First Car

Manley Hanley

Looking to buy a car and need some advice on what type of car i should buy for cheapest insurance and so on, And what i should look for in a car?
Im a 19 male from dublin ,

GERMAN ROCKS

whats your budget. get a 1.4 tdci diesel fiesta if you can. should be cheap to insure and tax is cheap enough. at least this way when your so young and probably wont have a heap of money fuel bills wont be as high as an equivilant petrol

colm_mcm

Weird suggestion given no particular budget

Manley Hanley

For the actual car id be willing to spend 500 maybe 600

MickySticks

Hmm no budget

Manley Hanley

Just gave budget ^^

colm_mcm

That's not really a budget as such. Just find any car with nct and hope for the best

Alanstrainor

Have you factored in the 2000~ insurance on top of that? No offence, but running a car is expensive business. And that counts for any car.

MickySticks

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3072608

Manley Hanley

cheapest possible insurance for a 600 priced car, Ill be looking in to getting second insurance under my mam she has a full licence been driving for years.
Obviously insurance will be expensive so im looking for advice in that retrospect

colm_mcm

MickySticks wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3072608

Great project with potential

= shed.

Manley Hanley

No Nct, How hard would it be to work on a car and get one?

GERMAN ROCKS

colm_mcm wrote: »

= shed.

needs wing mirror and back light glass anyway

MickySticks

Manley Hanley wrote: »

No Nct, How hard would it be to work on a car and get one?

Depends what it needs.

Anan1

Manley Hanley wrote: »

cheapest possible insurance for a 600 priced car, Ill be looking in to getting second insurance under my mam she has a full licence been driving for years.
Obviously insurance will be expensive so im looking for advice in that retrospect

Get a few firm insurance quotes before you even start looking for a car.

colm_mcm

At that level Nct is important, its by no means a guarantee of a good car, but at least you don't have to prepare a strange car for a test that could unearth any number of problems

bazz26

Toyota Starlet with NCT until the end of the year:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3055203

Compton

might not be great for insurance a fiesta would probably be better but a small car with 500 euro is bound to be a shed. Starlet would probably be the best choice for close to 500.

Alanstrainor

bazz26 wrote: »

Toyota Starlet with NCT until the end of the year:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3055203

Surprised that's been up for that long tbh!

bazz26

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Surprised that's been up for that long tbh!

Could be sold and the seller just hasn't updated the advert. Cheap motoring for someone though.

Francie Barrett

I would go for a Polo, you should be able to get one with some NCT with your budget. Cheap to tax and insure as well.

http://cars.donedeal.co.uk/for-sale/cars/3076181

PaulKK

OP I'd reconsider the budget a bit. Even if you have to wait a couple of months to save a bit more, as most cars for that price will be heaps of crap.

If I were you I would get a few insurance quotes for a few different cars and work from there. Think Polos, Corsas, Fiestas etc.

Think about the cost of tax, insurance, tyres, servicing and fuel for a year. Add it up and divide by 52. Can you afford to spend this every week?

I think there may be issues with insurance loading's on cars older than 10 years also. Safety ratings and too easy for the scum to steal would spring to mind..