Wifes car has been written off by a woman reversing into her in a 4WD - no, really

So, we've got around £1000 to spend, she wants a smallish hatchback with great fuel economy and nice and reliable - any good recommendations?

Ford Fiesta? Cheap to buy and cheap to run

You might find a corsa for that price to.

SEAT ibiza ? identical to a polo but slightly cheaper to buy, ive got the Cordoba on an S plate and its a great car..

vw polo cheap to run keep and almost bomb proof

Having owned a few I would steer clear of fiestas - just seem to rust everywhere.

Sister has a Corsa and drives it everywhere with no worries - been extremely reliable actually - how about that with the 1.5 TD isuzu engine?

well i have to say a toyota starlet ep91, 1.3 i have one and have had it for a while now, sold it and bought it back off my sister. it showing a 186,000miles. and can honestly say i have never had such a reliable car, and as i have worked in a toyota dealer we have never had one in for a single fault only servicing and the odd granny clutch wear. now thats what i call bomb proof unlike my mate p reg polo which has 80,000 miles on clock and is a piece of shit! and needed a poo load of things for the mot.

Locost, open at the back so no hatch required, cheap (ish) to buy, easy to maintain, no too bad on fuel if you put on a small carb . . . . . .

Caber

the older polos are better had 2 now first was f reg and was sound i killed by hitting a post after 2 years second was h reg got it for £150 and now got 180000 just passed mot with no problems at all and not spent anything on it other than oil change, now got to last 6 months till proper car on road but it will do that without problems also know several people who have also had no problems with the earlier ones

A Ford Sierra's got lots of potential

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Originally posted by Macbeast
A Ford Sierra's got lots of potential

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Got an M reg 1.6 polo...120,000 miles and its still going strong as a mule...

Only thing that doesnt work is the left hand electric mirror...

Its got an enormous boot for a small car..about 4 times the size of the boot in a KA!

Just bought mrs bob a nissan micra to run around in, got to admit for a 13 yr old car with 100K on the clock it really is a superb little motor and only 500 quid too.

VW Lupo or Seat Arosa?

My vote goes to Nissan Micra too

Tough little beasties and quite civilised to drive.

- Jim

micra

Suzuki Alto

Looks are a bit of an aquired taste / crap but you should get a 2001 / 2002 with low ish miles for a grand.

Will do 50ish urban to the gallon

Citroen Xsara 1.4 - same as 306 and dead cheap to buy/run.


Quite nice to drive too.

Stu

Thanks chaps: polo is probably top fav....

145, 1.8 t spark. mot 11 months, tax 6 months. silver. £1500 cash......

i would let it go for £1400 cash...... real stunner, not the normal rusty ones, mint.

Mazda 323F of the 94-98 era...

My dad bought one of these new in 1994. Still going strong on 190k+ miles..

I have a t reg polo for sale, it was the other halfs untill the twins came along, its diesel, done around 120000 miles, 4 door in red, has a few marks, and a rust bubble but looks tidy, electric windows,mirrors and power steering, been sat on the drive for 8 weeks, it is now out of mot, £1000 takes it away, this car has had loads of money spent on it in the last year!!!

You'll get a good one for £1000. Fiestas at that price are usually dogs. Only thing I don't like about Polos I've driven is the brakes, they've been a bit lacking.