£1k car that will last a year?

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ArmaghMan said:

Paid £1700 2 and a1/2 years ago for a mk4 1.4 match for my then 17 Yr old son.
40000 (at a guess extremely hard) miles later still going strong.
Could use a new exhaust, door locks have a mind of their own but starts first time evey time.
Not cool, not trendy but just keeps on plodding along.

It's crazy how cheap they are at the moment. I'm planning to hoard another one (probably 4 motion).

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Bought a 2007 Focus 1.6 petrol last year for about £1300. Had just ticked over 100k miles, just been MOT'd at 106k miles with a first time pass, it has only needed a cambelt and a service which I did myself in that time, it's been brilliant.