nick172sport

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21 her puntos finaly givin up its a 2001 model for insurance purposes its had a new engine and 2 clutches 2 gearboxes and the third ones fooked ive given upon it wasting money she hates french clios so do i but want to replace her punto with something else as a stop gap as we are getting some more money in the future my budget is 600 to 700 any ideas she has3 yrs no claims

Richy P1984

Peugeot 106 & 206, Rover 25, Mini 1, Saxo, Ka, Fiesta, Ibiza, Fabia, Lupo, Golf.

For £700 your going to get a bit of a shed no matter what manufacturer you go with.

Went down the route of GTA Metro 1.3, Fiat Uno 998cc, Seat Ibiza 1.4 before the Scooby. Ibiza was ok, a little slow, and the thermostat could be a bit of an issue.

Emmaroids

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I'll swap you a car for your daughter if she's fit.

jpor

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What about Japanese reliability? Have you not considered something like a Daihatsu? Toyota owned company. For the money you describe you could pick up something like a Mark 1 Sirion, YRV or even a Cuore.
The latter is a 1 litre but is quite nippy
http://www.gumtree.com/cars/uk/daihatsu-cuore

nick172sport

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she is gorgeous if youve got a bmw covertable

b road blaster

as said its not gonna be a good car for that sort of cash, how long has it got to last ??.
maybe 306 or mk4 astra possably a corsa.

ALi-B

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Quick question...on the Punto's broken parts...were the gearboxes/clutches replaced with new ones or just second hand items? I only ask because if they were replaced withnew items, then maybe she needs some lessons on how to be mechanicsly sympatethic before throwing more money at her on another car to break . Yes I know its hard, I'm trying to stop my little cousin from forcibly ramming the gear selector into every gear, before she kills the gearbox on her £500 Fiesta...She just glazes over when I talk about how it will eventually wreck the syncros and baulk rings at least I got to checking/topping up the oil level now...seeing it guzzles a litre of it every 1000 miles ).

Or maybe just buy her a automatic?

But under no circumstances ever buy a CVT automatic though (which will rule out Fiestas and Rover 25s/200s).

Mouser

Micra if she can see past the questionable looks of the car.

stedee

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seat ibiza.

stedee

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btw i`ll have a saxo 1.4 desire auto for sale soon, actually in very good condition

nick172sport

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what about a pug 307

^OPM^

Perhaps if we had some pics of said daughter then we can decide what car would suit her best

LSherratt

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Peugeot 206

timmyajmy93wrx

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Another vote for micra, cracking reliability and so cheap to run and repair. Shame about the looks, but deffo worth a test drive, could persuade her after a blast in it!

specialx

Toyota Yaris! I have a 1.5 t sport that goes very well and 39mpg

nick172sport

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fiat puntos i had a look at a few went to view one hpid it before i went no probs with that looked at it bonnet was out only slightly so thats **** all had new balljoints and susppension parts aswell been underneath then took it out on test drive drove very well and the oil light kept on binned it next one tonight a gumtree add went and looked at it well mainted 04 plate not driven by a chav 6 months mot 6 months tax not on vcar 850 77k drove like a dream