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Car for around 1000 euro???

  • 21-08-2009 6:39pm
    #1
    blankblank
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    Hey guys,,, just a quick question!

    Does anybody have or intended to buy a car for around 1000 euro?
    Im lookin to buy and this is my budget and wanted to get some advice on how reliable cars in this price range are.
    I can afford maybe a fiat punto but have had loads of disaster stories about people having to poor hundreds more into their punto to keep it going ?

    Thanks :):)


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  • #2
    jhegarty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,441 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    I presume from the forum picking you are just starting out.

    Given your price range and insurance I would look at something like a Micra or Peugeot 106.


  • #3
    ztoical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭ztoical


    Micra would be your best bet. I paid less then 1000 for mine - 97 reg but she was in good nick and served me well.


  • #4
    blankblank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 614 ✭✭✭blankblank


    Yeah first car, just want something to get me from a to b!!
    Was looking at a 95 Corsa for 450 euros?
    Anyone have any experience with them?


  • #5
    Buffman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭Buffman


    Davie89 wrote: »
    Yeah first car, just want something to get me from a to b!!
    Was looking at a 95 Corsa for 450 euros?
    Anyone have any experience with them?

    If it has a bit of an NCT that price is ok. But offer 250 anyway and work from there. Depends on the condition really.

    Also, check out gumtree.ie, donedeal.ie and adverts.ie for other cars in your pricerange. Remember to factor in the different costs of tax and insurance also.

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  • #6
    ChristyCent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭ChristyCent


    My mate has had a 96 and 98 corsa and nothing but problems with both of them.

    Go for a micra, brilliant little cars and give very little trouble


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  • #7
    Monkey_Pirate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 ✭Monkey_Pirate


    I got a 2000 fiat punto for €900, but mind that it was a fiat and ended up costin around 1500 with repairs. :p Great little car tho since.

    But still, dont buy a punto!!


  • #8
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    I have a micra, its my first car and got it this year. Its a 97 and has a years NCT. I paid 750 for it and it has given me no trouble so far. Cheap tax too. Try find something along the lines of that.


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