should i get a 1 series?

[baz89]

Hi everyone,
I am new on here,been a lurker for a while checking out threads.
Anyway i am after some advice really, currently taking some driving lessons so narrowing down what car to get when i eventually pass (fingers crossed).

I am 26 years old been saving over the years for a "dream" first car, roughly about 10k excluding money for insurance. Question is it worth getting the 2011 plate bmw 118d or should i get something else? e.g vxr golf a3?

cheers

[baz89]

nickpan said:

Yes - assuming you can afford to maintain a full bmw service history and possibly even pay the £30ish a month for a BMW warranty as they can become unaffordable quite quickly when a major part goes wrong.

Does the warranty cover every fault that could happen? And also cover servicing?

Edited by baz89 on Sunday 1st March 08:56

[baz89]

Gruber said:

With respect, the 118d is not really a "dream" car. They're perfectly adequate commuter cars, but stretching yourself to buy a small diesel hatchback that has a lot of depreciating to do and has well known, serious reliability issues all just seems a bit bonkers to me.

If it were me, I'd buy something cheap for a year while you really learn to drive. Once you've got a bit of experience under your belt, you'll be much better able to go and test drive a few different cars and see what you like the feel of.

Edited by Gruber on Sunday 1st March 15:13

Thanks everyone for the feedback. As Gruber has suggested i will get a decent run about maybe a corsa to get more driving experience then move on to something else.