What car to buy for an 18 year old novice?

Jane98

Hi,
I;m looking to buy a small car for my 18 year old daughter. Have a budget of €5-7k and the engine size should be 1.2 or lower for insurance.

Any ideas what to buy and where?

saabsaab

Insurance would be a major factor here. So safe yet with appeal and not too expensive.


How about Clio? as below



https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-clio-2010-low-mileage/26175428

biko

Small is best for young drivers. Easy to park and know your corners.

Honda Jazz.
Hyundai i10 (go for the SE Connect)

AMKC

saabsaab wrote: »

Insurance would be a major factor here. So safe yet with appeal and not too expensive.


How about Clio? as below



https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/renault-clio-2010-low-mileage/26175428

A lovely Clio that. Would insurance not be a problem do considering it's nearly 10 years old?

saabsaab

i10 would be good too.

Markcheese

If I was buying the car for an 18 year old ,the other factor is be including would be negative street cred .. the least cool car possible ..the one you'd be happy to get you places , but you're not going to end up driving your mates everywhere .. or try to drive stupidly fast down country roads ....
But then maybe I'm just remembering what I was like at 18...

cnocbui

Jane98 wrote: »

Hi,
... the engine size should be 1.2 or lower for insurance.
...

Markcheese wrote: »

If I was buying the car for an 18 year old ,the other factor is be including would be negative street cred .. the least cool car possible ..the one you'd be happy to get you places , but you're not going to end up driving your mates everywhere .. or try to drive stupidly fast down country roads ....
But then maybe I'm just remembering what I was like at 18...

No kidding.

Godeatsboogers

Volkswagen polo

saabsaab

AMKC wrote: »

A lovely Clio that. Would insurance not be a problem do considering it's nearly 10 years old?

Need to talk to insurers but I think it's over 10 years that raised questions. Anyway here's another..younger


https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2012-clio-1-1-petrol-only-100k-kms-new-nct-irish/26250456

pjmn

Yaris

endacl

Markcheese wrote: »

If I was buying the car for an 18 year old ,the other factor is be including would be negative street cred .. the least cool car possible ..the one you'd be happy to get you places , but you're not going to end up driving your mates everywhere .. or try to drive stupidly fast down country roads ....
But then maybe I'm just remembering what I was like at 18...

CoBo55

Godeatsboogers wrote: »

Volkswagen polo

No way they're absolute dirt.
Both of my youngest are on N plates and are driving a 10 and 11 Fiesta they've had no problems so far.

cnocbui

pjmn wrote: »

Yaris

Don't you have to be over 70?

I second the Hoda Jazz.

Car99

You would get a nice 132 seat ibiza 1 2 diesel for 6 to 7k .

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/seat-ibiza/26360784

Merrion

Nissan Leaf or Zoe?
There's one of each on carzone in that budget.

Jane98

Car99 wrote: »

You would get a nice 132 seat ibiza 1 2 diesel for 6 to 7k .

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/seat-ibiza/26360784

very nice looking car indeed.

CoBo55

Merrion wrote: »

Nissan Leaf or Zoe?
There's one of each on carzone in that budget.

No thread is safe... Seriously though, there's no young lad going to be caught dead in either of those yokes. I wouldn't drive any of them and I'm ancient!! ( In the eyes of an 18 year old)

AndyBoBandy

3 pot 1L Yaris. Slow as feck, yet reasonably easy to work on....

Opel Astra

CoBo55

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Opel Astra

Corsa, insurance is to high on the Astra.

CoBo55

AHH lads I know ye mean well but some of the yokes suggested are absolutely manky. It's for an 18 year old not an 80 year old... A geography teacher wouldn't drive some of them.

Blue850

Fiat 500 1.2

walshtipp

I had a 2007 Toyota Auris Mk1 1.4D-4D as my first car. Very good car and reasonable to insure. Very comfortable and never gave me a days trouble and it had 370,000km on it when I sold it.

AndyBoBandy

CoBo55 wrote: »

Seriously though, there's no young lad going to be caught dead in either of those yokes.

A Leaf or Zoe will probably out accelerate around 70% of cars currently on the road in Ireland.... Tell the 18yo that and it might change their tune.....

Will also cost feck all to run over a year compared to any petrol or diesel car.... (€120 tax and about €300-€400 a year in electricity)

punisher5112

Aygo or equivalent in pug and Citroen.... Cheap insurance....


If insurance wasn't an issue... Audi TT

PaulRyan97

I don't think engine size matters much anymore for insurance purposes since the rise in the popularity of turbocharged engines. A 1.0L engine could be producing anything from 60bhp to 130bhp.

A Fiesta or Polo are usually solid bets, I'd try and find something from 2010-2013 and with one of the 80bhp engine variants. I really wouldn't touch diesel either, stick to petrol.

walshtipp

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

A Leaf or Zoe will probably out accelerate around 70% of cars currently on the road in Ireland.... Tell the 18yo that and it might change their tune.....

Will also cost feck all to run over a year compared to any petrol or diesel car.... (€120 tax and about €300-€400 a year in electricity)

0-60mph time of Leaf - 11.1s
0-60mph time of Zoe - 11s

By no means fast, my old diesel octavia can out accelerate either of them by a good margin. Don't assume that because they are electric and they deliver instant torque that they accelerate quicker than most other cars.

