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Make/model or year when buying?

Happy4all · 2019-01-28 22:03:15

Looking at first car for someone. Budget €5 k. won't do much mileage. 1L or 1.2 Litre petrol. With insurance for cars over 10 yrs becoming harder, is it best to go with, say, solid Ford Fiesta 2009 or the likes of a Renault Clio 2011. Will likely hold the cars for a few years. to boil it down, might the 09 become…

28-01-2019 10:03pm

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Looking at first car for someone. Budget €5 k. won't do much mileage. 1L or 1.2 Litre petrol.

With insurance for cars over 10 yrs becoming harder, is it best to go with, say, solid Ford Fiesta 2009 or the likes of a Renault Clio 2011.

Will likely hold the cars for a few years.

to boil it down, might the 09 become dearer/harder to insure yr 2 and yr 3 ?

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#2 28-01-2019 10:26pm

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You should be able to pick up a 2010/2011 Renault Clio for 5k these days.

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#3 28-01-2019 10:35pm

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bazz26 wrote: »

You should be able to pick up a 2010/2011 Renault Clio for 5k these days.

yes but should I choose that ahead of 09 Ford Fiesta for same money?

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#4 28-01-2019 10:36pm

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The Clio is a good car, yes it's been around a few years longer than the Fiesta but I wouldn't pay the same to drop back a year for a Fiesta.

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