Is this a good deal for a car?

spira9

Been looking for a ford fiesta zetec s for a while now. After browsing a lot of tat I have found this local to me.

Ford Fiesta 1.6 Zetec S 2006 - 47k miles - £3,199
2 Previous owners
Private sale.

Looking up value on autotrader comes up as £2,450. But I'm not sure if this is an accurate value. Any opinions on if this is a good deal?

Feral_Moon

No way would I be paying over £3000 for a 10 year old car!

A quick scan on Autotrader lists lots of 08/58 models for £2000-£2500

force_ten

spira9 wrote: »

Been looking for a ford fiesta zetec s for a while now. After browsing a lot of tat I have found this local to me.

Ford Fiesta 1.6 Zetec S 2006 - 47k miles - £3,199
2 Previous owners
Private sale.

Looking up value on autotrader comes up as £2,450. But I'm not sure if this is an accurate value. Any opinions on if this is a good deal?

looks to be way over priced to me i would say it should be about a grand lower than that £2200.00 would be a more realistic price

as above i would not be happy paying that much for a 2006 car

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Feral_Moon wrote: »

No way would I be paying over £3000 for a 10 year old car!

A quick scan on Autotrader lists lots of 08/58 models for £2000-£2500

Yeah, I got a mint 59 plate VW fox over two years ago with 16000 miles on the clock for barely more than that...

xHannahx

Very overpriced for a private sale. That's top end dealer money

jeepjunkie wrote: »

Yeah, I got a mint 59 plate VW fox over two years ago with 16000 miles on the clock for barely more than that...

A VW fox isn't comparable for a Zetec s fiesta.

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xHannahx wrote: »

Very overpriced for a private sale. That's top end dealer money



A VW fox isn't comparable for a Zetec s fiesta.

True but having owned both, our fiesta was brand new high spec model, full leather etc they are both little run-arounds at the end of the day Only the fox is cheaper to run and more practical thanks to the moveable back seat.

BeenThroughItAll

It's certainly overpriced, and having looked at the ads on AT, I'm guessing you selected that grey one because it's one of only a couple at that mileage in the UK, within a budget of under 3.5K?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201601170163412

Plenty more to be had all over the place for a lot less money, with a few more miles on. Do you really want a 10yo car that's done less than 5K a year and doesn't have a FSH? It's not a 1.0L shopping box - that 1.6 lump takes a lot more warming up, so very low miles isn't that good a thing, and really should be backed up by an extensive history of maintenance at more regular intervals than manufacturer guidance. MOT until March this year? For top money I'd expect a full 12 months.

This one's another run-on-a-shoestring example, with a chancer of an owner trying to cash in on the fact it still looks shiny.


Personally, I'd be looking for something that's done at least 6-8K a year, and I'd be travelling as far as necessary for the right car - if you really want one that badly, you'll make the effort to go the distance to get one.

tight_scotsman

have a look at the Honda Jazz. It comes top of Honest john review in its class. for that kind of money you should get 57/08 plate with a full service history at average mileage

BeenThroughItAll

tight_scotsman wrote: »

have a look at the Honda Jazz. It comes top of Honest john review in its class. for that kind of money you should get 57/08 plate with a full service history at average mileage

I get the impression the OP isn't really in the Jazz target market. Especially since he's said 'I've been looking for a Fiesta Zetec S for a while' and keeps posting up details of Fiesta Zetec Ss he's considering buying...

Feral_Moon

Or even a Seat Ibiza. Lots of good examples of those about. How about this one, 2010 Sport Coupe model, one owner, FSH, 3mth warranty etc for almost the same price!


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201510147804499

BeenThroughItAll

Feral_Moon wrote: »

Or even a Seat Ibiza. Lots of good examples of those about. How about this one, 2010 Sport Coupe model, one owner, FSH, 3mth warranty etc for almost the same price!


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201510147804499

He'll not like that. It's too leggy.