recommend a good second hand petrol car for 2k to 3k

freelancerTax

hi
looking to buy a small second hand petrol car - nothing fancy, just needs to be reliable and easy to maintain. wont be doing big miles.
budget is 2k to 3k

what cars do you think i should be looking at?
cheers,
ft

edit.. sorry for posting in wrong forum.. thanks mod for moving..

Seweryn

freelancerTax wrote: »

hi
looking to buy a small second hand petrol car - nothing fancy, just needs to be reliable and easy to maintain. wont be doing big miles.
budget is 2k to 3k

what cars do you think i should be looking at?
cheers...

Honda Jazz, if you could get one within your budget, or alternatively, a Toyota Yaris.

bazz26

Toyota Corolla:
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2003-toyota-corolla/8658346?offset=4

freelancerTax

thanks for the replys guys...

had a look at a 2002 toyota corolla with 170k miles for 2.5k with a 6 month garantee from a local garage today.
is that good ?
cheers
FT

bazz26

What's covered under the guarantee? I just cannot see how a dealer could stand over such a low costing 13 year old car for 6 months. Cars of this age and value from garages tend to not have much in the way of warranty or comeback as the profit on them is small as it is. There is usually better value in private sales in this price range.

freelancerTax

he didnt say .. just 6 month garantee and free service for next ntc...
that was all he said... what should i ask him to include in it?

thanks
ft

bazz26

Ask him what is covered and if there is a mileage limitation. I'd be very surprised if much was covered, maybe just the engine and even at that it could be taxing getting them to sort stuff afterwards. As I said there is not much profit in giving a 6 month warranty on a €2.5k 13 year old car. On most stuff of that age he would be broke.

Do you know anyone who has dealt with the garage before, could give you an insight into whether the warranty is worth the paper it's written on or not?

freelancerTax

bazz26 wrote: »

Ask him what is covered and if there is a mileage limitation. I'd be very surprised if much was covered, maybe just the engine and even at that it could be taxing getting them to sort stuff afterwards. As I said there is not much profit in giving a 6 month warranty on a €2.5k 13 year old car. On most stuff of that age he would be broke.

Do you know anyone who has dealt with the garage before, could give you an insight into whether the warranty is worth the paper it's written on or not?

hi thanks again for the reply
my gf's mother knows him somehow (not very well from what I gather, he owns a house up the road from her)
do you think it will be in and out of the garage with problems and will cost him too much at that price?

thanks
ft

bazz26

I don't know the car or the guy selling it but I'm just trying to think what sort of profit this guy can make offering a 6 month warranty on a car of that age and value. I can only assume he has low overheads and probably operates from this place of residence. You really do not know who good his warranty is until you have to go back to him with a problem.

freelancerTax

bazz26 wrote: »

I don't know the car or the guy selling it but I'm just trying to think what sort of profit this guy can make offering a 6 month warranty on a car of that age and value. I can only assume he has low overheads and probably operates from this place of residence. You really do not know who good his warranty is until you have to go back to him with a problem.

thanks for the reply bazz
yes its true, won't know how good the warrantee is till I have to bring it back... how much should he be charging for this type of car and warranty?

ft