What car for 80 year old?

sandyman80

My car is on it's last legs and I need a new car.

Even the mechanic who has looked after it for the past 14 years says that it is not worth spending any more money on it.

I only drive about 4000 miles a year, I wouldn't bother with a car but where I live public transport is practically non-existent. 

The furthest I drive now is about 50 miles round trip.

I haven't a clue as I have not bought a car in the past 18 years.

Something with low cost insurance and road tax.

I have a budget of £10000 but I don't expect to spend that much

Petrol or electric or a hybrid of some kind.

So what to buy?

fatbelly

Do you have any particular requirements? Like luggage space or ease of access or automatic gearbox?

Low mileage would steer me to something with a small petrol engine but then it's just about finding something in good nick for the price

Altior

Knowledgeable chap.

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WellKnownSid

£10,000 will buy you a 22 plate Nissan Leaf with under 10k miles from a main dealer.  Owners swear by them for their simplicity / reliability, range will be perfect for your needs.  Plug it in once a fortnight when you are out shopping.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202505292915797?sort=relevance&searchId=dc2a1f1a-626d-4a64-836f-e9efbce92b31&advertising-location=at_cars&make=Nissan&maximum-mileage=10000&model=Leaf&postcode=w1d%204dp&price-to=10000&year-from=2022&year-to=2025&fromsra

daveyjp

I thought it was law that anyone over 75 has to have a Jazz.

subjecttocontract

Aston Martin don't make a Jazz.

QrizB

£10k will also buy you a this-decade VW e-UP! or a nearly-new Dacia Spring, if you're looking for a small electric car.

Mrs QrizB is 25 years younger than you but has the VW and is very happy with it.

prettyandfluffy

Jazz hybrids are decent little cars and, importantly, the battery doesn't go flat quickly if not used often unlike the Yaris hybrid.  I left mine unused for 3 weeks without a problem.  The "magic seats" in the back are handy if you ever need to carry something large as the seats can be folded away super-fast with one hand.  It's a practical and reliable car.  I'm not claiming it's the world's greatest or most fun drive but it's ok.

fatbelly

10k will in practice buy you a NEW Dacia Spring as dealers are offering 5-6000 off in order to shift them

Peter999_2

Could you charge the car from home?   if yes, then I would highly recommend a Nissan Leaf.   I've had them since 2019 and they are great, and very cheap.

If you hardly go any miles, I would just use the "granny" charger that comes with it to charge.    It plugs into a normal three pin outlet (make sure it is a good quality socket).      I'm on the Octopus Agile tariff and am currently charging and they are paying me 0.1p for every kWh - you can't go wrong.   Even on the standard tarriff you would be paying 25p per kWh instead of the 79p you'll pay at a public charger.    It is a slow charge but you just plug it in and forget about it.

Just make sure that if you buy one that you do get the granny charger - the Nissan Leaf ones are very safe (they have a temp monitor in the plug and if it gets too hot it will cut it out.

prowla

subjecttocontract said:

Aston Martin don't make a Jazz.

They do a Cygnet, though.

(It's a rebadged Toyota IQ.)