Advice please I need to buy a car very soon update

JustinR1979

whitecloud663 wrote: »

Forget the rubbish Fords and Vauxhalls. If you want a reliable, problem free car get a Japanese car like a Honda or Toyota. They may cost a little more on the used market compared to the equivalent ford/vauxhall/fiats but they're also much better cars in terms of reliability.

Yes, listen to this from the vw owner (and Lexus, and BMW, and Audi, and Toyota)....

JustinR1979

whitecloud663 wrote: »

A 2001-2006 Toyota Corolla springs to mind. 1.4 VVTI petrol would be a good bet.

If you like the looks of the Honda, get a 2001-2005 Honda Civic 1.4 petrol

Which is over a foot wider and nearly 2 foot longer than the i10 she mentioned.

whitecloud663

JustinR1979 wrote: »

Yes, listen to this from the vw owner (and Lexus, and BMW, and Audi, and Toyota)....

To be honest most cars (that inherently don't had bad electronics like the Mercs in the early 2000's or some French cars) can be reliable mechanically if they are looked after properly, i.e. serviced at the correct intervals. Yes even a BMW E46 or E92 M3 can go well over 100k miles trouble free if its been looked after.

whitecloud663

What annoys me now days is that a lot of cars are bought on lease or finance so the owners don't look after their car. I've been to Car Giant and many of the cars didn't even have a single oil change since they came out of the show room and some have done well over 30k.

The key to saving money is regular maintenance.

MessyBetty

I hope I haven't caused an argument, I shall further my research on the parkers guide, the reviews for the i10 are looking good thanks for the pointer Justin.

JustinR1979

No arguments
If Toyota a yaris may be worth a look.
Have heard good things about the i10.
I prefer bigger cars, so not too clued up on supermini's.
Peachorlemon was always an interesting site for car reviews.

BeenThroughItAll

whitecloud663 wrote: »

To be honest most cars (that inherently don't had bad electronics like the Mercs in the early 2000's or some French cars) can be reliable mechanically if they are looked after properly, i.e. serviced at the correct intervals. Yes even a BMW E46 or E92 M3 can go well over 100k miles trouble free if its been looked after.

OK. Straight question, straight answer please.

Are you Darkmatter101?

Your posting style is almost unbelievably similar if you say you are not.

whitecloud663

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

OK. Straight question, straight answer please.

Are you Darkmatter101?

Your posting style is almost unbelievably similar if you say you are not.

No I'm not Darkmatter101

rs65

whitecloud663 wrote: »

A 2001-2006 Toyota Corolla springs to mind. 1.4 VVTI petrol would be a good bet.

If you like the looks of the Honda, get a 2001-2005 Honda Civic 1.4 petrol

But you shouldn't overtake in either of those.

Get an M3.

whitecloud663

rs65 wrote: »

But you shouldn't overtake in either of those.

Get an M3.

Well obviously in an ideal world I'm sure many people would drive an M3. But unfortunately most have to live within their means