MathewWithOneT wrote:

we are talking 206's and corsa's here not zondas.

Even so, gonna cost towards a grand if not more, I'd rather drive round in a piece of shit for a year with cheap insurance, cheap tax and good mpg, and not care if i dent it, not care if someone drives into it, rather than spend somewhere around a grand on a first car that's just going to end up fucked.  Buy a pile of shit with 12 months MOT and drive it till it dies.

TheKeymeister wrote:

Even so, gonna cost towards a grand if not more, I'd rather drive round in a piece of shit for a year with cheap insurance, cheap tax and good mpg, and not care if i dent it, not care if someone drives into it, rather than spend somewhere around a grand on a first car that's just going to end up fucked.  Buy a pile of shit with 12 months MOT and drive it till it dies.

hmmm none of that happend to me when i bought my first car. guess i must have been an exception to your logic.

MathewWithOneT wrote:

what about repair bills on the 'piece of shit'?

Hence why I said get one with 12 months test rather than 2 months test, it's got a better chance that nothing will go wrong, and even so, you're telling me that it costs less to maintain a new car?

And yeah, I had an Escort as my first car.  In retrospect though, if it wasnt for the fact that nearly all of my miles were on the motorway, I wish I'd have got something even smaller and cheaper and crapper...

MathewWithOneT wrote:

from experience i have found better condition cars tend to fetch higher prices which in return results in piece of mind. repair bills can cost a lot of money.

why do you wish you had a crapper car?

and yes i am saying it does cost less to maintain a new car.

I paid £200 for my Escort, I got a year out of it.  I spent £35 on parts for a service and did it myself (would have cost a case of lager if I got a mate to do it for me).

Let's say I went and bought a 2 year old Focus (as a comparison).  Say I paid £7k for it.  How much is a service on one of those, which needs to be done by a dealer rather than yourself to keep the warranty? £300-400 at a minimum, right?  Then do you want to start factoring in depreciation as well?

I see what you're saying about it works out more expensive in the long run to run a crappy old car, but if you're just running it for a year then I don't see a problem at all.  Pay £200 for it, you'll probably get £100 minimum for it at the scrapyard when you're done with it.  That way you're not paying out £75 a pop because you've put another dent in the door of the car you just spent thousands buying.

And I wish I had a smaller engined car as my first car because it'd be cheaper to run and insure.  My first Escort was a 1.4.  Was a good balance though considering how often it was on the motorway.

MathewWithOneT wrote:

i like cars and always have and that is the reason why i wouldnt drive around in a £200 car as i know i wouldnt get any enjoyment out of it. this i would say is the same reason for many others.

I was doing it purely on cost to be honest, but I also like cars, always have, and still got enjoyment out of my Escort...

MathewWithOneT wrote:

and why do you keep mentioning bumps and scrapes? do you not think a new driver in a more expensive car is gona take more care?

No I don't - nobody purposely gets bumps/scrapes - shit happens.  And just about everyone I've spoken to managed at least one bump or scrape in their first year of motoring...whether or not its expensive, you try and look after it, because it's "yours"...

MathewWithOneT wrote:

as for petrol and insurance costs etc i cant see how there is gona be much difference between any small engine car which is mainly the first choice for new drivers.

Fair comment, but if your car cost a couple of hundred or something, you could get away with insuring it third party only, therefore meaning it could be a lot cheaper

I got a 206 for my first car its cute but im looking to buy a mini cooper now

SUPERPANTS wrote:

I got a 206 for my first car its cute but im looking to buy a mini cooper now

why does every girl on here seem to either want a mini copper as a first car or as their next car?

they literally are turnin to clit cars lol (and not in the offensive way, just that the girl has one hah)