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Been offered a 1.0 Kia Picanto, 2010
Could be ideal as a cheap learner / starter car for my lad who is currently taking lessons.
Only MoT’d til March though, MoT history is pretty good, only known faults are front exhaust bracket & slight exhaust blow.
Worth a punt for £400?
He’s going to run a few insurance quotes, this might put him off!
Could be ideal as a cheap learner / starter car for my lad who is currently taking lessons.
Only MoT’d til March though, MoT history is pretty good, only known faults are front exhaust bracket & slight exhaust blow.
Worth a punt for £400?
He’s going to run a few insurance quotes, this might put him off!
Anecdote only FWIW
Don’t want to put you off and £400 isn’t much obv - but the 16 second plus 0-60 time can actually be a bit dangerous and has been known to frustrate the following alpha male (dxck) road user to the point of aggression! So whilst on paper great for a learner I’m personally not sure I would.
I drove one of these era Kia’s for quite bit in West Africa (on a work camp) and it was actually pretty unreliable. Firm swapped them out for the newer model (2012 or so) which was still extremely slow but at least extremely reliable even sitting out in 30plus degrees all day and the auto box on the ones we had very smooth.
Don’t want to put you off and £400 isn’t much obv - but the 16 second plus 0-60 time can actually be a bit dangerous and has been known to frustrate the following alpha male (dxck) road user to the point of aggression! So whilst on paper great for a learner I’m personally not sure I would.
I drove one of these era Kia’s for quite bit in West Africa (on a work camp) and it was actually pretty unreliable. Firm swapped them out for the newer model (2012 or so) which was still extremely slow but at least extremely reliable even sitting out in 30plus degrees all day and the auto box on the ones we had very smooth.
weeve said:
Anecdote only FWIW
Don’t want to put you off and £400 isn’t much obv - but the 16 second plus 0-60 time can actually be a bit dangerous and has been known to frustrate the following alpha male (dxck) road user to the point of aggression! So whilst on paper great for a learner I’m personally not sure I would.
I drove one of these era Kia’s for quite bit in West Africa (on a work camp) and it was actually pretty unreliable. Firm swapped them out for the newer model (2012 or so) which was still extremely slow but at least extremely reliable even sitting out in 30plus degrees all day and the auto box on the ones we had very smooth.
I’d agree will the acceleration part , my daughter refused to drive my wife’s 1.2 corsa as she said it was dangerous joining a roads / motorways ( slip roads ) , lorry baring down on you & your going knowhere fast .Don’t want to put you off and £400 isn’t much obv - but the 16 second plus 0-60 time can actually be a bit dangerous and has been known to frustrate the following alpha male (dxck) road user to the point of aggression! So whilst on paper great for a learner I’m personally not sure I would.
I drove one of these era Kia’s for quite bit in West Africa (on a work camp) and it was actually pretty unreliable. Firm swapped them out for the newer model (2012 or so) which was still extremely slow but at least extremely reliable even sitting out in 30plus degrees all day and the auto box on the ones we had very smooth.
It was high up the list when we changed it , more acceleration, went for fiesta st that solved the problem .as for picanto , next door has had 2 and never heard her complain about them , latest one looks a lot higher up model that first one .had this one a long time , first one which looked very basic was gone within a year .
ACCYSTAN said:
Buy it, for that short of money you can’t go wrong.
Even with the MoT expiring in March?I'm just concerned that he'll end up spending £'s to get it through MoT or scrap it come March.
He wants to do this himself (financially), I'm not much help as I've not bought a car for 15yrs - I keep mine!
To add to that, neither of us are particularly mechanically minded to get stuck in ourselves.
As I said above I personally wouldn’t but I understand the appeal. I learnt in a 2.0l bronze capri which I crashed in a multi-storey car park (nose was too long for the parking spot my father told me afterward.. ) Actually I say told, he rather shouted… and it was written off. Oh and the replacement was a MG Metro (in beige) which made me sad. So I’m not one to listen too. Especially as the Metro engine broke twice at 70mph on the motorway (the fastest it could go) the minute I passed my test.
If want to ahead perhaps say deal for £400 plus a new MOT price (circa £450) with a no thanks if it fails on something costing more than x to fix (x equals whatever you’re prepared to spend on it..)
If want to ahead perhaps say deal for £400 plus a new MOT price (circa £450) with a no thanks if it fails on something costing more than x to fix (x equals whatever you’re prepared to spend on it..)
My partner had a 2009 Kia Picanto 3cyc thing from new. It's very reliable, cheap to run and fix. As long as the car has had its yearly servicing and fixed when needed, then it'll be fine.
We are only looking to sell it this year to get something more modern. Probably get a Picanto again or a Rio, maybe it's Hyundai cousins as they are the same car.
I always tell people that Kia gets a bad press by badge snobs but they are solid and reliable. Pretty much A to B cars and if that's all you need, then worth every penny.
We are only looking to sell it this year to get something more modern. Probably get a Picanto again or a Rio, maybe it's Hyundai cousins as they are the same car.
I always tell people that Kia gets a bad press by badge snobs but they are solid and reliable. Pretty much A to B cars and if that's all you need, then worth every penny.
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