There's quite a difference between £5k and £8k. Why no older than 08/09? I'd be looking at mileage and condition rather than just saying no to an older car, say. Your biggest factor (after buying the car) will be insurance. As to diesel vs petrol, you've got to do a lot of miles for diesel to make sense, particularly if you're looking at reasonably new cars as they are more likely to have the dreaded DPF....
Have a think about what your exact budget is, and how many miles you're going to do. Do you take passengers? Have to carry lots of stuff about?
At 19, it's probably going to be something small, and small engined for Group 1 insurance.
You say your current car can't cope - why? Too old? Too uncomfortable?
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There's quite a difference between £5k and £8k.
Nice to see that fancy education hasn't gone to waste.
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There's quite a difference between £5k and £8k.
Nice to see that fancy education hasn't gone to waste.
Well one often needs to spell these things out for folk like you :-P
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Boom!
Anyway, as for a car suggestion; Just get something cheap, straight, with a good service history and MOT, use the rest to pay insurance up front, bank the rest of the cash, lovely jubbly. An £8k car needs fuel, MOT, tyres, insurance etc just as much as a £800 car.
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I know there is, I want a relatively new car, unless I could get an older car that is fair nicer to be honest. Going to be doing somewhere in the region of 12k miles per year I believe, do you think it justifies a deisel? Or should I just stick with petrol?
My current car is a v reg fiesta and is just too uncomfortable and is starting to come up with a lot of problems, therefore just fancy getting rid of it and getting something different!
My insurance isn't too bad to be quite honest, even though I'm a 19 yo male! I don't tend to have a full car on a regular occasion, every now and then maybe. And again won't need to carry too much either!
Okay, say I didn't mind going for a slightly older car then, one that I can try and get in good nick and low mileage, what suggestions do you all have?
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