Here's £4k- Go and buy me a car!

OddballJamie

£4k family car, as you don't mention mileage I would be looking at a petrol Focus Zetec or Titanium or if you do many miles, the 1.8tdci.

I'd also consider an Astra (petrol) , Octavia or Leon.

dazzadub

focus


you could get a 2006 model for that kind of money

ilovelondontown

Genuninly touched by the useful responses, thank you very much! Will look into them all.

londonTiger

Unrelated note: just because you have 4K to spend does not mean you have to spend all of it. You sound like you're inexperienced with car buying - same as me when I bought my first car. Don't tell the dealer "my budget is £4,000". They'll work up their prices to £4K.

I had £2K to spend, I told the garage that and they tried to sell me a 2002 golf (1.6) for 2 grand.

I brought it down to 1800, but realistically I should have got it for £1700.

ianm41

What London Tiger says is very true....4 grand is a limit....not a target! Don't forget that.

Weird_Nev

Yes, but it's a nice cut off point. £4k gets you a nice realtively low milage recent car.
£3k gets you more miles, an older car, or worse condition.

£4k wisely spend will get you more car than £3k wisely spent. That stands to reason.

If the OP is being given £4k to spend, I think it would be foolish to spend much less (though they can still haggle and get as much MOT, servicing, fresh tyres or wahtever thrown in).

tasticz

Get a Honda civic 2004/2005 facelift model. It's an upgrade from xxxx-2003 models. It's a family hatch back, very spacious inside, very reliable. You can get an executive model for your price and one with low mileage. I myself have a 1.6 civic. I recommend you go for 2l or 1.6 depending on your insurance price.

You can get top end for 4k, non executive versions come loaded upto 3k