there who have recently bought a new car and are happy with it? I'll be driving in semi-urban area and very limited motorway trips.

I love my automatic; are there any smaller cars with automatic transmission? I googled and found Fiat Duologic but know nothing about it and reviews I've read are not written by "silver savers" - if you know what I mean

My current car is 5 years old so I'm not familiar with what's on the market and I keep hearing about certain makes of car being recalled which is worrying and which I'd wish to avoid!

Errata

After discussing the pros and cons of a Citroen C1 on the motoring boarf, I bought one with 10k on the clock and it's a little gem. It's used for both town and a bit of motorway, does 60 to the gallon with £20 road tax.
HTH

fitzroy

Thanks for speedy reply and I'll google Citroen for info. What are the servicing costs like? Is your's a manual or automatic?

Errata

A manual. No idea on the servicing costs, although the dealer offered me a monthly payment plan to cover them which from memory was around £12pm.
The Citroen C1 is exactly the same as the Peugot (something) and the Japanese something. Only the badge is changed to protect the innocent. HTH

Savvy_Sue

The Toyota Yaris comes in an automatic version, don't know about a two door version. We get on well with ours.

However, before you commit to two doors, please think a bit about the practicalities. If you EVER take a fellow Silver Saver in the back, life can get interesting. I'm by no means immobile, but I am quite tall: my friend has a little two door car and getting me in and out of the back is fairly entertaining!

If you don't ever take passengers or much luggage, a friend had to get an automatic after a badly broken arm: I'm not sure what it is but it's small, and the roof can be folded down into the boot in fine weather! :rotfl:

carefullycautious

we downsized our car first to a nissan micra which was great, never gave us a moments problem but was a little too small in the boot.

We now have a Skoda Fabia diesal with low road tax 30 pound. This has also proved to be a really reliable car.

redmalc

I can confirm my Citroen C1 is absolutely brilliant 65 MPG and cheap tax and insurance and belief it or not it is still quick enough for most needs

scotsbob

I am sure that there are many reliable Citroen C1 cars out there. However, the model is known for being plagued by water leaks.

You can read an independent report here.

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/citroen/c1-2005/

NAR

My OH bought a Hyundai I10 a year ago and is well impressed with it. Low insurance, £30 tax and excellent mpg. Rear seats are "grandstand seats" which mean plenty of headroom for passengers in the rear.

Errata

goodgirl80 wrote: »

Is it an Aygo?

That's the one :beer: and the Peugot is the 107. All identical apart for the badge. More info here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/597532

zygurat789

Always check, with the registration document, the CO2 emissions. If you look at the way the previous, and maybe this, government plans for VED (RFT) you'll see why.
Also if you do not intend to cover many miles a diesel is unsuitable and although the emissions are low the dual-mass flywheel (in most diesls) is a real problem and costs magabucks to repair.