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Skoda? Ok its a good car but has absolutly NO 19 year old teenage girly street cred of any kind whatsoever.
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I'd rather have the skoda than a rollerskate - sorry Hyundai amica!
Joking aside i'd say that the amica is a bit on the small side compared to things like the fabia and ibiza. How about a Yaris or a punto - loads of both available for that kind of money
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Seat Ibiza is good choice, try and find 1.4 engine. Cheap to run, plenty of room and street cred. Do NOT go for Punto, personal experience of both Punto and Ibiza means there is no contest here.
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Girly car, bit of street cred, relatively cheap to fix when it goes wrong - Peugeot 206? Should get a high-ish mileage 1999 T/V for your budget, from what I'v seen in autotrader. Was talking to a girl in the DVLA office in Leeds who was re-registering a 1999V 206 that had been bought at auction for about £2,750.
Having had one of these, they aren't bad to drive, just the pedals are too close together for my size 11s'. Or failing a 206, how about a 306, even the 1.4 LX is a nice little car. I p/exd mine back in May last year for £4.5 which was a 2000/X with 55,000 on the clock.
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Has she considered a Yaris?
Economical to run, nice to drive, plenty of girly cred. Only real probs IMO are a small boot, and back seat not v comfortable (seat squab v short).
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I'm with NoWheels, a Yaris is the car (but I can't see you getting one with aircon for £3500).
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Has she considered a Yaris? Economical to run, nice to drive, plenty of girly cred. Only real probs IMO are a small boot, and back seat not v comfortable (seat squab v short).
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Plus a fantastic number of storage cubby holes up front
Check out the special editions as IIRC several had A/C.
The back seat does slide forward to give a larger boot.
My daughter has a V reg,1.3 CDX, one of the earliest 1.3s and I like it. The speedo is unusual but most drivers get to like it. If you get one then get a spare bulb kit cos some bulbs are not available in filling stations.
I wish my 98 Mondeo had as much storage space as the Yaris. I consider the Mondeo is awful in this respect. OTT on speakers and styling. It has about the worse cup holder I can imagine and only the dash in front of the passenger to rest anything on.
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okay - scrub the 206, just reread your message. Still stands about the 306 though - twin airbags + side airbags as std on the LX, nippy-ish and cheap to run. Service every 20K from memory.
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Thanks so far. A quick glance thru online Autotrader shows
There seem to be v few 306s with smaller engines in the price range.
Hyundai - I wasn't even aware of these, but worth considering (but looks a bit small and 1.0 engine might not be enough). Will show her one.
Yaris - I hadn't even thought of that, I thought it was a retired person's car (and maybe she will too!)But I know they are well thought of here.
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"...thought it was a retired person's car (and maybe she will too!).."
interesting perception there of the Yaris (and maybe Toyota) image.
perhaps it's time Toyota added "sexy" to its "reliability" tag.
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I sell toyota's for a living and i will freely admit that the average age of our customers is probably 50 something.
My record highest age so far is 87, what car did he have?
Thats right you've guessed it a Celica T-Sport!!!!!!
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>>My record highest age so far is 87, what car did he have? thats right you've guessed it a Celica T-Sport!!!!!!
Oh, so you've met Tomo then ? (Algernon). If it was indeed him he probably left the premises at some rate of knots as well.
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don't think so - this chap could hardly walk and i don't think his eyesight was exactly 20:20. He could barely get out of the bleeding thing!
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No, that doesn't sound like Tomo.
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You gotta consider the girls age, she wont want to be seen dead in a hyundai amica, lets be honest here!!! Ibiza sounds a good choice, for the money youre on about, you could get a Leon on ebay too!
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She just popped in, and sprice was right - the hynudai doesn't do it for her.
I like Leons but they are mostly a bit more expensive, and are probably larger than she wants. (The eBay one has 6 days to go - it also has fairly high miles).
She said a Yaris might be interesting. I wondered about Focii too, but again they are a bit bigger than she wants/needs and the choice at that price is somewhat limited.
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Well I'll do the predictable thing first and suggest the VW Polo. For that money you should be able to get the Mk4 (think that's right - the shape that comes after mine, with the dinky little grill, before they went all big and nasty). They take a slap, hold their value and are lovely. :)
Was also going to suggest the Fabia. That Skoda prejudice isn't held among younger people, and most people must know by now that they're just VWs in different coats! That said, the insides are very dated and if your daughter is anything like me, that WILL matter!
The Yaris is lovely - I know loads of people my age with them and can't fault them. Not sure if you'd get a nice one for your budget though.
