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Just had a MY16 Polo TSI as a hire car which would make the perfect first car. It wasn't as slow as my old Clio or Corsa B and had bluetooth, DAB and all that malarkey.
As a very different alternative which might be in your price range now, I had a Nissan Juke at 18 which was cheap to insure and specced to the brim. It was really nice to drive and nothing like you'd imagine, but obviously being young you want to look cool and a Juke certainly doesn't do that
Out of your options I'd go Polo or Swift, good luck with the search
As a very different alternative which might be in your price range now, I had a Nissan Juke at 18 which was cheap to insure and specced to the brim. It was really nice to drive and nothing like you'd imagine, but obviously being young you want to look cool and a Juke certainly doesn't do that
Out of your options I'd go Polo or Swift, good luck with the search
ChrisR99 said:
Here here, I feel I'm pretty mature seeing I'm only 17 and a 2 year old Focus suits me fine. My friend is the same age and has a 65 plate Fiesta and guess what? In 8 months of driving (as a new driver) his car doesn't have a mark on it. Not all of us drive like t
ts in chavved up Corsa's. 
PetrolJosh, FYI insurance was £200 cheaper on my 1.0T Focus than a crappy 10 year old Corsa with half the power...
Back to the car...a Swift would be a good choice and a bit different to the norm.
Exactly my point! Thank you!ts in chavved up Corsa's. PetrolJosh, FYI insurance was £200 cheaper on my 1.0T Focus than a crappy 10 year old Corsa with half the power...
Back to the car...a Swift would be a good choice and a bit different to the norm.
Oxvs said:
Exactly my point! Thank you!
Thing is no one is asking you to buy a bag of turd but you can get a decent fiesta, corsa, polo etc for 3k ish. It will still be a nice car, if you do have a mishap (no one is saying you will drive like a tt but you are inexperienced so accidents can happen) then it's less money lost if written off or it's not going to damage the value as much if it picks up the odd scrape.Once you have got some experience you can buy a nicer, slightly faster car and would be better use of money than a new ish 1.2 car. Unless you earn big bucks you will look back in a couple of years and think God I spunked some money on that car
Any of the various 1.0 Ecoboost fiesta/focus guises give a nice mix of 'this feels fast compared to my learner car' while keeping insurance low and mpg high. Go and have a shot in one if you don't know anyone that has one.
The turbo gives a lovely little 'shove' from what I remember. Mk6/7 fiestas do look quite nice as well, albeit a little common.
I went for a 1.6 DS3 as my first, however my budget was roughly the same as yours which meant buying a tatty example, turned into a money pit. So make sure that whatever example you go for is the best you can afford - paying for repairs isn't fun at your age when you want to be out and about with mates etc.
The turbo gives a lovely little 'shove' from what I remember. Mk6/7 fiestas do look quite nice as well, albeit a little common.
I went for a 1.6 DS3 as my first, however my budget was roughly the same as yours which meant buying a tatty example, turned into a money pit. So make sure that whatever example you go for is the best you can afford - paying for repairs isn't fun at your age when you want to be out and about with mates etc.
Personally I'd buy a cheaper car not because you'll crash it (that's what insurance is for) but because that's a big chunk to splurge on what will be a very dull slow white goods hatchback that will depreciate like a stone. If you buy something cheap and bank the rest it'll be there in a year or three when the insurance companies will let you drive something worth spending money on.
It's your money but for £7k I would be wanting something fast and/or huge and/or cool, I couldn't bring myself to spend so much on something so mundane.
Edit: I didn't crash my first car (though I did scrape it). I'm glad I only spent £700 on it though, more would have been a waste. Expensive does not equate to fun or even necessarily reliable.
It's your money but for £7k I would be wanting something fast and/or huge and/or cool, I couldn't bring myself to spend so much on something so mundane.
Edit: I didn't crash my first car (though I did scrape it). I'm glad I only spent £700 on it though, more would have been a waste. Expensive does not equate to fun or even necessarily reliable.
Ignore all of this 'you will crash it' nonsense.
I never crashed my first car, apart from hitting a deer that decided to make a dart for my bumper. Actually, that car was a Mark 3 Golf and it stood up to the punishment pretty well, just needing a new radiator grill. It's good to have something a bit sturdy - check out VW Golfs, you could likely get a Mark 5 for the money that you are talking about.
I never crashed my first car, apart from hitting a deer that decided to make a dart for my bumper. Actually, that car was a Mark 3 Golf and it stood up to the punishment pretty well, just needing a new radiator grill. It's good to have something a bit sturdy - check out VW Golfs, you could likely get a Mark 5 for the money that you are talking about.
Yes but the fact is he didn't ask you or anyone else whether you thought him buying a new car was a good idea or not, he simply wanted advice on which car was best for the money.
It's a newish supermini he's after for Christ's sake, not a bloody Ferrari and snide comments from people (who don't even know him) on how there's no point getting a nice car as he'll just crash it, isn't helpful.
I think that's enough on the matter now, and if the OP actually bothers to visit this site again (I wouldn't blame him if he didn't) I'd be interested to hear what he eventually buys.
It's a newish supermini he's after for Christ's sake, not a bloody Ferrari and snide comments from people (who don't even know him) on how there's no point getting a nice car as he'll just crash it, isn't helpful.
I think that's enough on the matter now, and if the OP actually bothers to visit this site again (I wouldn't blame him if he didn't) I'd be interested to hear what he eventually buys.
PetrolJosh said:
jimboroso said:
Ignore all of this 'you will crash it' nonsense.
No one's saying that though, are they?"You will trash it"
"You WILL break your first car."
"It will get crashed, dented, pranged, scratched etc"
"You will most probably crash it."
If you are adamant on getting a nice car- you could look at PCP, leasing something.
Some of them will offer a years free insurance and service, etc.
Peugeot, for example, offer the 'just add fuel'; http://www.offers.peugeot.co.uk/just-add-fuel
Some of them will offer a years free insurance and service, etc.
Peugeot, for example, offer the 'just add fuel'; http://www.offers.peugeot.co.uk/just-add-fuel
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