Best reliable place to buy a used car B45 area

[a menofearthereaper]

Any help on reliable used car sales around B45 area where it s not a death trap,not road worthy & get a warranty where they actually put any faults wrong with it with no arguments?.
Looking for Citroen Ds3 1.2 (first car)

[soad]

Would avoid anything 1.2 PureTech like a plague personally. Nothing but issues, have a google.

[ZX10R NIN]

Avoid the 1.2 puretech/1.0 ecoboost engines, the ecoboosts are actually okay if they've been looked after BUT changing the wet belt could cost you anywhere from £700-1200 to change so I'd factor that in.

It depends on your budget & what you're looking at, most cars are reliable as long as they've been maintained, always buy on condition/check the MOT history/receipts (if there are no receipts it hasn't been done) check everything twice don't be afraid to buy privately.

[a menofearthereaper]

Hi, I’m checking all mot history, fsh etc.. but it’s going to be a first car which I want to know it’s reliable.
Ds3 1.2 with a budget of around £3000 which for a 2015 plate seems to be the going rate, I’m willing to go private if car seems good, test drive isn’t bouncy etc..
looking in auto trader anything that seems 1/2 decent is 30+ miles away.

[Matt_T]

DS3s also come with a 1.6 and 1.4 petrol engine (which I think are both the Prince engine) - I think these are more reliable than the 1.2 but suggest someone confirms this.

[Matt_T]

This place seems to have some nice looking cars, they all look well presented and described.
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/dealer/973657

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/20351228

[ZX10R NIN]

Use the comparison sites to see what comes back with sensible numbers.

Alfa Mito:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202602149...

Look at the 1.4 208:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202602029...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202604291...

Clio:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202604221...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202605052...

1.4 Astra:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202605012...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202603311...

1.6 DS3:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202601199...

[oilslick]

a menofearthereaper said:

Hi, I m checking all mot history, fsh etc.. but it s going to be a first car which I want to know it s reliable.
Ds3 1.2 with a budget of around £3000 which for a 2015 plate seems to be the going rate, I m willing to go private if car seems good, test drive isn t bouncy etc..
looking in auto trader anything that seems 1/2 decent is 30+ miles away.

As has been mentioned previously, do not buy a car with a 1.2 Puretech engine. With the budget you have you’re just asking for trouble.