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| n/a |
Posted - 11/01/2011 : 18:13:30
what do you lot think would be the perfect first car which is nice looking and would have a reasonably cheap insurance because i'm starting to save up now for a car for next year and was wondering what type of car would be cheap to run off :) x |
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| mikerichards |
Posted - 14/01/2011 : 08:48:11
I would go for the ford KA, they are reliably very good, and parts are cheap. personally, i hate them, nasty little box of a car, but thats just me!! lambos and ferraris are insurance group 20+, not 19, even my scooby is group 20. |
| Ammerz |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 23:47:40
Fiesta!! I've had my fiesta since i learnt to drive and I love him! I've had him about 3 and a half years and hes never let me down!
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| n/a |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 18:59:54
i would get a bike but... i need a car to get to college and everything so once ive sorted myself out with a car and passed my test THEN i shal get a bike  hahaa my brothers selling his bike :/ hes never ridden it cuz its a 500cc and he never passed his bike test either  its a nice bike as well :/ lol x |
| Benji54 |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 18:54:24
i dont know exactly how much but not a lot at all! insurance group 2 is only more than robin reliants and other smart cars lol! a pug 106 is group 7 i think. my bike is group 19 (along with lamborghini murcielago, ferrari 458 italia etc) but i only pay £600 a year cuz u cant injure anyone else so easy! plus my bike is faster to 60 than both those cars lol (the lambo and the ferrari)! in short...GET A BIKE GET A BIKE GET A BIKE GET A BIKE!! |
| n/a |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 18:34:24
my borther has a peugeot 106!  and yeah i was actually going to get a bike if i didnt get a car first!  how much are those smart car ones for insurance? x |
| Benji54 |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 18:24:21
saxo's are just a 106 with different badges (literally)!! but the insurance is gunna be much higher because of their reputation. Fiat build quality isnt too hot so that kinda rules out puntos, cinqcentos and seicentos, vauxhal corsas are ok as long as you stay under 1.2 and avoid anything with SRi after the name, similar story with fiestas. Ka's are good cars tbh. definitely what id go for out of the cars mentioned so far. did you know that 3 door cars are always more expensive to insure than 5 doors because in the event of an accident everyone can get to safety quicker from a 5 door? fun fact for ya there!
THE best all round first car is a Smart four2 pulse. Alloy wheels, sunroof, flappy paddle gear box (tech taken from mclaren f1 car) 600cc turbo charged engine means its fast when it wants to be but cheap on tax and fuel, insurance group 2 so dirt cheap, sounds good, LOADS of colours, body work is clipped on so you can replace any panel if you bash something, good stereo, traction control, ABS, what more could you want!!??
Failing that get a bike like i did! £600 a year insurance and i can do over 180mph lol! |
| scubadude |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 18:13:15
Don't worry about room in the ka, i'm 6'3" and found them surprisingly roomy, and have had one as a courtesy car a few times when my car was in for servicing an once when a nice lady in a Laguna decided she would try and drive over me. long story short, great little car, cracking fuel economy, fun to drive as K says. |
| n/a |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 17:52:34
okay then lol x |
| a33272 |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 17:47:32
quote:
Originally posted by meggypearce
seems like quite a few of you lot think KAs hahaa so are they a good car altogether then? (: x
i speak from a vast knowledge within the motor industry (shut it k+g!!!!)
and yes they are a good car very little goes wrong with them |
| n/a |
Posted - 13/01/2011 : 17:37:03
seems like quite a few of you lot think KAs hahaa so are they a good car altogether then? (: x |
| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 12/01/2011 : 01:24:43
Ford Ka.
Brilliant little cars, handle like go-karts on rails. I had mine up to to 70 mph *coughs* (max legal speed).
They are brilliant on fuel as well, depending on how you drive, which is a must at the moment when you need to sacrifice a leg to fill the tank. I can do around 80-90 miles on a tenner, I have done more. 'Her downstairs' will make the car drink 40 quids worth of fuel doing 120 miles.
Aside from that the other option is to look for a fixer-upper to get yourself started as well. You can quite often find cars that have failed MOTs that need 200 quids worth of work to pass up for sale for a handful of fivers, so you could conceivably get a road legal machine for around the 300 quid mark which then leaves you with a bit more cash to cough up for insurance.
Or a little bike of some kind, my small bike costs about 2.50 to fill up and will do 60-70 miles on that, insurance is an extortionate 110 a year FC, We just bought our daughter a bike for Chrimbo, total cost for bike/insurance/protective gear etc only came to about 1500 quid. |
| kdlang |
Posted - 12/01/2011 : 00:47:12
I love my corsa. I only passed my test last year but insurance didnt seem too bad. its pretty good on fuel, moves well and fits loads inside (which i really took advantage of when i moved house). The downside - my teenage son wants to drive it when he is old enough |
| dizzie85 |
Posted - 11/01/2011 : 21:20:07
They look good on the outside though :). For the forseeable its always going to be a family car... right now its carseats r us but soon enough will be a taxi service for them and their friends pmsl so best get used to the larger family wheels :) |
| a33272 |
Posted - 11/01/2011 : 21:08:55
na i wouldnt if i was u, visibility is really bad out of them, very clostraphobic car |
| dizzie85 |
Posted - 11/01/2011 : 20:51:39
I want a Audi TT if this is a wish list lmao but never gna happen till the kids have grown up atleast :) |
| a33272 |
Posted - 11/01/2011 : 20:50:32
im want an old panda 4x4 sisly but there like rocking horse sh+t now |
| hillzi |
Posted - 11/01/2011 : 20:49:15
I want a Fiat Panda, started the saving. |
| a33272 |
Posted - 11/01/2011 : 20:45:23
wont be cheap for a 17 old just passing test |
| baitman |
Posted - 11/01/2011 : 20:36:49
ford focus...
cheap on insuarance
cheap on fuel
cheap on tax
and look nice too. |
| dizzie85 |
Posted - 11/01/2011 : 20:27:04
I used to go out in ours until I nearly clipped another car... scared the hell out of me n have never driven it since (im fully insured as long as my other half sits next to me) but knowing we wouldnt be able to replace it and now our insurance payments are at an all time low Im terrified of messing that up so have refused to drive for the last 12 months. Instead goin for proffesional lessons and when I pass one way or another I shall be buying me a clapped out Fiesta to gain confidence in.
My next door neighbour went out and brought a new car when she passed... couple of months later I wish I was exxagerrating when I said It looks like its been in a car rally pmsl! sooo many dents! I not sure what they did to it though but looks like lots of polly filler and a respray (of course it would I am sure be something more substantial than poly filler) but thats how she got round it. Really learnt me a lesson though not worth it! |
