£6k, ultra-reliable, not diesel, not ruinous, not too slow..

[Redplant]

..and not a motorbike

for £6k

need something with bullet proof reliability, by far the most important point if im gonna be honest

not older than 15 years

petrol or hybrid

ideally achieves at least 25mpg in town driving

that isn't slow, but to be realistic considering all the above, i'll settle for anything that hits 0-60 in under 10s lol..

ideally 4-5 seats + doors but 2 in either case isn't the end of the world

not bothered if its manual or auto

[Deerfoot]

Civic 1.8?

[MrGTI6]

Deerfoot said:

Civic 1.8?

This is a really good shout. Just avoid the "i-SHIFT" automated manual 'box. Manuals or later torque-converter autos should be fine.

[trickywoo]

Suzuki Swift sport.

Zc32 most recent model before the turbo version.

5 doors are rarer than 3 but are out there.

[ZX10R NIN]

Giulietta Sportiva 170 these have proven themselves to be reliable:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Veloce

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

1.6T Clio RS200 Lux

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Leon Cupra 240

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

1.6T SRI 180

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

[SAS Tom]

Lexus RX400H

[Macron]

That Clio RS is a good grand less than any other in that shape.

Hmmmm. Desperate seller or alarm bells ringing?

[Murph7355]

Macron said:

That Clio RS is a good grand less than any other in that shape.

Hmmmm. Desperate seller or alarm bells ringing?

Noted in the ad' - wheels scuffed and body dings. Looking at the dings I wonder if it's had a rear knock.

Either way, those things will eat the 1k difference.

[Mr Tidy]

If you fancied something RWD you might want to consider an early (05/06) E9* BMW 330i, or an E87 130i.

Way quicker to 60 than 10 seconds, but I'm not sure about 25mpg in city use.

I get well over 30mpg in my 330i, but that's with no commute, living in the suburbs and driving out of rush hours whenever possible!

[Evanivitch]

Mazda2 1.5

Not particularly quick, but bullet proof reliability all round, engine that wants to rev like small NA engines do and fun to chuck about.

[CDP]

Alfa 159?

[Macron]

CDP said:

Alfa 159?

Ultra reliable!!!??!!!?!!!!!

[Jcwjosh]

I think an FN2 Civic type R might fit the bill. You can pick up a nice example for that sort of money.

[trickywoo]

Mr Tidy said:

If you fancied something RWD you might want to consider an early (05/06) E9* BMW 330i, or an E87 130i.

Ultra reliable? They are well off that definition in my experience.

Also not ruinous? You could easily drop 20% of the purchase price on repairs and not be in any better a position.

[loskie]

Forester

[CDP]

Macron said:

CDP said:

Alfa 159?

Ultra reliable!!!??!!!?!!!!!

You can rely on failure and it is unlikely to disappoint.

[Mr Tidy]

trickywoo said:

Mr Tidy said:

If you fancied something RWD you might want to consider an early (05/06) E9* BMW 330i, or an E87 130i.

Ultra reliable? They are well off that definition in my experience.

Also not ruinous? You could easily drop 20% of the purchase price on repairs and not be in any better a position.

Well I'm only 2 years into E9* ownership but both of mine have been fine so far - although my E91 did need a new water pump at 135k miles in 2018.

But then a water pump is a consumable on any car. I remember fitting a new one many years ago to a Capri that had done about 40,000 miles!

It's just a shame the electric ones fitted to E9* BMWs cost around £250. But you'd probably never need to fit another, which seems like a better position to me.

[Joe M]

I had similar requirements to you last year including no diesel. I ended up with an E92 335d and its absolutely brilliant... Why no diesel?

[1Rb]

Lexus Is250 although might fail town mpg requirement.

[Mr Tidy]

Joe M said:

I had similar requirements to you last year including no diesel. I ended up with an E92 335d and its absolutely brilliant... Why no diesel?

Maybe the OP doesn't do enough miles for a diesel to make economic sense?

IS250 seems like a good car, but £570 a year road tax! Not that good!