Advice on a car around £2,000?

gycraig_2

Get as much Toyota as you can.

BeenThroughItAll

DragonQ wrote: »

Impossible for 2 grand. Older and thus cheaper cars are smaller, have higher car tax, and have smaller engines.

Patently rubbish and inaccurate generalisation. The BMW 330Ci sat outside my office begs to differ, as did the Jeep Grand Cherokee before it, the Volvo V70 D5 before that, the Volvo S80 before that...

Do I really need to go on?

NOT ONE of those cost me more than £2000 to buy. Nor did any of these:
Skoda Octavia vRS
Volvo V40
Skoda Superb
Subaru Forester
Subaru Impreza wagon
Citroen C5
Citroen Xsara Picasso
2 x BMW 528i
Volvo S40
Ford Transit
Saab 9-5
Saab 9-3


I will concede that some of these were not that economical, and don't fall into the low tax bands - but in the grand scheme of things, tax is a tiny part of motoring cost - and the OP wants something smaller than I would.


Any number of cheap, mid-sized, low tax, reliable and economical cars available for 2 grand. I could go out and buy at least 10 within a few miles of the office I'm sat in within a couple of hours - you put the cash up and I'll prove you're wrong.

patronniall

I'd go for a Hyundai Sonata 2.4 litre petrol. Cheap as chips, comfortable and reliable.

BeenThroughItAll

patronniall wrote: »

I'd go for a Hyundai Sonata 2.4 litre petrol. Cheap as chips, comfortable and reliable.

And that fits the OP's requirements how?


* Something economical
* Something with a bit of go (i know that's an open book. Let's say we don't think a 1.6 Golf has any 'go')
* Doesn't sting you on the tax
* Preferably something of the Golf/Astra/Focus size. Can drop down to a Corsa/Fiesta/Polo size but would rather not. Cannot move up to a Bora/Vectra/Mondingo size - too large. I know i just listed VWs, Vaux & Ford but it doesn't have to be just these three.
* RELIABILITY!!


As has been said, DM - if you're going to contribute here, you need to only contribute when you actually know what you're on about.

patronniall

This is an easy one. A Honda Civic EP2 2.0 litre petrol.

GTE_Boy

patronniall wrote: »

I'd go for a Hyundai Sonata 2.4 litre petrol. Cheap as chips, comfortable and reliable.

Is that what you've got?

patronniall wrote: »

This is an easy one. A Honda Civic EP2 2.0 litre petrol.

Or a Honda?

Have you owned either?

parking_question_chap

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

And that fits the OP's requirements how?


* Something economical
* Something with a bit of go (i know that's an open book. Let's say we don't think a 1.6 Golf has any 'go')
* Doesn't sting you on the tax
* Preferably something of the Golf/Astra/Focus size. Can drop down to a Corsa/Fiesta/Polo size but would rather not. Cannot move up to a Bora/Vectra/Mondingo size - too large. I know i just listed VWs, Vaux & Ford but it doesn't have to be just these three.
* RELIABILITY!!


As has been said, DM - if you're going to contribute here, you need to only contribute when you actually know what you're on about.

Who are you to tell people if they can contribute or not? or to decide who knows what they are talking about and who doesnt?

Ok so the suggestion was not ticking all the boxes, but doesn mean the OP might not decide they might consider other options, and if not, they can disregard it.

I might also add, that at least they offered a specific suggestion, unlike you who have just reeled of a load of cars to try and prove a point, most of which are no better or worse than the 2.4 Sonata.

So before telling people what they can and cannot do, might want to consider how much you have contributed yourself.

BeenThroughItAll

parking_question_chap wrote: »

Who are you to tell people if they can contribute or not? or to decide who knows what they are talking about and who doesnt?

Ok so the suggestion was not ticking all the boxes, but doesn mean the OP might not decide they might consider other options, and if not, they can disregard it.

I might also add, that at least they offered a specific suggestion, unlike you who have just reeled of a load of cars to try and prove a point, most of which are no better or worse than the 2.4 Sonata.

So before telling people what they can and cannot do, might want to consider how much you have contributed yourself.

You're clearly not keeping up with the fact that the poster I replied to is yet another AE of Darkmatter101, and as such his 'knowledge' is based on guesswork and conjecture - I am well placed to comment on this as I've been witness to his many incarnations and have personally identified the inaccuracy (and indeed on many occasions outright untruth) of his posts.


Based on this experience, I wouldn't consider his suggestion to be of any real value as he's not in any way qualified to comment on reliability, cost, fuel efficiency, or any of the other elements associated with the OP's requirements.

The 'load of cars' I 'reeled' off was intended to demonstrate that the suggestion that 2K was insufficient to accommodate the OP's needs and wants was an incorrect assertion, as was that 2K would only get a small car with a small engine.


I wasn't trying to give suggestions to the OP as their needs and wants are at odds with mine (something you'll note I did point out in my post). My contribution was intended to ensure that someone reading the incorrect assertion I was challenging would not buy into its inaccuracy as fact.

parking_question_chap

I agree with you that £2k will easily allow OP to meet their needs.

I dont follow the forums closely enough to know who DM or his clones are. So fair play if you are picking out a troll or whatever.

Again, fair play that your needs are different, but if you are going to say the following

"Any number of cheap, mid-sized, low tax, reliable and economical cars available for 2 grand. I could go out and buy at least 10 within a few miles of the office I'm sat in within a couple of hours - you put the cash up and I'll prove you're wrong."

Would it not be helpful offering some suggestions to op? As the above seems to me you have the knowledge. I am not having a pop, really, it just seems many on here prefer to critique other opinions/ideas and omit to provide their own.

BeenThroughItAll

parking_question_chap wrote: »

I agree with you that £2k will easily allow OP to meet their needs.

I dont follow the forums closely enough to know who DM or his clones are. So fair play if you are picking out a troll or whatever.

Again, fair play that your needs are different, but if you are going to say the following

"Any number of cheap, mid-sized, low tax, reliable and economical cars available for 2 grand. I could go out and buy at least 10 within a few miles of the office I'm sat in within a couple of hours - you put the cash up and I'll prove you're wrong."

Would it not be helpful offering some suggestions to op? As the above seems to me you have the knowledge. I am not having a pop, really, it just seems many on here prefer to critique other opinions/ideas and omit to provide their own.

I think the point I was trying to make, perhaps not very well, is that with the brief the OP's given, there are so many cars that seem to fit the bill (none of which I'd claim to be either qualified to comment on or an expert in as I've never desired owning any of them) that it really is quite easy to find something.


I'd not like to make any specific suggestions as I prefer only to suggest something I have knowledge of and can therefore knowledgably comment on.


I could expand my comment by saying that within a few miles there are numerous Astras, Corsas, Focuses, Polos, Golfs, Corollas, Almeras, Civics, Kias, Hyundais, Meganes, Clios, etc; but I couldn't hand-on-heart make a recommendation as I'd rather die before I drove any of that list.


More generally, I am happy to give my opinion and expend quite a lot of keystrokes on doing just that, and providing help and advice where I can. Sadly, the likes of DM101 mean that a reasonable number of keystrokes are also concerned with wasting time trying to help with fictional situations. I do waste a few trying to dispel myths and challenge fallacies, too, however.