2nd hand car for £2000

forgotmyname

The newer 1.6 focus will have similar or maybe worse fuel consumption than the 1.8 you have. Its heavier to start
with.

Spend £2000 on a car that will be an unknown quantity, When you can fix yours for £500 is not very money saving.

£2000 is the price i look for, I would quite happily buy a car with more miles than yours. I buy on condition not mileage.

I would rather buy a car a rep has cruised up and down the motorway for 150,000 miles than a 50,000 mile car a grandad has done
with journeys of less than 1 mile. With all them cold starts and short journey's.

I looked at a focus before i bought the mondeo, But found the mondeo to be more comfortable and cheaper.

£2000 gets you one 4 - 5 years old, Probably higher mileage than your thinking.

People still assume 100,000 is knackered.

Parva

Hate to say but I'm with the OP on this, get rid and move on. I had an Escort diesel (non-turbo) and it was a pig of a car. I won't bore everyone with the list of things that I had to have done on it (not least a snapped cambelt that Halfrauds admitted liability on and had to replace the engine top end) but there comes a point when you have to say that enough is enough.

I fully suspect that whoever got that damned tractor engined Escort of mine got a car that just went on forever because there was little left to go wrong by the time I had done with it but being let down on cold, frosty mornings because a glow-plug had failed (again) was the nail in the coffin for me, it had to go.

Its replacement was a Toyota Avensis (2001) 2.0 GLS and what a purchase that was! A family car at heart with a Golf GTi beating sprint off the traffic lights (don't ask how I know). Ah, I digress....

It's not always 'better the devil you know'. Sometimes you just have to let go and move on.....

Tremour-88

I know it seems like bad money saving but my previous 3 cars have all had countless work poured into them to extend there life and it just wasn't worth it, my escort cost over £2k in a 2 year gap on repairs, service & MoT alone so I'm not repeating this again.

Also my current car is looking at a big £1k+ repair bill and not all 2nd hand cars require loads of work, my mums partner brought a 2001 Ford fiesta 1.5 years ago and its been problem free and saved him a great deal over his old Saxo, which the engine blew up on

iolanthe07

I would go for a Chevrolet Lacetti aka 'reasonable car', these cars took a lot of beating in Top Gear's 'star in a reasonable car'.
I don't know many people who owns them but the one I do know say they do the job without a fuss.

Come on! Most 23 year olds would not be seen dead in a Lacetti. It has no street cred, though it would be a sensible choice. Most 20 somethings don't do 'sensible'.

Tremour-88

lol I'd pass on the lacetti, I just want a nice hatchback

atrixblue.-MFR-.

honda civic avoid 1.4 1.6 due to prone gearbox failures.
honda accord. 1.8 16v.
toyota avensis got a recomendation from me too.
ford galaxy/vwsharan/alhambra 2.5 V6 petrol cheap to insure pick one up for peanuts has loads of room can be used as a van on times, loads of grunt shocks many people standing at traffic lights blasting away a VX astra GSI.
mazda 323.

go back to the past!
classic car insurance is peanuts no NCB earned but who cars when insurance is as cheap or cheaper than trying to earn it.

mk3 astra GSI few out there been looked after restored and maintained.
look at a few classics out there. 2k will get you a decent enough classic.

renault megane. 1.5 1.9 deisel avoid 1.6 petrol- 2.0 dephaser pully problems.
renault luguna.1.9 diesel.

skoda, felicia, octavia. hard to find entry level engine base like the 1.4 octavia.

Lindopski

Im looking at the Citroen C3 next - they do a 1.4 diesel model hatch, does close to 70mpg, is group 4 insurance and tax is about £30 a year.
not exciting though!

funkycoldribena

Tremour-88 wrote: »

lol I'd pass on the lacetti, I just want a nice hatchback

I do wonder what some people are on sometimes...Lacetti...come on...
Just buy a Mondeo.

Tremour-88

funkycoldribena wrote: »

I do wonder what some people are on sometimes...Lacetti...come on...
Just buy a Mondeo.

A mondeo is something I would really consider, but what kind of miles / age could I expect to pickup for 1.5 - 2k?

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Tremour-88 wrote: »

A mondeo is something I would really consider, but what kind of miles / age could I expect to pickup for 1.5 - 2k?

looking at one thats done about 120+k miles no service history or some service history,2-20owners sat on a 02-52 plate.

wouldnt bother with the lacetti, would cost you around 2K to repair the thing their not the cheapest parts as some would expect from a vauxhaull in desguise.