Best sub-£1000 car seen for sale this year!

[CorvetteConvert]

2002 Honda HRV. One of the SUV pioneers which appeared in 1999 as a 3 door. 12 months mot and 4 new tyres with 92,000 miles. £995.
Not the first car many PHers will dream about i know but those cars really are great all-rounders and i never thought they would ever go below a grand in decent nick.
122 bhp of revvy (7,100rpm) Vtec engine and 2wd/4wd not too bad across the grass and mud either.
Anyone looking for a cheap winter hack could do a lot worse than find one of these.
Just saying!

[V8RX7]

Really ?

I think of them as being useless at everything.

If you want 4WD there are loads of better cars.

If you want a revvy engine why wouldn't you have it in a sportier car ?

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I'd rather buy a Jag and spin the wheel of chance.

[CorvetteConvert]

I have had 2 of them and they are actually very good at nearly everything. The one above (now sold) was the price of a new set of tyres for my 'vette, so price has to be considered.
Find me a better all round winter/summer car with a year's ticket and in good nick for under a grand.

[CorvetteConvert]

V8RX7 said:

Really ?

I think of them as being useless at everything.

If you want 4WD there are loads of better cars.

If you want a revvy engine why wouldn't you have it in a sportier car ?

LOADS of better 4wd cars for £995 in good condition with lots of storage space and 12 months' mot??? No way Jose!
The sporty engine simply makes it even better value, along with Honda quality and reliability. My wife's old HRV has 173,000 miles covered, a 1999 2 door.
Great cars, i guarantee that. The guy who bought it still loves it and they are also quirky looking in an age of mundane SUVs and hatches that all look the same.

Edited by CorvetteConvert on Saturday 10th October 12:29

[soad]

Hi-rider Revolutionary Vehicle. Hmm...

[Liquid Tuna]

CorvetteConvert said:

V8RX7 said:

Really ?

I think of them as being useless at everything.

If you want 4WD there are loads of better cars.

If you want a revvy engine why wouldn't you have it in a sportier car ?

LOADS of better 4wd cars for £995 in good condition with lots of storage space and 12 months' mot??? No way Jose!
The sporty engine simply makes it even better value, along with Honda quality and reliability. My wife's old HRV has 173,000 miles covered, a 1999 2 door.
Great cars, i guarantee that. The guy who bought it still loves it and they are also quirky looking in an age of mundane SUVs and hatches that all look the same.

Edited by CorvetteConvert on Saturday 10th October 12:29

I think my HRV must be very different to yours. 138k miles, full Honda service history from new, 4 owners. So far in the 3 years I've had it and 20k miles - blown head gasket (using K-Seal to stop the water at the moment - seems to be holding), seized air-con compressor, failed immobiliser, both front calipers seized, replaced all 4 shocks.

It's an old 2nd hand car, so the calipers and shocks, maybe even the air-con compressor I can accept, but a head gasket, immobiliser!!? at 138k miles!!? No. Honda reliability? I don't see it. And this part-time 4WD sucks. Probably because I'm used to permanent 4WD cars. bad mpg for it's weight and the engine is quite breathless - maybe the vtec version is better?

On the plus side, it's very easy to work on - servicing is a piece of cake - gearbox and diff fluids are dead easy, don't need to even jack the car up to do an oil and filter change. And it was unstoppable in the snow 3 winters back with winter tyres on.

But the best car under a grand? Never in a thousand universes.

[V8RX7]

CorvetteConvert said:

LOADS of better 4wd cars for £995 in good condition with lots of storage space and 12 months' mot??? No way Jose!

Yes !

Depends what you want the 4WD for.

But for proper 4WD and towing Pajaro - I sold a nice one for sub £750

For snow how about proper full time 4WD - Impreza or Forester or even an Audi Quattro or X Type

Or if you want something similar to an HRV but that doesn't look awful - a Rav4 or with 4 doors - a CRV