Car for young adult.

finbarrk

I must buy a car for a young adult. They mentioned that they like a Focus, Golf, Polo, i30 or a Civic. Budget is about €8,000. Anyone have any opinions regarding which of those would be better than another of those? Thanks.

colm_mcm

What sort of driving are they doing?

bazz26

Your choice will probably be dependent on what is affordable to insure.

walshtipp

Toyota Auris with 1.4 D-4D diesel unit. Not exciting at all but a bloody good car. I had one for a few years and it never gave a days trouble.

rn

I'm looking for a similar hatch, but for a pensioner. Am still researching myself but I would recommend looking at the hyundai i30 or Honda jazz for best bang for buck. I'd go petrol too and manual.

Henry Ford III

Ford Fiesta. Best car in its class. Fun to drive too. Parts are reasonable.

Outkast_IRE

Civic is usually dearer to insure. Fiesta and auris are decent bets.

pippip

Are they provisional or full license?

Nephew on provisional couldn't get a quote on a 08 1.6l golf from anyone recently.

Ended up with a 1.4l 09 Focus. Getting quotes of 3-4k, ended up with Boxymo for 1500, one of the monitoring boxes fitted.

finbarrk

Full license. College student and part time supermarket worker. Thanks for suggestions,

BorneTobyWilde

Polo 1.0 would be one I'd go with .

CiboC

My eldest lad (21) just got insured on an 1.4 petrol Alfa MiTo for a surprisingly good price, just passed his test, full time student.

Sometimes the odd choices fall under the radar of insurance companies.

walshtipp

CiboC wrote: »

My eldest lad (21) just got insured on an 1.4 petrol Alfa MiTo for a surprisingly good price, just passed his test, full time student.

Sometimes the odd choices fall under the radar of insurance companies.

I think the Opel Corsa is built on the same GM platform as the MiTo. So that may be also another option.

Gamb!t

Are Dacia cars any good for an adult first time driver ?

colm_mcm

Gamb!t wrote: »

Are Dacia cars any good for an adult first time driver ?

Same as any other car really.

Gamb!t

colm_mcm wrote: »

Same as any other car really.

Well French cars such as Renault and Peugeot can be troublesome from talking to people that had these cars and they are not as reliable as say a Volkswagen.

colm_mcm

I can tell you that Volkswagens have had their share of unreliable cars and common faults too.

You’ll often hear a lot of pub talk about certain brands. In reality you have cars like the Megane II/Scenic and Laguna II or the Peugeot 307 that weren’t great, but people will latch onto that.

I wouldn’t say a modern Dacia or Renault would be any worse than a VW.

bazz26

Gamb!t wrote: »

Well French cars such as Renault and Peugeot can be troublesome from talking to people that had these cars and they are not as reliable as say a Volkswagen.

2005 just called to say it wants this post back. :pac:

Gorteen

walshtipp wrote: »

Toyota Auris with 1.4 D-4D diesel unit. Not exciting at all but a bloody good car. I had one for a few years and it never gave a days trouble.

I bought a 2012 D4D diesel Auris earlier this year for my daughter. Great car, economical, easy to insure, reliably, sturdy.

ifeelabreeze

A fiesta is a great option, the 1 litre Ecoboost has enough going power without it impacting on insurance.
My sister used one for her lessons and it's spoiled her driving experience, she's just comparing everything to the Fiesta.