Yeah, i was thinking that. I'm gonna leave it. I hardly know anyone who knows about cars, might be able to a mechanic to look at one for me, though i'd prob have to pay him.

If you know nothing about cars you need someone who does to be with you, we've all been green and got our fingers burned at some point.

You are starting on the bottom rung of the car-ownership ladder, looking at 10-year-old cars costing under a grand. That's a good way to start, but as said above, you need someone to hold your hand and show you the ropes. If a 'loose bearing' is the only thing wrong with this car and you go looking for others, they are all likely to have faults somewhere - that's probably why they are cheap. Go for cars with some history or evidence of how they have been kept. A private seller may be able to tell you a lot more than a back-street dealer who has picked it up at auction, but he won't give you a warranty. But back-street traders won't agree to do much fixing for that money either.

Welcome to bangernomics ....