1st Car

butterflylady

Evening All,

At the grand old age of 29, I have past my driving test :j:j, something which I always said I would never do but there you go!!

So I'm now looking for a first car, if it was only me to worry about I would have an old mini, always for some weird uncomfortable reason they have been my dream car!!

However I have a 4 year old DS and an 14 month old DD, so I need something safe and will for the time being fit a pushchair in the boot.

I have up to £5,000 to spend, would like something reliable and cheap to insurance.

So I would like some advice on which car might be suitable,

Thank you for your help

Butterfly

xx

astgte

You could maybe just get behind the wheel of a Hyundai i30, good spacious car without being huge, know several who have them and they are cheap to run and feel very good to drive, modern luxuries and decent warranty, think you would even have a year or so left in a 2007 one.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

main things to look for,

insurance class (group 1-50) i would say stay within a groups 1-6

security, what security does it have? factory fitted or thachem catagorised (latter being a discount on the insurance).

affordability, tax, service, parts, fuel.

space, take a pram on your hunt, with your babyseat, make sure the babyseat can be fitted securly and properly and you can get the pram in the boot with baby bags.

take someone who knows about cars mechanic friend, look at the paperwork properly, and ask the dealer for a copy of the HPI report take note of the date on the HPI report this will be when it was taken in roughly and how long he has had it. if they want you to pay for one, dont pay for their go away get online and search for a reputable HPI company, check service book, against the mileage of the car, it may shortly be due a mojour or minor service majour being timing belt waterpump as well as oil air fuel and plugs latter being minus the timing belt and plugs, see if has gone past that and not been done this may have an impact on any manufacturers warrenty and a hagling point on what you can have done like full service inc Tbelts etc included in you hagled price.

anyone experienced to go on the insurance with you to reduce you premium as named driver? can bring down you policy. do not be tempted to put someone else as main driver and you named driver its call fronting and illegal.

appart from that you can only decide what cars to go for, stay away from pugs ,citroens, renaults, if your going to do loads of short trips dont get a diesel fitted with a diesel particulate filter google DMF and find out what problems can arise from short trips with theses on a car.

s_b

personally if pushchair fits in boot i would buy a panda
for all the right reasons

oldtoolie

Honda Jazz or a Nissan Note might suit. Japanese reliability and roomy for the size. Or Skoda Roomster? Seat Altea? Honda would be first choice for me.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

oldtoolie wrote: »

Honda Jazz or a Nissan Note might suit. Japanese reliability and roomy for the size. Or Skoda Roomster? Seat Altea? Honda would be first choice for me.

the jazz is a good car if you want a good MPG but falls short of cheapest tax brackets due to its co2 output. 1.2 is about £98 and rises with engine size. its basic as styling go for the interior and the seats can be bum numbing on long hauls, produces a fair amount of roadnoise at motorway level. can be an expensive car to repair if its damaged body wise (ive repaired one) wing mirrors are large and not cheap, bumpers are good though dent them in easily removed with a few screws and heat rear bumper plastic with heatgun on low heat for a few seconds to a minate then push dent from reveres of bumper with a cloth so dont burn hand returns to almost perfect shape.

servicing is one of the cheapest hondas to service.

Mr_Smith_3

Congratulations! I guess you're never too old to learn