first car.

[PaulMacC]

starting my driving lessons soon, probably a bit too soon to drink of a first car but i was wondering how much i'll usually need for a decent first car + insurance - i'm estimating around 5 grand.

[Sunny.]

drink? I assume you mean dream lol.

Depends what type of car you want, which will also impact on your budget as the type of car will directly affect your insurance.
I'd go for a small 1-1.2 litre car as a first car.

Here are a few examples;
Vauxhall Corsa
Renault Clio
Toyota Yarris
Vauxhall Astra

[PaulMacC]

How much would they cost, I meant think btw :P

[danzooo]

5 grand is a bit much to be spending on a first car (after all, your first cars is what you cut your teeth on and youll probably make a lot of daft mistakes with it).

I'd say about 2-3 grand is a good amount for a first car. Don't go for anything bigger than a 1.3 or anything bigger than a Fiesta or equivalent.

Possibilities:
Ford Ka
Ford Fiesta
Vauxhall Corsa
Fiat Punto
VW Polo
Renault Clio (I own one of these)
Citroen Saxo / Citroen C2
Peugeot 106
Peugeot 206
Toyota Yaris
Skoda Fabia
Seat Ibiza etc etc

[Meanies]

5 grand is a bit much to be spending on a first car (after all, your first cars is what you cut your teeth on and youll probably make a lot of daft mistakes with it).

I'd say about 2-3 grand is a good amount for a first car. Don't go for anything bigger than a 1.3 or anything bigger than a Fiesta or equivalent.

Possibilities:
Ford Ka
Ford Fiesta
Vauxhall Corsa
Fiat Punto
VW Polo
Renault Clio (I own one of these)
Citroen Saxo / Citroen C2
Peugeot 106
Peugeot 206
Toyota Yaris
Skoda Fabia
Seat Ibiza etc etc

he was saying 5grand for car and insurance :P

don't get a corsa. they're just typical student cars.
i'm going for a clio or 206 because they're relatively cheap and nice cars

[Robbie]

punto punto punto punto punto

[immense]

5 grand is a bit much to be spending on a first car (after all, your first cars is what you cut your teeth on and youll probably make a lot of daft mistakes with it).

I'd say about 2-3 grand is a good amount for a first car. Don't go for anything bigger than a 1.3 or anything bigger than a Fiesta or equivalent.

Possibilities:
Ford Ka
Ford Fiesta
Vauxhall Corsa
Fiat Punto
VW Polo
Renault Clio (I own one of these)
Citroen Saxo / Citroen C2
Peugeot 106
Peugeot 206
Toyota Yaris
Skoda Fabia
Seat Ibiza etc etc
yeah that list is really good em and my mates mostly have one of those, few rich kid exceptions :L i have one of those and have driven others, and most of my mates have one of the above and never heard constantly bad things about any :)

[danzooo]

^^ there's always rich kid exceptions wherever you go! i have an 18 year old mate who has a brand new Corsa, and a boy in my year's parents bought him a brand new Fiat 500 :rolleyes:

Clio is a brilliant car, mines a 2003 model Dynamique, fantastic little thing to drive, comfortable, cheap to insure and quite a lot of toys (auto wipers, auto headlights, alloys, front fogs, cd) plus it looks ace!

[jam666]

If you can stretch your budget to around 6k you can get a mazda 2 :). Heres a picture of mine which im picking up tomorrow morning :).
Id suggest you look at a fiesta aswell as they are great little cars and youll be able to get a decent one that will be a great little runaround for a few years.




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