Dream budget daily driver

[saloon]

Imagine this:- You want to keep your favourite impreza for sunday best, you're prepared to hand over £3000 to buy a daily driver for a 30 mile each round communte to work, what would you buy? It needs to be cheap to tax and insure.... and not break down ...

[DeanR32]

Well, a Subapoo for sunday best??? lo, only joking mate. I'd look into a Toyota Yaris for that job mate. A1 litre model at that!

[Wadeski]

Fiat Panda?

[mjrc]

yaris, swift... anything jap and 1.0 or 1.1

[Octoposse]

saloon said:

Imagine this:- You want to keep your favourite impreza for sunday best, you're prepared to hand over £3000 to buy a daily driver for a 30 mile each round communte to work, what would you buy? It needs to be cheap to tax and insure.... and not break down ...

P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-L-Y I wouldn't spend 3k on a daily driver. 1200 quid would get you a pretty good Fiat Punto, or 700 a decent Mondeo. Then blow a few hundred at a trusted garage getting everything sorted and you're on the road (ho ho) to reliable stress-free motoring.

(I'm doing it the other way round, looking for an Impreza to add to the daily driver!)

[mark_mcd]

Assuming those roads are b-road get a Suzuki Ignis Sport

Edited by mark_mcd on Saturday 10th January 18:52

[mjrc]

DeanR32 said:

Well, a Subapoo for sunday best??? lo, only joking mate.

are you? looks like you place a r32 a step closer to automotive perfection!! shame on you...

[charlie6387]

mark_mcd said:

Assuming those roads are b-road get a Suzuki Ignis Sport

Edited by mark_mcd on Saturday 10th January 18:52

nice little cars

[TotalControl]

I've recently been looking at Honda Civic's. The VTi model is one i'm out for but there was another model that caught my eye. The 5 door 1.5 Vtec for the 95-99ish model. It can do high 40mpg and could still be quite practical.

[Pui]

£3000 would buy you a lot of petrol to run your subaru!

[mjrc]

Pui said:

£3000 would buy you a lot of petrol to run your subaru!

exactly! thats why i went for wrx instead of sti.

[saloon]

True - but its 3000 boring miles drving to work, which would be 6000 in a smaller less thirsty car

[ScoobieWRX]

mjrc said:

Pui said:

£3000 would buy you a lot of petrol to run your subaru!

exactly! thats why i went for wrx instead of sti.

Actually.....a WRX with an STi lump is more economical than a std WRX or std STi when it's mated to the WRX 5MT, and it's properly tuned!! I never got 25mpg on a run out of my old WRX engine....i do now though. The STi with a 5spd MT makes a nice combination!!

[mjrc]

ScoobieWRX said:

Actually.....a WRX with an STi lump is more economical than a std WRX or std STi when it's mated to the WRX 5MT, and it's properly tuned!! I never got 25mpg on a run out of my old WRX engine....i do now though. The STi with a 5spd MT makes a nice combination!!

happy for you. i am sure a sti lump is good! but i am quite happy with my mpg thanks. and i used to drive 60 miles to work every day and would not buy a sh*tbox to drive it instead. if i need advice on "hot to blow my engine" i will let you now

[ShadownINja]

When you say 30 miles, that's 15 there and 15 back? How about a TVR?

I did that commute every day for 3 years in a Chimaera. You really, really get to learn the car's handling. It was the only time I felt "at one" with a vehicle.

[EvoBarry]

Personally I'd spend £500 on a Micra 1.0 and spend the rest on SUL at the weekends

[ScoobieWRX]

Cheap 1.0L Micra. Plenty about in excellent condition, they run on thin air, cheap to tax and you won't feel embarrased driving it knowing what you have stored in the boudoir for the weekends.

To pep it up just buy a Braun hairdryer (Electric Turbo), Carlos Fandango Wheels and a large backbox with the savings. Damn noisy but economical!!

Seriously though....this is a 'No Brainer'.....Small and Japanese!!

[ryan sri]

What about a little standard starlet 1.1 they are great to drive and are generaly cheap to run and are quite reliable.....it can look tidy aswell with the gt turbokit on it......keep it jap tho

[saloon]

Toyota Starlet - I like!

[ryan sri]

glad to help