Good Small Car

slick14

Hi,
Looking for advice on what is the best small car. I'm looking at Clio, Astra, Corsa, Peugeot 308. I only do about 10K a year so will go with a petrol engine. I have a budget of 11K and a trade in for 2K. I want air con and as many gadgets as possible on this budget. Out of the above what do you think is the overall best car? Apologies I know very little (nothing about cars). I want something that is small looks nice and doesn't give me any trouble.
Cheers,
Slick.

AMKC

Not all the cars you picked are small cars. The Peugeot 308 and Opel Astra are medium size cars and quiet big so leave them two out.They are in the same class as the Ford Focus and VW Golf. The Peugeot 207, Citroen C3, Seat Ibiza and Skoda Fabia are some other options you could look at. They are all small cars. You can get smaller again do.

Junkyard Tom

Mazda 2.



https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/mazda-2-1-3-5dr-sport-/9861881

slick14

I drive a 207 at the moment. I've briefly driven the astra before and didn't feel like it was much bigger. I've been looking on line at bill griffin and charles hurst, carland and N4 car sales. Has anyone bought from these places? Is there room for negotiation with the car supermarkets?
Slick

colm_mcm

Out of those, Charles hurst is the only one id deal with, and in the class of car you're after, I'm not sure they'd have much value for you.

.red.

The honda jazz is a great car.
This ine is 2011 and €12k before trade in.
http://m.carzone.ie/used-cars/Honda/Jazz-1.2-SE-S-I-VTEC--VSA--4DR-SE-S-VSA-/200814443052062530

colm_mcm

Looks nice?

slick14

What do you make of any of these? Good buy's? These are the type of car I'm looking at? Most don't have air con (maybe I should live without it). Does it really matter if its diesel or petrol?

carzone.ie/used-cars/peugeot/208/used-2014-141-peugeot-208-access-1-0-dublin-fpa-201214482984831310

carzone.ie/used-cars/opel/corsa/used-2012-opel-corsa-1-3cdti-ecof-dublin-fpa-200814413650864020

billgriffinmotors.ie/viewanad.php?ad_id=1333758&r=

billgriffinmotors.ie/viewanad.php?ad_id=1354897&r=

Slick

slick14

Last query on this - will the prices go down in Jan??? Sorry haven't bought a car in years.
Cheers for the help
Slick

bazz26

What about a Kia Rio:

http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/KIA/Rio/1.25-EX/121814188506312880/

Stay away from diesel cars if your not doing the proper driving for one.

slick14

bazz26 wrote: »

What about a Kia Rio:

driving.ie/used-cars/KIA/Rio/1.25-EX/121814188506312880

Stay away from diesel cars if your not doing the proper driving for one.

Thanks for that - nice car hadn't considered a Kia.