sober_disposition

Owing to not being able to realistically afford insurance on the cossie and run it every day at this stage (garage queen for now ) i will shortly be on the market for a daily drive car. ideally i need something that is economical, interesting and will be able to put up with driving all day around town. my budget will be around £1000-£1500, anyone have any ideas?

botters

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i would be looking at a golf tdi great looks, reliable, economical and hold thier value well

sober_disposition

Forgot to mention im 19 as well, will be 20 when im buying it, is a TDI really insurable at my age?

botters

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so long as you stay away from gt tdi's i would have thought so will be cheaper to insure than a cossie at your age anyway lol!

Fudgey

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mate, im in the same boat. im going to look at a 106 quicksilver on sat. its up for £1495 but my max is £1200.

its done 97k miles, 1.4 engine and for me it will cost £193 a year to insure, £155 tax, and should do 40mpg.

it will be litterally used to drive to and from work so 20 miles a day, so ive changed my mind about getting something flash and just cheap to use etc.

will see how it goes this weekend lol

Derby_Gav

306 hdi seems to get mentioned on here a lot.

Ibiza tdi?!

Gavin.

sober_disposition

Mine will also be 20 miles a day tops, arent the quicksilvers just essentially saxos? Friend had a lot of problems with the engine in his saxo and that was a 1.4, but they dont seem too bad for the price they are up for.

botters

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i cant see you realistically getting 40mpg out of a quicksilver mate they are thirsty little fuckers

massivewangers

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Diesel may be sensible, but at that budget, getting a nice diesel is pretty hard. Most of them are old and pretty horrible I think. Anything more modern and nicer can cost a lot more, or you'll just be buying shite.

Plenty of nice petrol motors out there in that bracket if you don't go too crazy though!

Fudgey

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thats what it says on the add lol.

tbh ive never driven a 106, so its new territory!

dont really know what else to look at. looked at the 1.3 KA but they are like £1600+ round here, and i cant be fecked to travel

massivewangers

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I hope you've got small feet

rs dub

i have a golf tdi 1998 which i bought for 1750 a year ago due to always having a nice car as my runaround and paying big insurance and fuel bills.was the best move i ever made in my motoring history.up to 60mpg ,still got a bit of street cred,virtually bullet proof,big enough for the trip to bnq .my next runaround shortly will be another derv golf for sure

sober_disposition

looks like tomorrow will be spent ringing around getting quotes on golf tdi's, but in the meantime does anyone have any other suggestions? i see what youre saying about the KA's, but itd have to be an early one and that means rust 9 times out of 10

Derby_Gav

Seems good to me

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2001-SEAT-IBIZ...b#ht_500wt_922

Gavin.

botters

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tbh mate even if it could do 40mpg you wouldnt get it out of it they handle really well and are nippy for a 1.4 so being a petrol head you will end up spanking it everywhere lol
i remember watching a topgear dvd that had a racing driver in a 106 gti he almost beat an r34 skyline round a track with another racing driver in that, they interviewed him afterwards he said "im going to buy my daughter one of these, so i can nick it at weekends and go hooning about in it!" lol

you will need very small feet tho pedals are really close together

Fudgey

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lol, im only a size 9 so should be ok. looked a the gti, but none round here that are any good. plus cost more money lol.

there is a uk 1.8 mx5 on a p reg in the village that hasnt moved for months, flat tyre etc and not the tidiest of things. i knocked on some doors the other week and found the guy who owns it. gave him my mob number and said give me a call with a price.

he never did.

might knock tomoz with £400 in my pocket and see what he says...

sober_disposition

Not that bothered about the car being ''nice'' or improving my street cred, ive got the cossie for that, just need something to smoke about in !

Jimmyc

Fudgey, just for a heads up on the 106 QuiKsilver, when mine hit around 100k miles it started to fall apart.
Rear beam shat itself (common fault - back wheel looks like its on the piss when looked at from behind.)
Front wishbones
Coilpack
Spax shock started leaking(but had worn well for over 60k)
Drum brake cylinders
Both side CV joints went
Clutch
Gearbox died getting on for 120k as did the clutch cable
Oh and the headgasket was on the way out i think
So just check everything mechanical thoroughly, also the bodywork can start to rust around the engine bay quite nicely if its not been looked after. (As i'm sure you will anyway.)

