Hatch under 2k

Mick5

Hey all, looking for a car for my brother. Would love to know what everyone believes to be the best car that fulfills all these requirements:

Max 1.4L
Hatchback
less than 65k miles
Price range 2k

Cheers, Mick

EPM

Mark 1 Almera

BronsonTB

Older shaped civic's (96-00)....cracking cars.....

bazz26

Slightly off topic but OP why is having less than 65k on the clock a condition of your search criteria? Low mileage is not an accurate indication of how much use or wear a car has had.

I'd rather have a high mileage car with a fully documented service history with receipts than a low mileage car that the oil changed once in 10 years.

Tigger

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1187366

if it didn't have the stupid sticker on the fuel filler?


http://cars.donedeal.ie/donedeal/classifieds/viewFullPhoto.jsp?cid=2263012&ad=1097772

no milege on this but she's selling cos of fear of nct (i'd guess) so get it aa checked and it could be lovley

probably the civic if it was me

Eoin

1.2 Clio or 1.25 Fiesta?

Mick5

Hi everyone, thanks for the responses! Definitely will be considering all the input!!

@Bazz- my own personal preference is for a lower mileage when looking at low cc cars but I appreciate your point

Cheers, Mick

zilog_jones

bazz26 wrote: »

I'd rather have a high mileage car with a fully documented service history with receipts than a low mileage car that the oil changed once in 10 years.

This.

And also if there's little or no service history, who's to say the "low mileage" car wasn't clocked at some stage?

Mick5

Who's to say a "service history" hasn't been fabricated.
Who's to say if the garage actually carried out the work at all?
Who's to say if the correct oil/ parts were used?
etc etc

I'm sure we all agree- buying a second hand car is essentially a risk. At least a low mileage car will have some resale value.... but just to clarify a service history is of course desireable... the criteria I outlined above was an indicator to get some opinions, not an exhaustive list of every thing I'm looking for!!!

fonecrusher1

A 1999/2000 version of any of these.
Honda civic
Mazda 323F
Toyota corolla
Ford focus

Take your pick. Forget about 65K mileage with a budget like that. Near impossible to find a car of that age with very low mileage.

Bif

Are a lot of these cars going to be scrapped as many dealers are offering additional deals in addition to the €1500...