Ok, so although I have no problem running my wrx too and from work, I rather get a crappy work hack for the winter. We are also getting a puppy Labrador next month, so could do with a car I really don't care about to ferry him around in.

Any suggestions? My mrs had a K11 Micra years ago and I thought it was brilliant.

Only want a small engine car due to another load of tax, insurance and fuel to pay for.

 

Another K11? Cheap and plentiful

 

Old classic?

 

206 Hdi, £30 a year road tax & 40 + mpg

 

My friend has a 1.4 Lupo for sale in that price bracket, seems a good little car

 

Old classic what, Tony?

 

Rover 25 1.4, cheap as chips, really easy to work on, VERY cheap parts, 42mpg handle and go OK too.

Had one for just over 3yrs and 60k stands me at about £1500 quid all in, that's including tyres, servicing and a head gasket which I did myself in about 8hrs for £120 and a few bits and bobs from the scrappy's never let me down, absolute bargain for 60k of motoring.

Oh and I wiped the floor with a ferrari in it too.

 

A classic Subaru classic.

 

Ditto. Bought one in Feb for about £600, one owner with 38k on the clock, gold, wind up windows, no A/C but electric sunroof .
Cruises well, cheap on fuel, cheap TAX, parts are easy to come by, Civic chassis.
Keep an eye on the HG. I also out ran a Scoob running meth with a VF35 fitted .

 

Daihatsu Cuore or Charade. Both 1.0 litre and cheap to own and run. Keep Japanese you know it makes sense

 

Lol, just like mine, I paid £800 with one owner, full history and 40k on the clock, extremely under-rated vehicle.

Just watch the colour of the coolant bottle if it starts to look dirty then the HG is on it's way out.

Best thing to do is whip it off and give it a good clean using dishwasher tabs and hot water, once it's clean and as new/ transparent then it's real easy to spot any oily deposits, BEFORE it goes into melt down and warps the head, that way it's an easy fix and it really is a piece of p!ss to do the HG and much cheaper too, as above £120 inc all belts.

 

I can't knock the little Peugeot 106's I've had mate. £500 would probably see you pick up a nice little 1.1 around W-reg. A grand would see one of the last mate, or even a decent 307. Parts are cheap and they're solid engines/good looking little cars.

 

Ford KA

 

Mitsy space star..

Awesome little car...

 

I'm currently using a ford focus running on lpg to work and back. Cost me £600 to buy and with gas being 59.9p a litre here it does my 550 miles of commuting a week for around £50. I guess the tax isnt so cheap but its very good on fuel and fairly nice to drive too.

 

The small engined Rover 25's seem like a good bet.

I'll start having a little look.

Thanks guys.

 

If you will be loading a muddy labrador in the back get an estate, then its useful for tip runs as well. If you don't have kids I would consider an escort van, cheap as chips loads of MPG and very reliable plus vans are cool.

 

I bought a Clio 1.5d 51plate, £30 year tax and I was getting 700 miles per tank ( 68mpg ish) cheap as anything to run and ok generally. Got a Volvo s40 2.0d 07 for less than £3k high miles but ex rep car full dealer history and haven't looked back since. Couldn't fault the Clio really but wanted a bit more luxury after a while...

 

Sod the small engines. get something pokey lol (this is SN after all!) - you can get a Leon Cupra for sub 1k, 280 quid a year on tax aint that harsh!!

 

The alfa shat itself a few weeks back. Bought a 98 VW Passat estate petrol for sub 400 with moon miles and 6 months Mot. A nice set of RS4 reps later and it looks like a classy rod and drives the best.

Even if it doesn't Mot again, I can weight it in and it'll have cost me a fraction of what public transport would have.