As for the price, i think they may be taking the piss a little, i paid £1000 5 years ago for mine with under 50k on the clock

Great fun to hoon about in though, a tad slow, not too bad on fuel though, mine was better than the 1.6 Honda civic Exec im running about in now anyway.




Sorry to highjack the thread

twoblacklines

passat tdi. not interesting, but get a pd130, cheaper to insure than a golf for some reason, bigger, comfier IMO, chip it to 170hp.

Since ive chipped mine i wouldnt want a different daily, which is good as now my savings can go on a 2nd car

Jimmyc

I'll second that, the old dears got a Passat tdi Estate and its proper nice to drive. Very comfy and very easy to not realise how fast your going due to that fact.
The only sod is going for the handbrake and remembering that its a bloody button on the dash!

RS Grant

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Not quite, it was a "best handling" video from back in the day and it was an R33 GTR... in fact, I found it on YouTube a wee while ago and added it to my favorites.

If any of you haven't seen it, then it features a great selection of cars, with Clarkson, Tim Harvey and Richard Burns driving cars hard on it and offering their opinions...... basically, it's well worth a watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK-hprvTNf8


Cheers,
Grant

phil_rs

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Ford Focus gets my vote for your budget, so many to choose from with plenty of engine/spec options. I would personally go for a 1.6 or 1.8 Zetec but make sure it has A/C and heated front screen. Facelifted cars are also nicer IMO (51 plate onwards) Limited edition ones are available too with heated leather etc. (Silver edition, Black edition, Ink edition etc) They are proper fun to drive too, even with standard 4x4 suspension lol! My advice though is don't buy the first one you see, took me quite a while to find a decent one for a friend after going to see so many 'minters'! One of them didn't have any door handles and the alarm wasn't working the door poppers so to get in had to climb through the boot! Needless to say I didn't buy it!

phil_rs

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Nice find Grant!

There's no denying the 106 is a decent handling car but can be a little switchy and does lack feel through the electric power steering IMO.

No way I would like to use one as a daily tbh, just a little too unrefined and fall apart too easily.

Turbo Pez

Fiesta 1.25, best car i have ever owned, always starts, i sure it runs on air some days, can be lefted unlocked and no fucker will ever nick it, 125 a year road tax, insurance is nuff all.....and when it does finally die you dont mind scraping it and getting another

Glenn_

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I would say a ford focus too. My dads got a 1.6 16v 5 door focus. Its good on fuel and are a really nice car to drive.

bythomson

+1 focus is a great daily big enough to throw your shite in the boot and small enough to be reasonaby economical, good ones can be had pretty cheap and of course its a ford , plenty in the scrappie if anything does go wrong but tbh i had one from 120,000 to 150,000 and it was great

rich123

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i just bought a 306 d and its spot on 1998 78000 miles on the clock 12 months mot 6 months tax 50 to the gallen,tidy little motor 600.00 quid cheap as hel to run

melinamotor

Focus 1.6

PT

I have one of these in black for my hack, 43mpg. Hasnt missed a beat in two years. Looks like a hgt but is a 1.2

http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/2387577.htm

Glenn_

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Yeh mate there a cracking car.I honestly think its on of the best cars ford have ever built.

CoupeUK

I bought a 525TDs Tourer for £550 from eBay, E34 shape, 4 electric windows, twin sunroofs, double opening boot etc etc

Great bit of kit, i've had it 5months now and done over 10k miles in it and it has been brilliant.

Never fails to return any less than 450miles to a tank and I drive it pretty hard everywhere

Great tow vehicle, swallows my kids if we go anywhere, boot is massive when seats folded down and as long as its the TDs model it'll be 143bhp - tuning box or remap will make that up to 170 odd.

Defo worthwhile looking at, always a few on ebBay!

Fudgey

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thats spot on, cheers mate.

just crossed it off the list

hmm, gonna have to look for something else me thinks lol.

cheers bud D

botters

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thats the one, not watched it for a while hence the mistakes in my post due also to the fact my long term memory is shot due to all the ale i consume lol

mac82

if you just want a cheap run around and your not really bothered about how fast it is what about a 1.0l micra? you can get a good one for less than a grand.

thats what im getting at the end of the month. saves using the st170 to go to and from work everyday.