£2500 Fast Petrol Cars With Good MPG

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PLEASE TAKE ON BOARD THAT I WILL BE 18 WHEN I GET THIS CAR ( 1 years NCB )
Looking for a second car, I was looking at diesels and after putting it all into place, I'm not doing many motorway miles so it seems stupid to buy a 1.9 Fiat Punto Grande..

I want a modern car, but not a car that will have huge insurance premiums, with the 1.9 Punto I got a £1500 quote

However instead of a diesel, could I get a fast petrol car such as a t-jet which lower MPG But however lower insurance

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Just getting some ideas on some petrol cars, which is different to what the other threads are titled

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ecsrobin said:

At 18 you won't get cheap insurance, a fast car won't have good MPG.

I'm not talking about a M3, talking about quick little petrol a such as t-jets, which has average MPG and is quick enough for a second car

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2004 1.2 corsa energy

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I have a £2500 budget including selling the corsa I have now

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Matt100HP said:

Panda 100HP
Twingo 133
Swift Sport
Fiesta Zetec S (mk6)
Mini Cooper (BMW version)

Nice ideas, no opinion on T-Jet?

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ruff'n'smov said:

He said low insurance. Have you got £2500 for car and insurance ??

Oh and why don't you ask your, Dad/brother/uncle/grandad...etc.

£2500 IS PURELY FOR THE CAR

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Matt100HP said:

Bit boring, not as nice to drive as any of the cars on that list. It's a Corsa D in a Fiat frock, as are all Grande Puntos.

Ok, I will look at them cars you have listed and the specs

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McSam said:

I came in here thinking this would be an interesting thread, but in fact it should be titled "cheap hatchback that isn't ungodly slow".

Haha sorry, just looking for some ideas and people with experience of these hatches

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JackP1 said:

Just reading on your other threads, is this going to be your second car, or a second car alongside the one you have?

ZS's are good cars, some car reviews put the handling down as better than the ST but frankly its bullst.
I've owned my ST for 5 years and i'll give you a few stats.
-£220 a year tax
-£40 MOT ( yet to fail, touchwood)
servicing is about £40 for parts if you do it yourself ( C service every 3 years i think is £89 in parts)
-Insurance when i was 20 and 2 years ncb was £1400. Its now at about £500 with 6yrs NCB with all modifications declared ( don't ask me how many, maybe 7/8 ) through a specialist broker. You'll have to be 21 to be with a majority of specialist brokers for insurance.
-Currently 32MPG. A tank can range from about 220 miles to 300+ depending on your driving style.
-I run Toyo T1-R's ( you can't get them anymore but they have a newer model out ) generally good quality tyres are £75 a corner.
-Disks and pads set me back £140. They're from Pagid and i rate them pretty well for the price.
-They can be picked up for next to nothing these days, i don't want to sell mine for this reason as they've dropped that much i'd rather just keep it for the foreseeable future.
-Mines been relatively hassle free, i've spent money on it because i love it and it happily runs 180bhp and hasn't cost massive amounts to get it there.

Just be wary that your insurance is going to be ruinous regardless of how slow/small engine size car you get, so choose wisely on what you actually want then think if its worth spending the money on insurance or putting it towards something better later on in life.
A standard boring answer, but i sort of did the same.

HTH

no, my second car, i will be selling the corsa
but yes i will be going for the Zetec S considering I will be 18, got quoted £1300 straight away without searching around which isn't too bad