looking to buy cheap automatic car

passworld

help i would like to buy car automatic newish shape ford focus mondeo renalt languna citron looked at salvage to much work need car asap my child has disabity .so i need car . but only have 1000 pound to spend as on low income please help me dont wait handouts but i need car thats only way she gets out .i get dla for her but not higer rate for mobity ,will travel to get car distance no problem i dont do credit got enouth bills if know of any car auto please let me know cause website i ve looked at used repossed to much for me thanks

Little_John

I dont think your going to get anything recient of that size for your budget. especially with an automatic gear box.

£1000 will get you somthing with a high mileage that is about 9-10 years old.

I would check autotrader https://www.autotrader.co.uk search for anything up to £1000 in your area then use the more options to narrow the search down to automatics. there were a few up in my area so you shouldn't have too many problems find somthing I just dont think you will find anything newish well in the last 5-6 years anyway.

Pink.

Hi passworld,

Welcome to MSE

You should get more help with this on the Motoring board so I've moved your thread over there.

Pink

passworld

Pink-winged wrote: »

Hi passworld,

Welcome to MSE

You should get more help with this on the Motoring board so I've moved your thread over there.

Pink

THANK YOU AS YOU CAN SEE I AM NEW TO THIS THANKS AGAIN

passworld

Little_John wrote: »

I dont think your going to get anything recient of that size for your budget. especially with an automatic gear box.

£1000 will get you somthing with a high mileage that is about 9-10 years old.

I would check autotrader https://www.autotrader.co.uk search for anything up to £1000 in your area then use the more options to narrow the search down to automatics. there were a few up in my area so you shouldn't have too many problems find somthing I just dont think you will find anything newish well in the last 5-6 years anyway.

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movilogo

You should get following automatic cars within your budget

Old shaped Nissan Micra
Nissan Sunny
Vauxhall Astra/Corsa
Rover (forgot exact model name)
If lucky, you can get Nissan Almera of similar sized car within that price range.

Burlesque_Babe

I switched to an automatic earlier this year.

finding something with a low-ish mileage was difficult and there were a couple I almost bought and then didn't because of things I'd read online.

I spent £1800 on a 1997 Honda Civic Coupe with 90,000 on the clock in the end and I'm very happy.

Down at the £1000 mark there was a choice of early plate Mondeo's, mid 90's Escort (advised to avoid because of the type of gear box they have), mid 90's Rover, big old Volvos.

I would use autotrader to get an idea of the cars available in your part of the world.

Dave_Brooker

passworld wrote: »

help i would like to buy car automatic newish shape ford focus mondeo renalt languna citron looked at salvage to much work need car asap my child has disabity .so i need car . but only have 1000 pound to spend as on low income please help me dont wait handouts but i need car thats only way she gets out .i get dla for her but not higer rate for mobity ,will travel to get car distance no problem i dont do credit got enouth bills if know of any car auto please let me know cause website i ve looked at used repossed to much for me thanks

You're not going to get a new shape Focus or much else for £1000...

I'd steer clear of french autos, at your budget and look at japanese cars as they know a bit about building reliable autos...

nullogik

For that kind of budget, I'd be looking at something from the Japanese, namely Toyota, Nissan...

They're going to be reliable and well built and should last a long time if looked after properly.