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best first car.?

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  • 23-07-2012 12:14am
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    Angus4life
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭


    lads see loads of buks on about civics being a b***h to insure etc. so wats the best cheap car for a first one.? ive seen corsas wit redtop 2.0l engine and 1l on the book and wen done right can look pretty nice wats yer opinons.?


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    smcelhinney
    Registered Users Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭smcelhinney


    Jesus.. the irony of "buks"..


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    martyc5674
    Registered Users Posts: 2,520 ✭✭✭martyc5674


    Angus4life wrote: »
    lads see loads of buks on about civics being a b***h to insure etc. so wats the best cheap car for a first one.? ive seen corsas wit redtop 2.0l engine and 1l on the book and wen done right can look pretty nice wats yer opinons.?

    Get a small jap car.. Starlet micra yaris... Corsas are shyte boxes and civics are scobemobiles.
    Colt or a Mazda 3 good options too


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    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    My opinion would be not to touch a 2.0l Corsa with 1.0l on the ''book'' for starters.

    Best way to go about getting a first car is go small and go Japanese.


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    padma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭padma


    I second 166man and as for the comment about the civic above take it with a pinch of salt most skangers nowadays are driving passats and golfs sorry to say. A civic is a great car and insurance is not bad at all on them either.


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    Angus4life
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Angus4life


    i got quoted 1400 wit my aoul ladys on a 1.3 eg civic today. not bad at alll i think :) drop a 1.5 dohc v-tec in her and she be grand :D


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    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Angus4life wrote: »
    1.5 dohc v-tec

    I dont think that engine ever existed.

    Its VTEC not v-tec vtee or anything else.

    The mind boggles about the rest of your post.
    The sad fact is i'm not sure if your just trolling or you're the average Irish 18yr old fella?


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    wendell borton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    Ford fiesta, probably the best handling of any small car.


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    Bigus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,939 ✭✭✭Bigus


    wendell borton wrote: »
    Ford fiesta, probably the best handling of any small car.

    I reckon handling and brakes are the last thing on this bucks mind.


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    trinz23
    Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭trinz23


    my first car was a ka and honestly the best car i ever had. cheap to tax and insure and never had a single ounce of trouble


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    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    wendell borton wrote: »
    Ford fiesta, probably the best handling of any small car.

    Drop in a Puma 1.7 and keep it as a 1.2 on the book. Be graaaand :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


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    martyc5674
    Registered Users Posts: 2,520 ✭✭✭martyc5674


    padma wrote: »
    I second 166man and as for the comment about the civic above take it with a pinch of salt most skangers nowadays are driving passats and golfs sorry to say. A civic is a great car and insurance is not bad at all on them either.

    Spot on... My post should have said the civic was the scangermobile of choice during the Celtic tiger.. A great car too.

    If your hellbent on "dropping" a bigger engine into it to compensate whatever is missing from your life at the moment,then you may aswell not be worried about insurance costs as no matter how much you pay for it you will be paying again once you have an accident.

    So give the insurance a skip and have a few extra quid for a bigger lump.
    Marty.


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    Jammy Donut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 606 ✭✭✭Jammy Donut


    Start off with a 1.25 Fiesta, don't be a twat and do an engine swap.

    It may be slow, but they handle really well (Don't chop springs or fit 17s)


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    Angus4life
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Angus4life


    Senna wrote: »
    I dont think that engine ever existed.

    Its VTEC not v-tec vtee or anything else.

    The mind boggles about the rest of your post.
    The sad fact is i'm not sure if your just trolling or you're the average Irish 18yr old fella?

    shud have said 1.6 but i dunno wats hard to understand about the rest of the post simply said u could put a new engine in it..


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    Cuddlesworth
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    dgt wrote: »
    Drop in a Puma 1.7 and keep it as a 1.2 on the book. Be graaaand :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Or you could just get a 1.7 puma. Dirt cheap to insure since they were left alone by the scanger brigade.


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    Angus4life
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Angus4life


    a 1995 fiesta boxy shape are hard to come buy these days..thats wat i wud get if i was,, not too keen on the the 1997-2001 model.:rolleyes:


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    Henry Ford III
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    Angus4life wrote: »
    shud have said 1.6 but i dunno wats hard to understand about the rest of the post simply said u could put a new engine in it..

    Txtspk isn't well received here.


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    Angus4life
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Angus4life


    haha are you an English teacher.? :L


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    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    If you can't get the engine right in a discussion, an engine swap isn't going to end well.


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    Angus4life
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Angus4life


    lads a typo im not that slow.. but thanks for the useful info.!!


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    Tea 1000
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    Just buy something quick like a 330Ci and insure it as a 1 litre Micra. Same difference as to what you're thinking of.


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    BostonB
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    Worrying about the cost of insurance, then choosing high insurance options, or suggesting engine swaps, then reverting back cheap old cars, makes no sense. So its hard for anyone to take that seriously.

    If money is an issue then, the smart thing to do it pick a car that's cheap to insure, fun to drive, but not fast that you'll end up going backwards through a hedge at some point. Gain experience till your insurance drops.


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    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,352 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Jesus the spelling and grammar in some of these posts is making my eyes bleed...

    I started on a Fiesta, cheap enough to insure and simple to drive, it's all you need really... (my first one was a mad purple too :o )


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    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Angus4life wrote: »
    a 1995 fiesta boxy shape are hard to come buy these days..thats wat i wud get if i was,, not too keen on the the 1997-2001 model.:rolleyes:

    The Puma is based on the 1997-2001 fiesta, its the best handling fiesta.


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    Angus4life
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Angus4life


    dulpit wrote: »
    Jesus the spelling and grammar in some of these posts is making my eyes bleed...

    I started on a Fiesta, cheap enough to insure and simple to drive, it's all you need really... (my first one was a mad purple too :o )

    im think going the fiesta starlet route.. they are cool enough and small compact, easy to get used to in towns etc. and 1.3 isnt going to be mad money to insure. civic will have to wait till the insurance companies give a quote less then the value of the car.:)


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    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    FYI - SKANGER ME BANGER on youtube isn't a real show.


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    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    BostonB wrote: »
    The Puma is based on the 1997-2001 fiesta, its the best handling fiesta.

    I can second that the mk4 fiesta is a cracker in the bends.

    Watch out for rust though


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