she said to me" ive got 6k for a first car", so i said what kinda car you after, and she said a nissan 1.4 (shes 18)

I was telling her that spending 6k on a first car would be mad, total waste of money especially as it would only be a 1.4

Told her to save all the money and buy a cheap corsa sport or somthing along those lines, ok there common but there common for a reason

Sorry just had to share the fact that someone was going to spend 6k on something nissan and 1.4

 

Tell her to get a 306 D-Turbo.............AWESOME FIRST CAR AND LOOKS THE PART TOO

Will get a very nice one for about 3k easy

 

fuck all wrong with nissans mate

 

Tiff what would insurance be like though on a d turbo, baring in mind shes only 18 and would have only just passed her test said she doesnt want to spend anymore than 1200 on insurance so im not sure about that one

 

She can have my S1 for that. . . and i'll give her £1 back !

 

First car ? Go out and buy a £500 one. She's going to bang it, back into stuff etc so do it in a car that it doesn't matter about. Get a years experience under her belt, THEN go and buy something decent.

 

As tiff said get a nice 306 HDI late spec ones look V nice for the money etc!

 

Insurance would be well under that easy

My sister in law got a quote for one from norwich union, she passed her test 2 days earlier and i think it was about £800 fully comp

 

yeah thats what i told her but she said its daddy moneys

So i was like hmmm ok then, let your dad spoil you and bang his head agianst a brick wall when you come to sell it in a few months time because your bored and only get half of what he paid for it

 

oh right thats not too bad

Might have to surgest that car to her

 

If the old man's daft enough to do it, let him...............when the £6k cars a wreck in 6 months he won't be wondering why will he ?

 

She's going to bump it, scratch it and probably crash it. Tell her to get something cheap

 

nice fiat punto 1.2 would do the trick, not to bad a cost could spend more on something nice for it and ins paid all in

 

If you buy sensibly, you could have a nice little Mk6 Escort 1.6 for 3k. Good solid car, looks quite nice.

 

Very true, but the insurance for a new driver on a 1.6 would be real hefty.............

 

A Ford KA is always a good starting point, can make them look good and are cheap to run and insure!!!!!

 

why not a 2.0 focus as the insurance group is only a 7 the same as a 1.25 fiesta

or a mk5 fiesta 1.25 on an 01 for 4k

 

no tell her to bet a banger till she has some experiance!

 

did not know a 2.0 focus is only group 7

 

say well under £3k for a mk6 top whack £1000

 

a lad who i worked with was looking for a new car an he got it down to a saxo vts and a focus he checked the insurance an found the vts to be a 14 where the focus was a 7

 

Can't beat a Ford KA as a first chick car

Gets my vote spend about 2.5K and get a nice one, insurance group 2 which you can't beat at the age of 18

 

i'd definately recommend a pug 306 d turbo as first car, i love mine! we paid £1600 for mine and my insurance is only £600 ish but that's 3rd party fire and theft.

Sod spendin 6k on a first car though! thats just barmy!! LOL
As much as i love my pug i'm glad it;s nothing special as i've hammered the hell out of it and i'm going to end up runnin it into the ground

 

Or...... She can buy my O2 plate 1.4 Xsara for under 3k !! Ins group 5/6. Job sorted!! And I deliver !!!!

 

then when bored with the hair dryer she could get a focus

 

what are the newer clios fetchin now??? id buy somethin like that and be real carefull for the first year, i no they hold there value so sell next year for 5k and spend on a nicer car!!!!

 

get a transit. that what my first "car" was. insurance was well cheap aswell. 2.5l turbo £1500 fully comp with some nutty company in the yellow pages for vans only.

i loved it aswell. thats the one im now cossieing

 

All its got to be is a small euro hatchback. Think

Punto
Clio
106
Ka
Fiesta
Getz
C2 (if shes nuts)
Smart For2

Its got to be a nice colour and have a good radio. Then 60 Soft Toys to put all round the dashboard

Oh and a Dustpan and Brush in the boot to collect up the broken glass

 

Mines for sale