AndyBoBandy

walshtipp wrote: »

0-60mph time of Leaf - 11.1s
0-60mph time of Zoe - 11s

By no means fast, my old diesel octavia can out accelerate either of them by a good margin. Don't assume that because they are electric and they deliver instant torque that they accelerate quicker than most other cars.

Fair enough, I’ve only ever driven 1 electric car and it’s not exactly slow, but still, for any young person starting driving nowadays, it’d be mad not to consider an EV..
So much smoother and easier to drive, and so much cheaper to run....

The Leaf/Zoe will still outperform most other cars in their class with an ICE engine...

CoBo55

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

A Leaf or Zoe will probably out accelerate around 70% of cars currently on the road in Ireland.... Tell the 18yo that and it might change their tune.....

Will also cost feck all to run over a year compared to any petrol or diesel car.... (€120 tax and about €300-€400 a year in electricity)

AHH will ya stop it they're horrible especially the leaf. I said it to my youngest lad he said he'd sooner get the bike back out of the shed..

PaulRyan97

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Fair enough, I’ve only ever driven 1 electric car and it’s not exactly slow, but still, for any young person starting driving nowadays, it’d be mad not to consider an EV..
So much smoother and easier to drive, and so much cheaper to run....

The Leaf/Zoe will still outperform most other cars in their class with an ICE engine...

I'm young and love EVs but I would also stay away from those first gen Leafs and Zoes. Young people definitely are more interested in EVs now and will buy them (once they can afford them) but they have to be more capable than those first generation models. The new e-208 and ID.3 are cars I can definitely see young people buying used in good numbers within a few years.

Markcheese

Don't forget , if daddy is
buying the car , he's probably gonna be paying for tax, insurance and fuel as well ..
There is an i-mev on done deal ,suddenly the Zoe is starting to look good. ..

punisher5112

Panda 100... Nice one on done deal

RandomViewer

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Fair enough, I’ve only ever driven 1 electric car and it’s not exactly slow, but still, for any young person starting driving nowadays, it’d be mad not to consider an EV..
So much smoother and easier to drive, and so much cheaper to run....

The Leaf/Zoe will still outperform most other cars in their class with an ICE engine...

They have no credibility, retired public servants and husbands who don't want their wives travelling too far buy Leaf/Zoe. You are trying to peddle Cliff Richard to Millenials

OP did say car for her daughter

at least a couple of posters projecting a young male boy racer in the answers and even saying "he"

are the electric cars mentioned really in budget? e.g. that Zoe on carzone still has a battery lease on it -> 11,000 euro incl battery

for a girl mini one 1.2 petrol maybe? or the older 1.4 l

punisher5112

M5? Anyone?

RandomViewer

Ford Ka, Audi A1,

bazz26

Fiat 500, they are popular with young ladies:


https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-500-1-2-pop-low-km-new-nct-12/26432788




https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2012-fiat-500-1-2-lounge-www-mr500-ie/26317857

FrankC21

FORD FIESTA - cheap to insure, road tax, maintain, you can diy air filter, spark plugs, head lights.

Eleven Benevolent Elephants

FrankC21 wrote: »

FORD FIESTA - low road tax, cheap to insure, road tax, maintain.

What's that?

Nissan pixo. Basic, small engine, cheap to run.

pah

Peugeot 208 at the upper end of your budget.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/peugeot-208-2013-warranty/26436040

Tiny mileage

ExoPolitic

I had a Mercedes a class 1.6 petrol as my first car, was pretty good

Jane98

pah wrote: »

Peugeot 208 at the upper end of your budget.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/peugeot-208-2013-warranty/26436040

Tiny mileage

Yeah nice looking car but I think the 4 previous owners for a 7 year old car would put me off.

walshtipp

glasso wrote: »

OP did say car for her daughter

at least a couple of posters projecting a young male boy racer in the answers and even saying "he"

are the electric cars mentioned really in budget? e.g. that Zoe on carzone still has a battery lease on it -> 11,000 euro incl battery

for a girl mini one 1.2 petrol maybe? or the older 1.4 l

Be careful with the Minis. I do really like them and they are a fun car to drive. But they do go wrong a good bit and are a pain to work on.

FrankC21

Ill say it again one last time Ford Fiesta zetec model with sun roof she will like it.

FrankC21

bazz26 wrote: »

Fiat 500, they are popular with young ladies:


https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-500-1-2-pop-low-km-new-nct-12/26432788




https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2012-fiat-500-1-2-lounge-www-mr500-ie/26317857

The state of that.

Car99

Eleven Benevolent Elephants wrote: »

What's that?

I'm sure you can figure it out

CoBo55

bazz26 wrote: »

Fiat 500, they are popular with young ladies:


https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-500-1-2-pop-low-km-new-nct-12/26432788




https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2012-fiat-500-1-2-lounge-www-mr500-ie/26317857

That white one looks very nice, I never twigged it was for a girl, I think she'd like it. I wonder how much insurance would be?

PsychoPete

You'd pick up a 2013 model Clio in that price range, nice little car and pretty reliable

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/suzuki-swift-1-2-new-nct/26330305


Cute lil cars, with good specs, air con, electrics ect. Easy to drive

BorneTobyWilde

CoBo55 wrote: »

That white one looks very nice, I never twigged it was for a girl, I think she'd like it. I wonder how much insurance would be?

Those Fiats are more of an accessory that a car for everyday. Very small and cheap interior, and can't imagine very safe at speed if involved in a crash.