I need to buy a car this week to start giving driving lessons in & it comes down to a choice of 2

1, new shape ford fiesta TDCi

2, MG ZR

I want to get summat slightly sporty -as i think it will attract alot of young people to have lessons in it.

What do you people reckon?

Anyone know much about the MG ZR's?

 

Dont buy a ZR, my mum got one. Rubbish car, shoddily built. A driving instructer down my ways got 3 zetec-s TDCI's for learning in!

 

Fiesta

 

What about a mini, aparently alot of females like them

 

AJ

Mini cooper the new ones mate..
OR

A BEETLE

 

your evo i say. then let me do lessons from you

 

So the MG's a no no as the learners are gonna be bouncing it off kerbs etc & it might fall apart

I was thinking about a new mini cooper but the speedo's in the middle of the dash & i thought 'not ideal for learners'??

I've been offered Ł50 an hour to give lessons in the evo

 

How about an Evo

 

With 15 mpg i'll be out of pocket

 

For the morning crew

 

What about a SEAT Ibiza TDI?

 

New Shape Mini mate

 

Pug 206 diesil

 

I had a Primera GT which was brand new to learn in back in 97. Went like a rocket for a learner car and was big as well. Focus is a good choice IMO.

 

deffo the evo

 

how about an orange xr3i convertible?


mmmmmuuuuuurrrrrrrrdersystems!

roflol. ive just seen that.. you gaylord!

 

mini

 

don't get a Diesel, get a petrol and LPG it.

my old man used to teach people to drive in a Daewoo Matiz 800cc and on LPG - fun it wasn't, cheap it was. 100mpg anyone?

 

Dave you c*unt

Thanks for the suggestions people keep em coming as im stuck as to what car to get & i need to sort it out within the next couple of days!!

Fudgeass - NOT THE EVO

 

Now thats what you call economical

 

theres a digital speedo that you can put on the clock just above the steering wheel, and that clock in the middle is massive the car 10 cars behind you can read it so it shouldnt be a problem for someone in the car

 

Oh & just gotta add - it's got to be a car that's gonna attract people to have lessons with me over someone in say a corsa or the like.

thankyou.

 

You aint seen some of my learners drive

 

Fiesta Zetec-S TDCi

With or without the stripes

 

The other way to look is all the mums and dads who are paying for little johnny to learn, dont want the driving instructor turning up in an Evo!

Corsa, Fiesta, Focus - run of the mill stuff and just dont name your company "speedy learning", AJ's go faster school of motoring", "learn to flocking drive"

 

Loving the names rofl

 

EVO

fuck, id pay Ł50 a pop to learn in one

ok i wouldnt cos i already passed, but you get my theory...

dont get a new focus, they are shit! drove a few and dont like em at all, and the new tdci ones are slow as piss.

IMO as said, the ST TDCi would be a good bet

 

Fiesta ST

 

Fiesta tcdi with the fiesta st bodykit will be a winner with the learners

 

A lot of learners are put off by big cars even ones as big as the MG so Id say fiesta, its smallish, and they wont be ashamed to be seen in it by their mates

 

So a Zetec-S tdci then

 

MG ZR i reckon, solely cause if you know where to look you can get a brand new one with a warranty for 6500 quid!

Thats an 11 or 12 grand car at full retail!

 

Man, there are laws to protect young people against blokes like you! You're no better that the blokes they used to tell us abou in primary school who would pull up and ask if you wanted to go to their house and see some puppies or ask you if you wanted some sweets......


All you had to do was get in the car......

 

i was having one of those dumb moments

 

I was thinking about the Fiesta TDCi for my learners when I get me badge, only on Part 2 at the mo so won't be getting just yet, so I'd be interested in what car you eventually go for AJ.

Other cars I though about are:

The new Clio?
Citroen C2
Peugeot 107
Honda Jazz (Which I'm doing my training in at the mo)

 

if you buy something sporty then you'll prob attract the next generation of boy racers! just a thought.

having said that - just after i passed a bloke round here started up with a golf gti. was gutted i missed out on that and learnt to drive in a corsa!

 

That what he wants though surely?

Bunch of kids obsessed with cars, who are prepared to spend every penny of their disposable income (which is high cause they live with their mum) on learning to drive, and cause they are such racer wannabees they will all fail their test ten times and keep coming back.

Driving instrcutors dream surely?

 

Not necessarily as it's more expensive to run these cars and harder to insure them for learners, and the cost of all this this all comes out of the ADI's wages, so the the cheaper the car is to run the better.

 

MG ZR is pretty cheap to run, but i agree its a little harder to insure, still not bad though, its the sportiest car for the money i reckon.

 

was just about to say me old man runs a driving school has about 95 cars on the road and most of them are the new tdci fiesta's


think one of the main reasons is cos he gets some rather silly deals from fords as he buys so many cars a year thou