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1 Jul 2004, 22:17
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Insanity Prawn Boy!
Join Date: Dec 2001
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First cars
So i'm in the market looking to buy my first car. Trouble is, i don't know what would be good to start with. Basically what i want is something that is: - Cheap to buy
- Has Low Insurance
- Has Low Tax
- Reliable
- Economical
- Large enough to fit myself (being 6ft) and at least 3 mates in
so, people of the interweb, any suggestions?
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1 Jul 2004, 22:19
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Bored
Join Date: Apr 2001
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Re: First cars
I've got an old VW polo.
Fits all the above catagories.
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1 Jul 2004, 22:23
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I play the double-bass.
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: First cars
yeah go with an old VW (II or III), they are very very good although not the reliable (depends on year of constructino).
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1 Jul 2004, 22:33
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Bored
Join Date: Apr 2001
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Re: First cars
mines never really failed me. In over 3 years It's broken down once, and even then i just waited for the engnie to cool and it worked again. (was just a rubber tube wearing through, AA gave me a new one for free). Batteries drained a few times but thats only when I don't drive it much.
Get AA cover, an MOT and a service every couple of years and everything will be fine.
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1 Jul 2004, 22:35
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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Re: First cars
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yeah go with an old VW (WWI or WWII), they are very very good although not the reliable (depends on year of constructino).
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1 Jul 2004, 22:45
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Insanity Prawn Boy!
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Re: First cars
also, i'd like to know where i can get cheap insurance from thankyouplease
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1 Jul 2004, 23:19
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I play the double-bass.
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Re: First cars
doubt they are cheap skiddy.
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2 Jul 2004, 10:26
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Made of Twigs
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Re: First cars
My VW was £6k+!
My cheapest insurance by £350 was with Endsleigh, I assume they do good things to students.
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2 Jul 2004, 10:41
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WANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Éire
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Re: First cars
I had a fiesta as my first car. Old model. Cheap as chips, ran on nothing as it was a 1.1litre, never had much trouble with it even though it was 10 years old. Fit myself in it fine (6ft 3") fit my 3 m8s in it with a little squeeze in the back.
Problem was the insurance as I was a guy,under 25 which ment that insurance companies decided they should bend me over and ream me till I bled.
2 years driving now and my insurance has come down alot, still not real cheap but ok.
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2 Jul 2004, 11:09
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Bored
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Re: First cars
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My VW was £6k+!
My cheapest insurance by £350 was with Endsleigh, I assume they do good things to students.
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My polo was free 
That's why you go for the old ones! May not look as smooth or have loads of gadgets but they are just as reliable and so so much cheaper.
I also went through Endsleigh, they do discounts for students.
Try loads of ones online, depending how old you are different ones are better. Tesco and theAA are meant to be good.
Norwich union, although i hate their stupid adverts, are who endsleigh brokered my insurance with.
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2 Jul 2004, 11:51
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: First cars
Vauxhall Nova!
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2 Jul 2004, 12:37
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WANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Éire
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Re: First cars
Y'know you can go to main dealers and garages and pick up a decent car, road worthy etc, for pretty much nothing. They accept cars in as trade-ins, however if the car is under a certain value then they cant really sell it, but it costs them a few hundred to scrap it. So they sell them for almost nothing. You can get em for £1.
Watching Top Gear really pays off. All they need to do is put some boobs (apart from clarkson and the little fella) on and its the best show on TV.
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2 Jul 2004, 13:00
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Rawr rawr
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Re: First cars
I got a suzuki swift... Good if you don't plan to haul anything big.
We did try to fit in it with four people including sleeping bags. It worked, but one of them nearly kicked the rear-view-mirror off.
And you really shouldn't be much bigger than 6ft.
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2 Jul 2004, 14:17
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Street Tramp
Join Date: Apr 2000
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Re: First cars
My 1st car was an MGF convertible ... meets absolutely 0 of your requirements.
However.. on the insurance front, if you have a girl friend or some female your age that will pretend to be, stick her on your insurance too as a named driver (this only works if your male btw). Statistically couples are less likely to have an accident so you save loads. My 1st premium went from 1.9k to 1.4k with my GF added. Just make sure you dont claim they are your 'partner' as that means legal ties.
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2 Jul 2004, 18:07
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Bored
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Re: First cars
my mum is a named driver on my insurance. It cuts the cost down a lot. She's also a member of the NUT so I get discounts because of that.
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2 Jul 2004, 18:14
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Made of Twigs
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Re: First cars
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my mum is a named driver on my insurance. It cuts the cost down a lot.
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Also to add, my mate graduated last week and got a job in the local council, so quickly rang up the insurance company expectin it to go down - it went up £30!
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2 Jul 2004, 18:18
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Born Sinful
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Loughborough, UK
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Re: First cars
Whats your budget?
As everyone is probably sick of me saying by now, my first car (as of a month and a half ago) was a Fiat Punto until someone wrote it off for me, the gits. My second car (as of a week and a half ago) is also a Fiat Punto.
They are a decent car, you can get them for under £1000 (current one was £695 due to a few scratches where it's not been looked after to well, but I'm not too fussed about that in a cheap car) so long as you don't mind highish mileage.
Info on my current £695 one (all of this is standard, not added extras):
Fiat Punto 55SX
1.1 Litre engine with good tourque if that sort of thing bothers you
Produced in 1997 (so 7 years old)
66,000 miles on the clock (Punto's are usually good up to 110,000 and above)
Immobiliser
Electric windows
Central locking
Decent interior (ie. not shitty head restraints etc)
Independant front and rear foglights
>> LOW INSURANCE CLASS <<
If you look around in the private ads (trade tends to rip you off on cheaper cars) its not too hard to find a good deal.
Just don't get it written off, either by your fault or someone elses. Beleive me the paperwork is hell.
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2 Jul 2004, 19:00
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Angry Young Man
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Re: First cars
Most i'd pay is about £750. Think im going to have to cross this bridge soon. Just been told im only needed 2 days a week at maplin, going to do an intensive driving course and get delivery work hopefully
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2 Jul 2004, 22:38
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#planetarion
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Birmingham, UK
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Re: First cars
Direct Line are good and cheap especially once you've turned 21.
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2 Jul 2004, 22:49
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The Arson Specialist
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: First cars
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Vauxhall Nova!
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2 Jul 2004, 23:00
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Retired
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: BONNY SCOTLAND
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Re: First cars
If you do yer pass plus,
Norwich union are the daddies of low insurance with that.
Punto's are a not bad buy, as long as you only plan on driving it less than 10k a year, and you only plan on keeping it two years max.
Anything below a 1.3 will get you decent insurance and not cost a lot.
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2 Jul 2004, 23:08
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Bored
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Re: First cars
cheaper tax on a <1.3 as well
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