Best runabout ideas for £2,000

Brummie85 · 21 October 2018 at 4:33PM

GunJack wrote: »

tip - look at stuff around £1000 and keep the rest for contingency, i.e. some repairs if required or increased insurance premiums. Plenty of decent sub-£1k out there, just be a bit picky....

For sub £1k, finding a good one amongst the lemons is difficult. But it's a risk of buying any car, even new ones. It's just the chances of ending up with a bad one increase as your usable budget goes down.

We'll see what she gets as a settlement. Autotrader valued the car at £6k as a trade in or £7k as a private sale. If she gets more back from the insurers, she can look at slightly newer and (in theory) better condition cars.

Brummie85 · 21 October 2018 at 4:39PM

Nathaniel_Essex wrote: »

Women drivers. How on earth do you flip a car whilst hitting a curb on the high street?

You're almost an entertaining as the local inbreds on Facebook who commented on the news story. She wasn't taxed or insured, she must have run a red light, women drivers etc. It happened outside the A&E, so there was also the obvious (and therefore hilarious) comments about the ambulance not having far to go etc.

Luckily my Mom has a sense of humour. I've told her though. She needs a different hobby because Kerb crawling is too expensive!

AndyMc..... · 21 October 2018 at 4:48PM

Brummie85 wrote: »

For sub £1k, finding a good one amongst the lemons is difficult. But it's a risk of buying any car, even new ones. It's just the chances of ending up with a bad one increase as your usable budget goes down.

We'll see what she gets as a settlement. Autotrader valued the car at £6k as a trade in or £7k as a private sale. If she gets more back from the insurers, she can look at slightly newer and (in theory) better condition cars.

There's no reason she shouldn't get market value.

Brummie85 · 21 October 2018 at 5:11PM

AndyMc..... wrote: »

There's no reason she shouldn't get market value.

Her car got bumped twice earlier in the year, both incidents within a week. I don't think it showed as being any category of write off, but if it was then that will knock their value of payout.

AndyMc..... · 21 October 2018 at 5:28PM

Brummie85 wrote: »

Her car got bumped twice earlier in the year, both incidents within a week. I don't think it showed as being any category of write off, but if it was then that will knock their value of payout.

She'd know if it was a write off.

David_Aston · 21 October 2018 at 5:34PM

In fairness brummie, you did say your Mom rolled her car while turning.
Nathaniel Essex comment not unreasonable?

Some sort of Skoda my choice for Mom.