First car under £3'000 plus £2'000 insurence

[McSam]

matty0194 said:

Brembos in my opinon are a advance safety feature and look the part a kit is £800-£1100 not bad

I don't want to get into the age-old insurance debate or try to tell you what car you should buy, but upgrading the brakes on a standard modern road car is not going to bring you any "safety" benefit whatsoever. You will not stop any better. All modern braking systems are easily capable of producing enough brake torque to overwhelm the tyres, which makes those your limiting factor. If you really want to improve the car's stopping performance and all-around safety, fit the very best tyres you can afford.

Before anyone asks why big brake kits exist in the first place, half of the answer is looks as the OP alludes to above, and the other half is heat rejection. In heavily modified, high-performance or track day cars, repeated hard stops from speed can produce more heat than the original brakes were designed to deal with, so you experience brake fade and/or fluid boiling. Upgraded brakes with bigger discs, larger pad contact areas and multi-piston calipers alleviate this. They do not improve braking distances in a single stop or in normal road use.

[s3fella]

matty0194 said:

Brembos in my opinon are a advance safety feature and look the part a kit is £800-£1100 not bad

Make sure you get a quiote to drive it in Cuckoo Land where you appear to live.

[VladD]

matty0194 said:

xRIEx said:

I should think so, that's 2340 miles per year (not including holidays).

Thanks yeah i should be fine any suggestion on the car i get?

Alfa 147. Don't follow the herd.

[matty0194]

VladD said:

Alfa 147. Don't follow the herd.

Steep on the insurence for me nice looking car but no go cause of the insurance price

[R2T2]

Fiat Grande Punto?

I've heard (if you like them) the Diesels are just as cheap, if not cheaper to insure than the normal 1.2/4 cars. Plus you get 130hp and a tidy looking car.

I have the 1.4 Petrol Turbo model, cost me 4k a year ago, does 35mpg regardless of how heavy my right foot is (just got a cat-back and it sounds sweet, cracks, bangs and pops on tap!)

Give them a go.

[VladD]

What about a FIAT Panda 100HP. Evo remarked what a cracking drive they were.

Like this

[matty0194]

VladD said:

What about a FIAT Panda 100HP. Evo remarked what a cracking drive they were.

Like this

Although i love that car, im gonna get a 06/07/08 Model Jetta 110% better for comute to work thanks for input anyway

[FIREBIRDC9]

I passed in April 2010 , I couldn't wait to get a car!

The day after my test (Passed first time ) I did some quotes on a 1.0 2004 Polo for £900

£2700 fully comp...... bugger that!


I waited for a while , as a car nut I refused to pay that much for a ****box

I waited until December 2011

I did a quote on a 2003 Renault Megane Expression 1.6 for sale for £900

£1800 fully comp! Much Better!


It was quite a nice car too! 4 doors , electric windows, Volume controls on the steering column. Miles better equipped than the late 90s 1.0 puntos and other rubbish my friends had at the time.

If I were you I would wait a bit.

The prices will come down as you get older regardless of if you drive or not.


so just over 3 years down the line I now have a 1997 Toyota MR2 GTi 16v with only 75000 miles on the clock! (bought it at 57000)

Much better!

[HustleRussell]

If the OP is anything like me, he'd have moved heaven and earth to get a car ASAP. I don't blame him. I did at least have the sense to buy a cheap, low powered hatchback and keep it standard though.

[Efbe]

matty0194 said:

Efbe said:

why the addiction to VWs?

German reliability and nice FSI engines from what ive seen few family members own VW's and they ride well

no and no

german reliability ended many years ago: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/best-cars/driver-powe...

FSI talked about by others

The sole reason you buy a VW is depreciation. used VWs can hold their value quite well, but there are morefun, cheaper, better alternatives.