newish car

jason_carolan

hi all

looking to upgrade to 2008/2009 car - preferably hatchback 1.4-1.6ltr petrol
car i have now i've been offered 4000 trade in - and i wud have 8000 to put to it as well - so in total i'm looking at a car costing around 12000 - any recomendations wud help me alot

thanks
j

MrDerp

What's your age and driving experience? What kind of driving do you do daily?

With that kind of money, you're obviously hoping to drive the thing for a few years.

Don't buy a 1.4 golf (unless its a tsi, of course) or focus is my main advice. Both too heavy for the engine. I've driven several of each and owned a focus.

colm_mcm

Think he has an 05 307 1.4 with A few faults.

jason_carolan

yep - i'm the 05 peugeot 307 - one garage said they'd give me 4000 on a trade in without me fixing it up.

yeah i want something that will last me - drive to and from work - 45 miles a day -
i did look at golf - if i did go for it i'd have to go engine size above 1.4 and stay away from focus - yeah -

any other recomendations?????

jason_carolan

what's ur thoughts on the above car -looking at 2009 model 1.5 sxe

EPM

Stay away from a 1.4 Focus but the rest are decent enough. If you want a petrol, a Mark 2 Focus Ghia or Titanium is a good bet with the 115PS 1.6 engine as they are more economical than the standard 1.6 and more refined too.

jason_carolan

looking at 2008/09 model
any thoughts gud car/bad car

EPM

Tiny in the rear, noisy, bumpy, not very safe and with a cheaply finished interior. Why anyone would buy one new in 2009 is beyond me.

Joey the lips

i traded it my skodia octavia 1,4 16 valve. recently. Its a big car. Has a big boot. :rolleyes: The dealer was selling it on for 11500 but actually let it go for 9995

Taidg riordan ashbourne.

I am only telling you because it was the old tax system and if your will to bargin with the dealer you will get an old tax car simular price.

The way i see it is the 250 euro diff in tax will give you a few years of motering at the reduced price.

if you catch my drift.

ronaneire

Astra SXI not a bad car for the money

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Opel/Astra/SXI-1.4-/201110201567331/advert?channel=CARS

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Opel/Astra/SXI-1.4-/201101200808246/advert?channel=CARS

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Opel/Astra/1.6-SXi-/201110201547916/advert?channel=CARS

For Forks Sake

EPM wrote: »

Tiny in the rear, noisy, bumpy, not very safe and with a cheaply finished interior. Why anyone would buy one new in 2009 is beyond me.

Car hire companies were probably only ones with new ones as late as 09

Nissan doctor

I agree that by 09 they were getting very dated. On a plus point some of the common issues which the ealier models suffored from were long gone so IMO you'd be getting a decent reliable car, if not overly refined.

EPM

Jason, you don't need to keep starting threads on different cars. Keep it in your original please.

J77

GT Sport 170

something like this
http://www.carzone.ie/search/Volkswagen/Golf/GT-TSi-1/201050200535742/advert?channel=CARS