I need th emost reliable car ever - but there's a catch!

[Liquid Tuna]

We've been informed work are moving offices, and not to a very desirable area. I don't mind the move, but I don't fancy parking my car anywhere near. So, I'm after another one.

It needs to be around £1000, small, cheap to insure and maintain etc and above all, totally reliable. I can't emphasise the last point enough.

Other than that I don't care, petrol or diesel (though I'd prefer petrol), and can look as crappy as you like, so it doesn't get noticed.

I was thinking something like a Yaris or something else Japanese? Any ideas?

[Chris Peacock]

Buy honda.


Ive tried for 5 years to break mine.......

[Kinky]

Have to agree with the Honda

If it was me personally, I'd go for an Accord CC7

[r1ch]

Its gotta be a Nissan Micra, hasn't it?

[Chris Peacock]

A lex said:

Mid to late 90s Honda Civic.

Ex-gf had one and she tried consistently to break it - no oil, no water, no problem! Its still going strong now 6yrs later.

Absolutely indestructible and would no doubt survive a nuclear holocaust.

Dull as ditch water, but you didnt ask for exciting

example:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3369969.htm

Nail................Head.

[Willy Nilly]

I've had my MB2 Civic nearly 10 years, the first thing to actually stop working was recently when the AC needed regassing....

There is an S reg 3door civic (EK????) in the village that is for sale for £1750, it's an auto with 28,000 miles not even run in yet....

[Lotus Notes]

My Honda Accord typeS had nothing to report in 2 years. It was absolutely inconceivable that it would break down..

Any Honda would do.


PS A friend's Toyota Corolla was spectacular in the floods when a lot of 4x4s got destroyed.

[Liquid Tuna]

Excellent!! Looks like a honda then. I'll start trawling the classifieds!

[V8Wagon]

I've got a 2004 Accord and it is a great car. Not the most exciting but a great spec and super reliable.

[Kinky]

Plenty to choose from

[Hark]

Avensis?

[SlowStig]

Primera, in silver. I cant imagine a car which blends in quite so well and comes so well specced!

[Zwoelf]

Fast/fun.
Reliable.
Cheap.

Pick up to any two.

Something small and Japanese with a naturally aspirated petrol engine. Or a Volvo S40 1.8 (that isn't a GDI), which is almost the same thing.

Or an LS400...

[Jw Vw]

Nissan Micra or 90's Civic as previously said.

[5lab]

90s mk2 mondeo, get one without rust and it'll keep on going

[Meoricin]

Zwoelf said:

Fast/fun.
Reliable.
Cheap.

Pick up to any two.

Something small and Japanese with a naturally aspirated petrol engine. Or a Volvo S40 1.8 (that isn't a GDI), which is almost the same thing.

Or an LS400...

It's a good job he only wanted two of those criteria, really, isn't it?

[R26Chris]

Hark said:

Avensis?

Not avensis. Mine (2.0 vvti) suffered catastrophic head gasket failure which cost £2k to fix. The 1.8 petrols burn oil and the 2.2 diesels are prone to HG failure as well.
AVOID! ( in my experience)

Edited by R26Chris on Monday 7th November 22:22

[Zwoelf]

Meoricin said:

It's a good job he only wanted two of those criteria, really, isn't it?

Yes, precisely. i.e. it's not particularly a challenge.

[H_Kan]

Got to be the noddy shaped Nissan Micra really.

Peanuts to buy, peanuts to run, completely anonymous and very very reliable.

[Perd Hapley]

This thread might be interesting. I hope the catch isn't that he doesn't want to spend much money.

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