im 19 and have 6k to spend on my next car
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Im 19 and have just received 2 years NCD.
I have 6k to spend on my next car but im unsure what to get.
I dont require a diesel as i dont do the miles.
Ideally around 70k miles and something that is not slow.
Wouldnt feel comfortable buying a car thats over 10 years old as i dont wanna lose too much money on it.
Any suggestions?
I have 6k to spend on my next car but im unsure what to get.
I dont require a diesel as i dont do the miles.
Ideally around 70k miles and something that is not slow.
Wouldnt feel comfortable buying a car thats over 10 years old as i dont wanna lose too much money on it.
Any suggestions?
Might be helpful if we had some more context and info here.
What do you drive right now? What do you like/dislike about it? Why are you looking to change now?
In terms of the kind of driving you do, how many miles a year? Do you use a car to commute? What kind of roads are your regular journeys? (i.e. motorways, country lanes, crawling through city traffic) Do you need to worry about entering ULEZ or LEZ areas, or London congestion charge zone? Do you have a GF/BF/partner or kids to cart around? Do you need space for stuff (hobby equipment, work tools, etc)?
When you say you don't want to lose money on a car, do you mean in terms of depreciation or in terms of repairs? Because, in many ways, a 10+ year old car will lose you less money where the former is concerned.
Given your age, I'd be inclined to suggest you spend £2,000 on a car and pocket the remaining four for savings, house rent/deposit or similar. But not knowing your situation it's difficult to be specifically patronising
(<-- that was a tongue-in-cheek remark, by the way)
What do you drive right now? What do you like/dislike about it? Why are you looking to change now?
In terms of the kind of driving you do, how many miles a year? Do you use a car to commute? What kind of roads are your regular journeys? (i.e. motorways, country lanes, crawling through city traffic) Do you need to worry about entering ULEZ or LEZ areas, or London congestion charge zone? Do you have a GF/BF/partner or kids to cart around? Do you need space for stuff (hobby equipment, work tools, etc)?
When you say you don't want to lose money on a car, do you mean in terms of depreciation or in terms of repairs? Because, in many ways, a 10+ year old car will lose you less money where the former is concerned.
Given your age, I'd be inclined to suggest you spend £2,000 on a car and pocket the remaining four for savings, house rent/deposit or similar. But not knowing your situation it's difficult to be specifically patronising
(<-- that was a tongue-in-cheek remark, by the way)Depending on age and mileage then 6k will get you just about anything in decent condition.
At your age insurance will also play a major part in the price so I would go for a hatchback car such as a VW golf as its a good all round car. I would not buy anything smaller as I find small cars just are not as comfy and big cars bully you more.
Any of the cars such as the Seat Leon, Skoda Octavia, Ford Focus, Mazda 3 or Kia Ceed will all be decent.
I remember Jeremy Clarkson saying they really don't make any bad cars nowadays which is why car reviewers end up comparing glove boxes. I remember reading a review for the Ford Mondeo Vignale in which the reviewer said it was inferior to a Mercedes E class as the E class had soft touch materials in the foot well and the Ford did not. I am sure all passengers will appreciate this haha.
VW's do hold their value well so other brands would be more bang for your buck. Its very weird also but the brand of the car seems to have more impact over insurance than anything else. I always found Honda to be very expensive to insure and Ford very cheap.
I would say you only need to spend 3 - 4 K for a car in reasonable condition. My friend bought an immaculate Renault Meganne convertible for 3,900. Admittedly it broke down 3 times in 1 year for the same fault all 3 times. This cost my friend 700 per time to fix. After the 3rd Renault breakdown he sold it to a garage and bought an old Diesel VW Passat estate for beer money which has never set a foot wrong.
Happy shopping
At your age insurance will also play a major part in the price so I would go for a hatchback car such as a VW golf as its a good all round car. I would not buy anything smaller as I find small cars just are not as comfy and big cars bully you more.
Any of the cars such as the Seat Leon, Skoda Octavia, Ford Focus, Mazda 3 or Kia Ceed will all be decent.
I remember Jeremy Clarkson saying they really don't make any bad cars nowadays which is why car reviewers end up comparing glove boxes. I remember reading a review for the Ford Mondeo Vignale in which the reviewer said it was inferior to a Mercedes E class as the E class had soft touch materials in the foot well and the Ford did not. I am sure all passengers will appreciate this haha.
VW's do hold their value well so other brands would be more bang for your buck. Its very weird also but the brand of the car seems to have more impact over insurance than anything else. I always found Honda to be very expensive to insure and Ford very cheap.
I would say you only need to spend 3 - 4 K for a car in reasonable condition. My friend bought an immaculate Renault Meganne convertible for 3,900. Admittedly it broke down 3 times in 1 year for the same fault all 3 times. This cost my friend 700 per time to fix. After the 3rd Renault breakdown he sold it to a garage and bought an old Diesel VW Passat estate for beer money which has never set a foot wrong.
Happy shopping
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