help me please!!!

looder

my budget is €4000. I want a car between a 1 and a 1.2 litre. nothing fancy, just something reliable.

can't find much on carzone....

What would be the best make of car to buy ??

thanks

colm_mcm

Yaris. no contest. when you're finished with it you can get back nearly all you paid for it. motor tax is v.cheap, they will generally have dual airbags and power steering - just avoid anything with black unpainted door handles as a rule of thumb.

Plenty on Carzone, as I said, avoid black door handles!
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=search&sortby=MileageAsc&maxrows=50&MakeID=31&ModelID=276&Price_Max=4500&GroupID=738

Holsten

Not much on Carzone?

There is over a thousand cars with that criteria, 32 in Tipperary alone.

masterwriter

colm_mcm wrote: »

just avoid anything with black unpainted door handles as a rule of thumb.

Why is that? You mean get one with color coded door handles?

colm_mcm

the unpainted handled models usually don't have power steering or leccie windows be they UK "S" models or Irish "E" models.

masterwriter

colm_mcm wrote: »

the unpainted handled models usually don't have power steering or leccie windows be they UK "S" models or Irish "E" models.

Thanks for the tip might be looking at a Yaris

colm_mcm

treat the Terra model as your minimum. central locking, electric windows, power steering and dual airbags are on this model.

The only thing I've ever seen to need work on high mileage Yaris's is the water pump. you'll hear it rattle as you rev the engine up. this is only really a problem on some high milers. make sure the stereo works too!

masterwriter

colm_mcm wrote: »

treat the Terra model as your minimum.

Where does it says Terra? Beside the yaris badge?

colm_mcm

usually. but not always.
it's a little picture of the world with "Linea Terra" written in small writing

masterwriter

colm_mcm wrote: »

usually. but not always.
it's a little picture of the world with "Linea Terra" written in small writing

Cheers will keep a lookout for that. OP sorry for hijacking, hope you get a suitable set of wheels

bazz26

looder wrote: »

my budget is €4000. I want a car between a 1 and a 1.2 litre. nothing fancy, just something reliable.

can't find much on carzone....

What would be the best make of car to buy ??

thanks

Ford Fiesta, you really cannot beat the spec on the run out old model:
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=896140
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=871048
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=713506

Alloy wheels, air conditioning, cd player all standard on the Ghia spec. 1.25 litre engine is a cracking little unit, while that model Fiesta is not as fresh as the Yaris you are getting a better equipped and newer car. Still alot of car for your money.

colm_mcm

the Fiesta may be high spec bazz, and to be fair they're a cracking little car to drive, but from a cost of ownership point of view, it doesn't beat the Yaris.
From a safety viewpoint, the Fiesta doesn't do too well as it's based on a 1996 model, which itself is based on it's 80's predecessor:
http://www.euroncap.com/tests/ford_fiesta_2000/76.aspx

compare that with the Yaris's 4 stars (same as an 08 Fiesta)
http://www.euroncap.com/tests/toyota_yaris_2000/74.aspx

looder

colm_mcm wrote: »

Yaris. no contest. when you're finished with it you can get back nearly all you paid for it. motor tax is v.cheap, they will generally have dual airbags and power steering - just avoid anything with black unpainted door handles as a rule of thumb.

Plenty on Carzone, as I said, avoid black door handles!
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=search&sortby=MileageAsc&maxrows=50&MakeID=31&ModelID=276&Price_Max=4500&GroupID=738

thanks for the tip.

Holsten wrote: »

Not much on Carzone?

There is over a thousand cars with that criteria, 32 in Tipperary alone.

and of that 32 in Tipperary, none of them really stick out. I don't want to be spending money on something I'm not happy with. I'm just really trying to gather info on what would be the best model to buy e'g. a yaris, or a fiesta. and what models to avoid e.g. punto?? ????

bazz26 wrote: »

Ford Fiesta, you really cannot beat the spec on the run out old model:
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=896140
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=871048
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=713506

Alloy wheels, air conditioning, cd player all standard on the Ghia spec. 1.25 litre engine is a cracking little unit, while that model Fiesta is not as fresh as the Yaris you are getting a better equipped and newer car. Still alot of car for your money.

a very nice car and I'm starting to lean towards the Fiesta.

I was talking to a garage owner the other day, he told me to stay away from any corsa over a 1997 as it's a piece of ****e!!!. before this a corsa would have been my car of choice.

IS THERE ANY OTHER MODELS I SHOULD AVOID??

thanks for the replies so far