Buying a car

PokeHerKing

Hi Folks,

Im looking to buy my second car. Ive had my first for about 4.5 years and its time to move on.

My current car is a 00 1.4 Opel Astra. Bought it for 1300 and apart from a head gasket blowing about 18 months ago its served me well.

Im looking to buy a family sized saloon car. Ive around 3-4k to spend but apart from liking the look of the passat/audi Ive no idea about cars. Which ones to avoid or anything like that.

So Im just generally looking for some advice on makes/models that people would recommend?

Cheers

PokeHerKing

Anyone? Im looking at Audis at the minute. The A4 mostly. 03/04 looks to be in my price range. Any reason not to buy this type/model/year?

quadrifoglio verde

PokeHerKing wrote: »

Anyone? Im looking at Audis at the minute. The A4 mostly. 03/04 looks to be in my price range. Any reason not to buy this type/model/year?

They're the new Honda civic and as a result favoured by young lads who love running them on green and putting ever feckin accessory from halfords onto them. As a result they've gotten tough to insure if you're young.
That said they're reliable. Just finding a clean one is difficult.

PokeHerKing

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

They're the new Honda civic and as a result favoured by young lads who love running them on green and putting ever feckin accessory from halfords onto them. As a result they've gotten tough to insure if you're young.
That said they're reliable. Just finding a clean one is difficult.

Creeping towards 30 so not young or old I suppose! Im open to suggestions, I havnt a bog about cars. I just want a bigger more comfortable car, something reliable that the golf clubs fit in to?

hoodie6029

What kind of mileage will you be doing? What's the max you're willing to spend on tax?

PokeHerKing

hoodie6029 wrote: »

What kind of mileage will you be doing? What's the max you're willing to spend on tax?

Work round trip is roughly 30k on the m50 and then just your average weekend use. I dont really have a max but doubt id need to over a 2l engine? Unless theresa good reason too?

hoodie6029

You'll probably go petrol with that mileage.
If you could stomach the tax (I couldn't) there are great cars for small money in the 2l plus engines.
A Mazda 6 1.8 would be well within your range.
That are well regarded around here.

roadsmart

I wouldn't touch a Mazda 6. The Audi is a great choice, don't worry too much about the year, go by the lowest mileage. Can I suggest a Saab? You'll get a lovely comfortable and powerful motor within your budget: http://cars.donedeal.ie/find/cars/for-sale/Ireland/Saab

If you could stretch another €500 (or negotiate!) this is the one I'd be after;
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-93-sport-1-8-i-estate-9318-lspest-linear-2006/7983840
No problem with golf clubs there!

PokeHerKing

roadsmart wrote: »

I wouldn't touch a Mazda 6. The Audi is a great choice, don't worry too much about the year, go by the lowest mileage. Can I suggest a Saab? You'll get a lovely comfortable and powerful motor within your budget: http://cars.donedeal.ie/find/cars/for-sale/Ireland/Saab

If you could stretch another €500 (or negotiate!) this is the one I'd be after;
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-93-sport-1-8-i-estate-9318-lspest-linear-2006/7983840
No problem with golf clubs there!

Yeah suggest away man, Im really just trying to get a shortlist of reliable cars so I can pick the one I like the look of the most.

So far from looking on here I have, Audi/Passat/Accord/Subaru Legacy & Skoda Octavia. So a decent shortlist to work off. Any other suggestions or reason to scrap any of the above?

Cheers

commited

Have a look at the Saab 9-3/Saab 9-5 and Volvo S60 for that budget. I wouldn't worry too much about age or mileage, you should be buying on condition and service history where possible.

Just a couple of suggestions from my quick look on DD:
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-95-2-0-sport-swap-trade-in-dealer/4771011

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-318-ci-m-sport-coupe/7999049

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-93-aero/7932212

PokeHerKing

commited wrote: »

Have a look at the Saab 9-3/Saab 9-5 and Volvo S60 for that budget. I wouldn't worry too much about age or mileage, you should be buying on condition and service history where possible.

Just a couple of suggestions from my quick look on DD:
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-95-2-0-sport-swap-trade-in-dealer/4771011

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-318-ci-m-sport-coupe/7999049

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-93-aero/7932212

Cheers for those. I like the look of the Saab alright! Theres another thread here though and people dont seem to keen on Saabs? On the shortlist tho, thanks.