Automatic car £3kish budget

adz2010

sunshinetours wrote: »

Somne posts appear to have been deleted but in brief consider a 1.6 Auto Honda Civic upto 2005 which will be within your budget. Bomb proof engine and reliabiity in general, great space and cheapish to run

How would that be to insure , also would it not drink petrol?

adz2010

tommyjj wrote: »

You can get much more for your money if you go for a slightly larger car.

Small automatics are also quite rare.

For that money I'd get a nice Saab 9-3 diesel auto, or perhaps a VW Passat. Both very frugal, well built and nice to drive.

Passat is nice but insurance group 14 made me !

adz2010

I am tempted to go for the aygo for about 4k (insurance group 1 , £20 tax and good on fuel)

wolfehouse

when I was investigating my next car I really got stuck on the types of automatics these days
I prefer a conventional automatic (Vauxhall seems to do)
don't really rate the mmt (Toyota) systems
don't understand the dual clutch (ford and vw) systems.

I would just warn that there is a real difference in these systems and it does matter. (I still haven't figured it out yet though it seems the cars I like don't come with the transmissions I prefer)

sunshinetours

adz2010 wrote: »

How would that be to insure , also would it not drink petrol?

How many miles a year do you do? Round town you should get around 30/low 30's and on run 40+

OH's insurance is cheap but don;t know your age etc.
Do a trial application

Depreciation will be low, repairs should be low and has a real auto box and peach of an engine

Bit of a "grandad" image if that sort of thing bothers you