Ideal First Cars

Looking for my first car. Any model, any make as long as it's affordable and decent.
Price range from £250-1000
7+ years old
Just pitch some ideas :)
Hopefully it gives other people ideas.
Thanks in advance.

There are plenty of cars to choose from!
You have your mainstream ones such as
Citroen Saxos
Peugeot 306 or whatever they are
Nissan Micra

Anything with a small engine really!

you'll be lucky to get anything newer than an 03 for your price range. but basically your looking at all the usual; citroen saxo, peugeot 106, peugeot 206, renault clio, fiat punto, ford fiesta, ford ka, vauxhall corsa, toyota yaris etc.

personally i'd go for the clio but thats just because i own one lol

Check out the old renault twingo's, great little car and might be in your price range.

Edit: Just checked and they start at the top end of your price range (1K+), I think you should go for a clio or pug 206.

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Originally Posted by Apple

Check out the old renault twingo's, great little car and might be in your price range.

Edit: Just checked and they start at the top end of your price range (1K+), I think you should go for a clio or pug 206.

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they didn't make the mk1 twingo's in the uk, so you'd have to get one imported so with the price of the car, import fee's, changing the reg documents and getting the car registered in the uk, you won't get one for under £1000, especially as insurance would be increased too with the car being an import.

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Originally Posted by tdi

they didn't make the mk1 twingo's in the uk, so you'd have to get one imported so with the price of the car, import fee's, changing the reg documents and getting the car registered in the uk, you won't get one for under £1000, especially as insurance would be increased too with the car being an import.

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I wondered why they were so expensive for what they are! I just thought I'd check autotrader to make sure and they started at 1K+, without all the importing fees then I'm guessing they'd be worth about £500+.

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Originally Posted by tdi

they didn't make the mk1 twingo's in the uk, so you'd have to get one imported so with the price of the car, import fee's, changing the reg documents and getting the car registered in the uk, you won't get one for under £1000, especially as insurance would be increased too with the car being an import.

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It also depends if he's lucky enough to find a mk1 Twingo that was imported years ago, converted for driving on the right side of the road and fit for use in the UK :P I seem to see a few of them around here, but they might be recent imports converted for UK roads with the release of the current Twingo a few years ago :/

It's annoying not knowing what to suggest. Since the scrappage scheme finding any of these cars takes alot of effort, and some aren't as cheap as they should be, seeing as used car dealers can't get them anymore as they're meant to be scrapped, so they can't get their hands on them :/

What i'd get for my first car is a 'Fiat Punto' you can probs get one for about £900-£1000 (or maybe cheaper) so a good little car to start of with

PUG PUG PUG
206, or 106 if you can't afford a 206 :)

Ford Ka, Ford Fiesta?