I'm finding it hard to pick one, there's so many to pick from, we're just after a 1.4 small shopping car!?!?

we're wanting something new/nearly new..

 

What do you want - does it have to be cheap to insure - good on fuel

what about a Seat Ibiza TDI???

 

Just want a cheap to run and insure 1.4 petrol car, i.e corsa, clio etc...

 

put it this way it has to be a lot cheaper than my type-r to run and insure!!

 

Citroen C1 / C2 or fiat panda ?

 

wouldn't drive either of those cars!!

 

A Seat tdi will return better mpg than any 1.4. 50mpg+ and is quite quick when remapped - MY93WRX has one - ask him

now if you want really cheap then what about an Aygo - 6k brand new and 47mpg+

 

Neither would I


What about the ickle maza, they've just launched a new one.

 

I don't do enough miles to have a diesel!! I want something that looks reasonabley nice!!

 

Don't lie, you've got one haven't you!?

 

afraid not, 2004 WRX PPP, and a rover, and a VW golf GTI and an MR2

last time I drove a small car I broke it, the suspension collapsed !

 

I'm joking!! Breaking the suspension!! mmmmmmm, impressive!!

 

If you dont do many miles, why are you selling the Type R?

Mine does 30mpg, costs about 400 quid a year to insure (28 y.o. male, Full NCB), and front tyres lasted 15k, rears look like they'll last about 30k.

Surely most new cars will lose you a lot more in depreciation now than your Type R? And you have to drive round in a 1.4 small car..

 

I sit in a lot of traffic to and from work so i go through a lot of petrol and get no pleasure out of spending money on petrol to sit in traffic, it costs me £900 to insure a year, my road tax is expensive, my finance on the car a month is expensive, we don't use it at the weekends because we use the scooby. It costs me £500 a month to have, then we start stacking up what it cost's us for the scooby a month, a lot of money!! Would be nice to have it all but the expense of buying a house its not going to happen, we're happy to keep one nice car and get a runner around!! Makes sense!!

 

That all makes sense - getting an economical car to replace the Type R, but if you buy a new one, surely you'll lose loads in depreciation? That's all I meant.

Sorry - not trying to tell you what to do by the way, realise my first post could have come across a bit like that!