Helly Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Ford fan here too! I've just sold my little Clio and that was fab too, but I'm saving now to get a 2010 plate Fiesta my groomer swears by her clio. my family all swear their little peugeots are the best thing since sliced bread. Cheryl i can think of far more fun ways of loosing 3 grand in a day which is what you will do when you drive a brand new car out of the garage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheryl33 Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Hmm never thought of that. Prob be an 06 or 07 reg then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Hmm never thought of that. Prob be an 06 or 07 reg then! i picked up an ex demo jeep, the one before this current one with 9k off and it had 8 miles on the clock... it had been registered and then not sold. Plenty of bargains with low milage to be found at dealers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murtle Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 I have a Ford Ka, 1.3 engine they are nippy good on country lanes, good around town and fine on the motorway. Cheap, economical and fab insurance. I'm on my second one as some clown wrote my first one off. I'd had it for 8 years, bought when she was 3! No problems with her, except having her exhaust changed in all that time. I bought another Ford Ka to replace her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 I have a Citroen Saxo and I love it. Very reliable and economical. My son says it is the best car he has ever driven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 wow thanks for your replies, i did look at a few ford ka's but they really dont fair well in this sea air, every one was really rusty thanks for the parkers link, i will have a look and see whats what and like most of you i am a ford girl, but as i need a small car as opposed to wanting one, with not too much spare dosh i cant be too picky and stay loyal to ford, still whatever i get has to double as a learner car for my daughter so i have to think of street cred too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Never driven one (or most of the others mentioned) but I'm surprised no one has recommended the VW Golf (or even Polo) - you could expect it to be reliable, diesels are also available I think, have been proven / probably even improved upon over decades etc. My Mum has a Skoda Fabia (obviously now VW owned & much improved on their past reputation)which also seems a decent little car for the money to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nettie Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Buy a few raffle tickets, click on the link in my signature and you could end up with a Fiat 500, cute, comfy and lots of street cred. The Oldies Club is also participating in the raffle. If you click on the link in my signature then Greyhound Gap will benefit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycas Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Friend of mine had a Polo bought from new, the aircon never worked properly and after a while they gave up taking it back to get it fixed. Would have put me off, but they bought another one recently so presumably it had something to commend it. Years ago I had a Clio, and liked it. It was cheap to run and easy to fix. It didn't have power steering though, and was very heavy to turn as a result, if I were having anything Clio-sized again, I'd definitely want power steering. I have conceived a great passion for the new Mini Clubman, I reckon it should fit 2 greyhounds with the seats down. But that's not a cheap option (yet, I intend to wait till their older and cheaper before I buy one! Agree with Helly that buying new is a mug's game.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 i have bought a few tickets for the fiat on behalf of a couple of rescues, not that i ever win ought i have spotted on a garage forecourt a un-chaved corsa for £600 it looks imaculate for its age, i might enquire tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyMalc Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Never driven one (or most of the others mentioned) but I'm surprised no one has recommended the VW Golf (or even Polo) - you could expect it to be reliable, diesels are also available I think, have been proven / probably even improved upon over decades etc. My Mum has a Skoda Fabia (obviously now VW owned & much improved on their past reputation)which also seems a decent little car for the money to me My second car was a little polo and I loved it to bits! It's like a mini-estate with lots of space The poor thing came to its end when it got rear ended by a bint in a landy, who wasn't paying attention whilewe were in a traffic jam Then had a vauxhall astra that I never bonded with, but had some good features - that one got rearended too - by another bint in a micra (nice car tho, until the bonnet ended up V-shaped from her interaction with my astra ), who thought that green was green, at the traffic lights, even when everyone else in front of you has come to a halt Nextcar was a ford escort - loved that car, but that had come to the end of its life and now I've got a VW van - which most definitely doesn't fall into the 'small car' category :laigh: Love this van now too tho Always heard that french cars were built funnily, so it's more expensive to get them fixed, and japanese cars are dead solid, but if there is something wrong with them i'll cost more to get them fixed as well, as there are less parts available. Just what I've been told tho, might not be everyone else's experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nettie Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Always heard that french cars were built funnily, so it's more expensive to get them fixed, and japanese cars are dead solid, but if there is something wrong with them i'll cost more to get them fixed as well, as there are less parts available. Just what I've been told tho, might not be everyone else's experience Not sure about French cars, and I don't think that's true about Japanese cars, most of those sold in this country are built here anyway so getting spares shouldn't be a problem. They do have a reputation as being well built and cheap to run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted August 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2009 well, i bought the corsa, some of the history with it was for garage bills more than what the car was worth so i know its been very well looked after, only 2 owners, its very nippy, cheap tax too the only problem with it is that its...........green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyMalc Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 Not sure about French cars, and I don't think that's true about Japanese cars, most of those sold in this country are built here anyway so getting spares shouldn't be a problem. They do have a reputation as being well built and cheap to run. I meant that there are less spare parts because they are so well built; with the ford, whenever I needed something, my garage could usually get something from the scrappy, with Japanese cars it appears that you're looking at having to buy a new part more often. well, i bought the corsa, some of the history with it was for garage bills more than what the car was worth so i know its been very well looked after, only 2 owners, its very nippy, cheap tax too the only problem with it is that its...........green Nice one! As for it being green, you can hardly see that once you're sat inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yena Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 After years of having big cars, this year we decided to buy a smaller one. Went out and bought a Mitsubishi Colt, cheap on car tax, insurance and mpg. Lovely and big inside, small boot though. Honda are also good buys, they normally get a good rating on any top 20. Drove Honda's for year and never had any problems with them. Brought a citroen disel, biggest load of sh*t we've ever bought, got rid of it within 1 year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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