I want to buy a cheap, reliable car with low insurance - what do you recommend?
I want to buy a cheap car with low insurance. It needs to be reliable and I'm not bothered about the badge. What do you recommend?
Asked on 22 October 2017 by rover 618
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Original shape Toyota Yaris from 1999 - 2005. Check the exhaust carefully, the clutch and the rear coil springs. But generally the best, most reliable, cheap to run small older car.
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