Stick or Change?

Local_Chap

Im starting work experience next week and was just wandering should I stick with the car I have, 97 Toyota Starlet which does about 35 MPG or should I purchase a different car? I will be driving 400-500 miles a week which is quite alot! My budget would be €1500 max and switching insurance won't be a problem. If I should change car,have ye any recommendations for what would be good?

heate

Local_Chap wrote: »

Im starting work experience next week and was just wandering should I stick with the car I have, 97 Toyota Starlet which does about 35 MPG or should I purchase a different car? I will be driving 400-500 miles a week which is quite alot! My budget would be €1500 max and switching insurance won't be a problem. If I should change car,have ye any recommendations for what would be good?

Wouldn't exactly be the safer at to be doing 25k miles a year in. An you're in diesel territory.
Old (99) well maintained passat perhaps

questionquick

By the sounds of your mileage youll be doing motorway or national road mainly?

If you dont go too fast you might get better than 35mpg from a reasonably sized petrol engine.

You might find a half decent one for your budget with a few months tax. Keep looking.

Local_Chap

questionquick wrote: »

By the sounds of your mileage youll be doing motorway or national road mainly?

If you dont go too fast you might get better than 35mpg from a reasonably sized petrol engine.

You might find a half decent one for your budget with a few months tax. Keep looking.

The roads Il be driving are split fairly evenly between motorway,National and Regional roads.

Do you think I would be better off changing cars?

rcdk1

Local_Chap wrote: »

Im starting work experience next week and was just wandering should I stick with the car I have, 97 Toyota Starlet which does about 35 MPG or should I purchase a different car? I will be driving 400-500 miles a week which is quite alot! My budget would be €1500 max and switching insurance won't be a problem. If I should change car,have ye any recommendations for what would be good?

How long is your work experience and how long (distance) is your commute likely to be after the work experience?

sean1141

1500 with the starlet or have you 1500 with the starlet to sell?

if its the later you could pick up a peugeot 206 1.4 hdi. small, cheap to tax and run and easy to sell on again

bazz26

I'd stick with what you have for the moment and see how it goes. The Starlet is probably costing you nothing to run except for fuel. On such a low budget you could end up buying a money pit in haste.

Local_Chap

rcdk1 wrote: »

How long is your work experience and how long (distance) is your commute likely to be after the work experience?

Work experience will last 9 months or so. After that I will be averaging 150-200 miles a week

Local_Chap

sean1141 wrote: »

1500 with the starlet or have you 1500 with the starlet to sell?

if its the later you could pick up a peugeot 206 1.4 hdi. small, cheap to tax and run and easy to sell on again

NCT is up roughly the same time I will finish my work experience (September). Would the starlet be worth more than €500 or €600 if I was too sell it now? Just over 150,000 miles on it.

€1500 plus whatever I could get if I sold my car

Carstuck

Tbh I'd keep it and have the 1500 aside for any repairs in the mean time, at least you know what gone into your car etc than buying a car and not knowing what's about to go.

rcdk1

Local_Chap wrote: »

Work experience will last 9 months or so. After that I will be averaging 150-200 miles a week

bazz26 wrote: »

I'd stick with what you have for the moment and see how it goes. The Starlet is probably costing you nothing to run except for fuel. On such a low budget you could end up buying a money pit in haste.

given that you'll only be doing high mileage for 9 months, I think bazz's advice is the most sensible option.