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What's a reliable cheap car with cheap insurance?

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  • 29-07-2011 1:37pm
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    Poonus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Here's the situation:

    I need a car, don't care how small or basic it is. If its a girls car, fine, as long as its cheap.

    Also has to be reliable and not breaking down all the time. And cheap to insure.

    What's the best option for me? I've heard Fiesta, Polo, Charade. Any opinions?

    :pac: On another note, I'm foreign to Ireland and have no idea on to actually buy or register a car ha. Any protips?
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    si_guru
    Registered Users Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭si_guru


    What do you call cheap?

    In Ireland you want a small engine whatever, to keep the road tax down.


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    gowley
    Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭gowley


    it would want to be a very old car if you are looking for a charade


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    everyday taxi
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭everyday taxi


    Poonus wrote: »
    Here's the situation:

    I need a car, don't care how small or basic it is. If its a girls car, fine, as long as its cheap.

    Also has to be reliable and not breaking down all the time. And cheap to insure.

    What's the best option for me? I've heard Fiesta, Polo, Charade. Any opinions?

    :pac: On another note, I'm foreign to Ireland and have no idea on to actually buy or register a car ha. Any protips?

    nissan micra ticks every box.


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    needadvi
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    Toyotos are good cars, they are strong and enduring, so even the old ones are reliable. Axa insurance is probably the cheapest insurance out there. I got quotes from all the insurance companys in ireland and the cheapest quote was Axa.

    I'm talking about 1,000 Euro in the difference, so that's a big difference. That was two years ago, and I was just a learner with a really old damaged car.


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    needadvi
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    To register the car in your name, the person/dealer you buy it from has a log book, your details are filled into this log book and sent off in the post.

    A few weeks after you will receive your log book, this is your proof that you have registered and own the car.

    Once you insure your car you can go to your local tax office and tax your car. The smaller the size of the engine in old cars the cheaper your tax will be. So a 1.1 would be cheaper to tax than a 1.6.

    Tax can be paid in full for the full year, or you can pay it every three months. After the initial taxing of the car in the motor tax office, they will send you out pins to renew your tax online from there on in.

    Hope this helps.

    PS make sure you get a car with an NCT. It's required by law in Ireland.


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