What about the Getz? Is that too small? How about your £3500 goes on the deposit and daughter works to make the monthly payments... thus actually working for the car instead of having it given to her?
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What about the Getz? Is that too small? How about your £3500 goes on the deposit and daughter works to make the monthly payments... thus actually working for the car instead of having it given to her?
Well said No Wheels. I wondered when someone was going to make such a comment. It seems otherwise to be a case of she wouldn't be seen dead in one of these, or one of those. Phrases like 'beggars can't be choosers' come to mind. If I had been given a car at 19 (any car), I would have been eternally grateful.
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I think PoloGirl might take offence at being called NoWheels! And NoWheels may be offended too!
Just checked Autotrader and as I suspect, Polos look a bit pricey (well, a bit old for the same money). Given that VWs reputation isn't what it was, I am dubious that the premium is worthwhile.
Getzs look nice to me but are way over budget.
She does not want to spend more than £3500 (or thereabouts) in total on a car - so the deposit idea won't fly. (That's my preaching about letting someone else carry the heavy depreciation that's sunk home!)
btw I don't recall saying anyone was GIVING her a car, or the money to buy one. Neither has she said she wouldn't be seen dead in any particular car, she has just expressed some preferences/requirements. The Fiesta was given to her and has lasted her well for a couple of years. She is using her own money (yes, 19 year olds can have money) to buy this. So we don't need stray off onto that old one again, do we?
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btw I don't recall saying anyone was GIVING her a car, or the money to buy one. Neither has she said she wouldn't be seen dead in any particular car, she has just expressed some preferences/requirements. The Fiesta was given to her and has lasted her well for a couple of years. She is using her own money (yes, 19 year olds can have money) to buy this. So we don't need stray off onto that old one again, do we?
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No you're absolutely right, you didn't say you were giving her this car. My apologies.
Now... whoever called me NoWheels, I'll expect an email requesting my address to send the flowers and written apology to!
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Written apology by all means PoloGirl - don't know about the flowers though. All I can say is that I am very sorry for the error - advancing years and all that.
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Also apologies for assuming the money was coming from Dad. My only defence (and not a very good one at that) is that it did seem that way from the initial post headline. It appears that PoloGirl made the same error.
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Rightyo.
Small cars are bad. When they get to this sort of price you pay a lot of money for not much car, and it's usually pretty old. Small cars with aircon for £3.5k are rare.
Take advantage of depreciation and get something more substantial, more comfortable, and crucially, safer.
Why not consider a Citroen Xsara 1.9TD or 2.0 HDi SX?
It's not a big car so parking isn't a problem but it isn't a small car either. It's comfortable, reasonably safe, and has a great specification list including full electrics, rain sensing wipers, climate control air conditioning, a CD changer, remote locking etc.
Insurance is reasonable, and the excellent turbodiesel engines mean you get the power of a proper car and the fuel costs of a small car.
My first car was a Citroen Xantia. It was great and I'd not buy a Fiesta if it was the last car on earth :)
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I would agree with you, but you are talking about a Citroen here and they don't tend to go down very well in this forum (as they are totally unreliable you see).
We will see how your suggestion goes though.
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Or a late VW Golf Mk3 I.9 TDI? A bit dated perhaps but very economical (easily makes up for not coming in the sub-1.4 litre tax bracket). A solid bit of motorcar that should last well and age gracefully. Spares can be costly though.
Cheers, SS
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Someone is going to suggest a late MkII Mondeo in a minute.
Well, why not?
Two eyewitness accounts of an accident can make you wonder about history.
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why not? she has decided that a leon is a little on the large size so a mundaneo is miles too big
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Going down in size then, I see that a Citroen Saxo has not been mentioned. Too small, or because it is a Citroen?
Plenty around, cheap and a good drive too.
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Aren't Saxos for the boyz? Dustbin exhausts, blue underneath and all that...
Will add it to the list to look at.
I pondered the Mondeo. Will suggest that too I think.
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Someone is going to suggest a late MkII Mondeo in a minute.
Ah, my second ever car. Bought a few weeks after I turned 20. Even better than the Xantia, still not that horrific to insure, and still much better than any Fiesta or Lupo or Yaris my friends have.
And at under £3000 for a 4 year old top of the range example, considerably less than the equivilent Yaris, despite costing 3 times as much new.
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I think PoloGirl might take offence at being called NoWheels! And NoWheels may be offended too!
Well I'm not offended. PoloGirl always seems very nice.
However, if she can wangle a bunch of flowers out of being offended by the comparison, I reckon she should go for it :)
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