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Best Car to Learn In?

  • 01-02-2014 4:09pm
    #1
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,061 ✭✭✭✭


    Im browsing Donedeal every day and coming up blank so looking for opinions from fellow learners here so mods please don't move this to motors.

    Personally Im looking for as frugal as possible, bare minimum tax (€200?), maximum fuel economy and reliability, everything else a plus, not too worried about speed as I'm just not a very fast driver and don't think I ever will be.

    What are people choosing as their first cars these days? Ive been told to keep an eye out for Daihatsu's but my God they are fugly little nuns cars or at least the 1.0Ls are anyway, thats taking frugal a bit too far I think.


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  • #2
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Best bet would be a Yaris or Micra very easy to drive and good running little machines.


  • #3
    Days 298
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    Your asking two different questions.

    Best car to learn on would probably be a diesel. They dont cut out as easily.

    Best first car for the those on a low budget could an old yaris.


  • #4
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,061 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Well I mean for people who know how to drive without stalling etc just the first little 1L to get good enough to pass the test in for as cheap as possible before you upgrade, very few small diesels around.


  • #5
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Thargor wrote: »
    Well I mean for people who know how to drive without stalling etc just the first little 1L to get good enough to pass the test in for as cheap as possible before you upgrade, very few small diesels around.


    Again as said above Yaris or Micra, Micra's can be picked up very cheap an d are bullet proof engine wise once the old model 2002 or under.


  • #6
    MadYaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,294 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    Micra or a yaris. Maybe a VW polo?


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  • #7
    Cogsy88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 460 ✭✭Cogsy88


    Fiesta. Nice reliable little car.


  • #8
    Days 298
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,311 ✭✭✭Days 298


    Cogsy88 wrote: »
    Fiesta.

    :mad::mad::mad:
    Ka


  • #9
    Cogsy88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 460 ✭✭Cogsy88


    Ka is a hairdressers car. Are you a hairdresser op?


  • #10
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Cogsy88 wrote: »
    Ka is a hairdressers car. Are you a hairdresser op?


    Sound like one when driving very noisey little things:mad::mad::mad: why people so annoyed?


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