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Got €750 tp spend on car - what's best?

  • 15-04-2014 8:49pm
    #1
    galwaybabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,065 ✭✭✭


    My vehicle was stolen a few weeks ago - a trusty old Nissan Vanette that has taken me everywhere for the last seven years. I'm gutted and to add insult to injury, the insurance company is only giving me €750 for it. Being a totally broke student at the moment means that this is the sum total I have to spend on a new vehicle. Can anyone tell me what would be a good make to look out for that might be for sale around this price?
    Thanks in advance :)


Comments

  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,522 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Mid 90s Corolla I suppose.


  • #3
    christy02
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 656 ✭✭✭christy02


    Quick look shows a couple of almeras advertised for around a grand. Also a 1999 Mitsubishi spacestar 1.3. Low enough miles and looks clean for 500 quids. Can't really go wrong

    Stay away from anything not jJapanese for that money IMO.


  • #4
    christy02
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 656 ✭✭✭christy02


    Quick look shows a couple of almeras advertised for around a grand. Also a 1999 Mitsubishi spacestar 1.3. Low enough miles and looks clean for 500 quids. Can't really go wrong

    Stay away from anything not jJapanese for that money IMO.


  • #5
    road_high
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,657 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Something Japanese too...Mitsubishi Lancer or a Mazda 323, Honda Civic or Corolla too if you could sneak one in at that price. The Lancer or 323 likely better value as less sought after but no less reliable tbh.


  • #6
    galwaybabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,065 ✭✭✭galwaybabe


    Does this look like a good one? Hyundai Accent 1.3


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  • #7
    professore
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,857 ✭✭✭professore


    Nissan Micra.


  • #8
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    If you could stretch an extra 50 quid or so I reckon you could have this :)

    They really are a pretty good can and this has a new NCT to boot :)

    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/98-nissan-primera-new-nct-taxed/6723941

    28397721.jpeg


  • #9
    Moneymaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Moneymaker


    Primera all the way. The P10 and P11s were bulletproof and alright to drive too.

    That White one looks a very clean example.


  • #10
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    Do yourself a favour and get a corolla or a Honda civic. Both are a good bit better built than the rest of Japanese cars in the same segment, and even the segment above tbh.


  • #11
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    Moneymaker wrote: »
    Primera all the way. The P10 and P11s were bulletproof and alright to drive too.

    That White one looks a very clean example.
    They were reliable enough but bullet proof I wouldn't call them.

    Distributors, fuel pumps, throttle bodies are all common failures on them, as well as that they go through steering components on a regular basis and they rust. Wiper linkages are also a weak point on them.


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