Musicman

Hi Guys,

Trying to find a little hatch for my sister. She's got three grand to spend on a hatchback of some description. She also needs something a bit nippy but cheap to run (we may have to resort to the evil diesel. There I've said it. I'm sorry, please don't shout at me). We've looked at 206s, Polos and corsas, then I realised that any self respecting sister of a man deeply in love with his scooby should look no further than the mighty six stars of justice herself, and discovered the Subaru Justy.

Has anyone ever had a Justy, what are they like and what should she be looking for. Or, any ideas on what kind of car she ought to get if Justy's are crap, would be great...

2SCOOBS

I have had 4 justy's over the years & the only thing I have had to do is top up the oil.
These are good little motors but do check for rust on the rear arches and the front wings other than that no problems to my knowledge.

2scoobs

hoskib

iTrader: (1)

only ever had a justy as a courtesy car and it took a lot of **** without breaking or anything falling off i thought it was a great little car.

daewoo another option? can't say i've looked at them or prices, but i would imagine you'll get a fairly new one quite cheap.

trouble is, if she's got a 3k budget you might end up only being able to spend 1-1.5k on a car coz insurance will be a wrecker

good luck

Dream Weaver

How old is she? At least get her something a bit sporty like a Toyota MR2 mk2. £3k will get you a nice K/L reg and they are superb, cheap to run and ultra reliable. I'm buying another one soon for the mrs

pete1977

toyota starlet?sunny gti(not gtir)?mitsibishi colt?all good little runners if treated well.

rossi_p

iTrader: (26)

106 rally if she fancies something a little hard edge, i had a gti and they are great cars.
Dihatsu Chirade GTI is a 3 cylinder 1 litre turbo but hits 60 in approx 7.5 secs so that is pretty nippy and should be cheap to run.

Musicman

She's 24. £3K is just for the car, she has separate money for insurance. Cheers Dream Weaver, I'll get her to check out some MR2s.

Dream Weaver

You should, they are bloody great. 35-40mpg, ultra reliable, sexy to drive/look at, and RWD into the bargain.

I had one a few years back and the Mrs used to love taking it to work, so much so she wants to buy one now, a late 98/99 model, but the MK2 shape.

s70rjw

iTrader: (2)

Nissan Micra 100% reliable......

i am tez

Go on E-Bay......i just got a little runaround...Pug 306 diesel,3 door,S-reg,38k miles,2 owners for £2100.....bloody bargain if u ask me..........Tez

pslewis

Micra ..... nothing comes close, nippy, 55mpg, go on for ever, simple, fun, roomy!

MX5? Makes sense as at £3k it will not lose any money whatsoever and runs forever!

I hear Rover 25's are being sold off new for £3k ... worth a look!!

Pete

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

is that true pete? about the rovers I meen? I reserve the right to be thick, as ive just done a 15 hour shift.

jamo

wanna_scooby_badly

mk 5 ford fiesta zetec-s 8.5 to sixty, group 8 insurance and amazin handling you can get them for 3-3.5 k now a good w reg wiuth 45000 on the clock

scottyt

wot about a 306 d turbo they go alrite 4 a diesel anyway and quite reliable too

C2forWRX

vw made seat arosas are cool. my mate had one and it was great

EBRWRX

All Nissans are extremely reliable but where's the street cred in a Micra ?

banny sti

iTrader: (68)

you will not go far wrong with a Suzuki Swift gti, cheap as chips and very nippy with handling to match.

FletchCSL

Pug 106 Quicksilver or GTi?

iguana

How about-

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=414938

Well its nippy & has a hatch anyway