Best car for £1K?

[vetran]

FFS, I didn't have you down as being slow.

how to win friends eh Sassy?

distance or town driving?
Pulling or pub going with the lads?

[OwlHoot]

Nephew, aged 18, has just passed his test and is looking for his first car. He has £1K to spend.
Of course knowing his favourite uber-cool uncle sasguru is a whiz about cars , he's asked me for advice.
What do the panel think?

Seeing as his insurance will be about £700 and his tax £200, he's really looking for a £100 car.

[CoolCat]

you cannot really.

but whatever you go for make sure it was cheap and simple to start with so there will be less to go wrong.

just go to autotrader and look for stuff under a grand - clio 1.2??

clios even when new were as unreliable as can be, try harder than that!

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

you cannot really.

but whatever you go for make sure it was cheap and simple to start with so there will be less to go wrong.

just go to autotrader and look for stuff under a grand - clio 1.2??

I can't see how buying a french/italian car can be a good idea? Stick to German/Japanese so you can learn how to drive properly rather than what to do when it breaks down every 10 minutes.

[sasguru]

That's probably the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.

[amcdonald]

Just make sure he remembers that the insurance will probably cost close to a grand as a youngster even for an impossibly slow car

[bobspud]

Whatever he goes for his insurance will be far more than the car is worth.

It would probably work out more economic to find a dealership that is peddling free three years of insurance with their small cars...

I know one of them was doing a just add petrol deal...

[DimPrawn]

Seeing as his insurance will be about £700 and his tax £200, he's really looking for a £100 car.

Insurance for 18 year old will very likely be more like £2K.

[sasguru]

Seeing as his insurance will be about £700 and his tax £200, he's really looking for a £100 car.

I reckon I might pay his insurance, if its not ginormous.
He's not stupid, flattering me by asking for advice.
Good lad, though

[Mich the Tester]

Am I the only one to point out that the insurance will be very expensive?