What car - on a 10k Budget!!!

tomcollins97

So, I have max 10k to spend and don't have a clue about cars!! I have been looking at various used cars but really don't know what to get.

The car must be:

• Not more than 5 years old
• Have low mileage
• Min 1.6 engine (or diesel equivalent)
• Have airbags & decent safety rating

What I would love:

• Air con or climate control
• CD
• Alloys
• Central Locking
• Metallic paint
• Sunroof :cool:
• Leather seats!
• iPOD dock!!
• Convertible!!!
• Maybach!!!!!:D

I am looking for suggestions on what would be the best car for my cash that would have the 'must haves' and would tick some of the 'love' boxes.
I am based in Dublin but am willing to travel for a good deal!

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Tom

Bluefoam

None of the above.

Alfa 147, the specs are great fora car of the size...

Plug

I'll send ya a pm!

tomcollins97

Thanks Bluefoam. I'm new to Boards.ie & didn't realise I could put more options in the Poll! What are Alpha's like for reliability? After a quick look on cgb.ie I think that they may be out of my price range

unkel

tomcollins97 wrote:

What are Alpha's like for reliability?

/me gets popcorn

Bluefoam

Alfa's can be a little expensive to maintain as they use premium parts - they have a poor rep from some for being unreliable, but this is generally untrue and they are equal to most mid brands. However they are incredible to drive and most Alfa owners rave about them - it would be my first choice, but choice is subjective...

Andrewf20

A 2002ish Ford Mondeo 2.0 tdi (130bhp) is a car that goes for around you budget and from what I have read its a cracker despite being 10 a penny on our roads. I was in one and was also inpressed. Punchy enough, nible, economical, not too expensive to own and doesnt look half bad imho.

meathstevie

Get a Skoda Octavia TDI. I recently retired a 1999 vintage one after having it bought secondhand with 44k on the clock and after giving it another 260K miles of hard labour as a taxi. The only big one ever to go wrong was the gearbox showing serious signs of wear and tear after 200K. Plus their relaibility and quality they also run on a snif of diesel ( +45MPG on average ).

BostonB

meathstevie wrote:

Get a Skoda Octavia TDI. I recently retired a 1999 vintage one after having it bought secondhand with 44k on the clock and after giving it another 260K miles of hard labour as a taxi. The only big one ever to go wrong was the gearbox showing serious signs of wear and tear after 200K. Plus their relaibility and quality they also run on a snif of diesel ( +45MPG on average ).

I don't get why Skodas are more reliable than VW's as they are mechanically the same.