Best First car?
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If you can do all your own maintenance and mechanics, something like this for half a bag 
old out yer 'and..
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old out yer 'and..
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
I had a Peugeot 106 1.1 as a first car. Hated the image of it at the time, now it's gone, I miss it so much.
Weighed about as much as a cardboard box, handled fantastically, never did less than 45mpg despite caning it everywhere (oh to be 17) and I had a theory that every part cost £30 for it. New tyre? £30. Alternator? £30 (eBay).
Good ones for £500 out there
Weighed about as much as a cardboard box, handled fantastically, never did less than 45mpg despite caning it everywhere (oh to be 17) and I had a theory that every part cost £30 for it. New tyre? £30. Alternator? £30 (eBay).
Good ones for £500 out there
When I was looking for a cheap daily 4 years ago I got a 1998 Mazda 323f with just 61K miles recorded and 3 previous owners from the South Coast - probably elderly ones going by the scrapes and scuffs!
But having the 1,500cc engine it was in the cheap road tax band (before 2001 and less than 1,549cc) and although it had a cam-belt it was a non-interference engine so the belt only needed changing if it did snap! (Which it didn't).
It was a good car, it could happily cruise at the speed limit and averaged almost 40 mpg for the 6 months I had it. All I had done to it was an oil and brake fluid change.
Good luck anyway.
But having the 1,500cc engine it was in the cheap road tax band (before 2001 and less than 1,549cc) and although it had a cam-belt it was a non-interference engine so the belt only needed changing if it did snap! (Which it didn't).
It was a good car, it could happily cruise at the speed limit and averaged almost 40 mpg for the 6 months I had it. All I had done to it was an oil and brake fluid change.
Good luck anyway.
Lukas239 said:
I had a Peugeot 106 1.1 as a first car. Hated the image of it at the time, now it's gone, I miss it so much.
Weighed about as much as a cardboard box, handled fantastically, never did less than 45mpg despite caning it everywhere (oh to be 17) and I had a theory that every part cost £30 for it. New tyre? £30. Alternator? £30 (eBay).
Good ones for £500 out there
Good call. The 306 is probably similarly cheap to run and drives really well.Weighed about as much as a cardboard box, handled fantastically, never did less than 45mpg despite caning it everywhere (oh to be 17) and I had a theory that every part cost £30 for it. New tyre? £30. Alternator? £30 (eBay).
Good ones for £500 out there
90's Pugs are a fantastic example of why this big wheeled, stiffly sprung approach to cars these days is so wrong. Excellent supple ride and top notch handling; unless you slam it at which point all is ruined...
CDP said:
Good call. The 306 is probably similarly cheap to run and drives really well.
90's Pugs are a fantastic example of why this big wheeled, stiffly sprung approach to cars these days is so wrong. Excellent supple ride and top notch handling; unless you slam it at which point all is ruined...
My old man's daily is a 306 Diesel of some sort (HDi rather than XDi if i remember correctly). Brilliantly reliable, super easy and cheap to access anything in the engine bay and serves as a van with the back seats down/out. Fantastic cheap motoring. 90's Pugs are a fantastic example of why this big wheeled, stiffly sprung approach to cars these days is so wrong. Excellent supple ride and top notch handling; unless you slam it at which point all is ruined...
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