Best car for £1K?

[Troll]

Its probably slightly more detailed than that but WHS. I'm not sure what we will do when the twins get to that age but I'm dreading the fact I can only have 1 of them as the named driver building up her no claims discount.

Are they identical twins? Tell them to just get one licence and to take it in turns sharing the car.

Get 2 identical cars, SORN one of them and then stick duplicate plates on it - cut your insurance costs in half ...sorted

[northernladuk]

Can you not increase the budget to £2K? Looking on AT there seems to be loads more choice, newer, safer, etc.

At their age they ain't gonna be too fussy what they drive as long as they have some wheels.

qh

True but if they are expected to have an accident the last thing you want to do is give them a car that is going to be a major contributor to that accident. Brake pads/disks, corroded hoses, inefficient breaking systems, useless shocks etc.

[ZARDOZ]

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?

I would go for a Citroen, very cheap second hand and more reliable than people might expect.

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