Buying a first car - recommendations

Jimmy Bottlehead · 21-07-2010 11:17pm #1

Hey all.

Long story short, I'm looking into buying my first car. Currently driving a red '02 Peugeot Partner, with 78k on the clock.

I've about €4-5k to work with, preferably a diesel engine, and something that's reliable as hell, and hopefully '03 upwards. Bonus points if it's easy on the eyes, although because I'm living around Santry/Ballymun area, maybe something that's not too easy on the eyes :pac:

Had my eyes on the likes of a Seat Ibiza, as a Golf is probably not an option at that price

Any suggestions would be terrific, thanks very much

Ricardo G · 21-07-2010 11:20pm

Golf tdi would defo be in the running at that money i'd imagine.
Ford Focus 1.8tdci
Citroen Xsara 2.0hdi, great engine and can be got for very small money !!

squod · 21-07-2010 11:32pm

http://cars.buyandsell.ie/search/cars-for-sale-under-5k/dublin%2015/6a08824d857cd52a2a4061e15e7877fd3a0559f9

Reliability is an unknown here, but this yoke is very small money to run

Jimmy Bottlehead · 22-07-2010 6:31pm

Cheers guys... any other suggestions?

ERR! · 23-07-2010 12:35am

DO NOT get a seat Ibiza...... ugh... crap

Jimmy Bottlehead · 23-07-2010 8:07am

ERR! wrote: »

DO NOT get a seat Ibiza...... ugh... crap

Really?? I thought they had a good rep?

MakaDonVeli · 23-07-2010 8:12am

What age are you if you don't mind me asking and do you have a full licence?

All about insurance, want to take that into consideration aswell.

Jimmy Bottlehead · 23-07-2010 9:29am

Mak_United wrote: »

What age are you if you don't mind me asking and do you have a full licence?

All about insurance, want to take that into consideration aswell.

24, full licence for a year

Jimmy Bottlehead · 23-07-2010 5:27pm

Just to say, I would consider a petrol engine too

Eric Cartman · 23-07-2010 5:47pm

e39 520d with all the bits ? honda accord ?

Jimmy Bottlehead · 23-07-2010 7:58pm

Eric Cartman wrote: »

e39 520d with all the bits ? honda accord ?

Cheers for that but wouldn't a BMW 520 get me raped on tax and insurance? Due to the engine size and the fact it's a BMW?

Eric Cartman · 23-07-2010 8:08pm

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Cheers for that but wouldn't a BMW 520 get me raped on tax and insurance? Due to the engine size and the fact it's a BMW?

2 litre diesel ? and not really, the 3 series is the one that gets ploughed into walls and wrapped around poles by scummers

Jimmy Bottlehead · 25-07-2010 12:55pm

Eric Cartman wrote: »

2 litre diesel ? and not really, the 3 series is the one that gets ploughed into walls and wrapped around poles by scummers

Nice one, I shall take that into consideration!!

Any petrol cars that are recommended for a first car? Cheap, reliable, enough nippiness to do what needs to be done, etc.

Buying a first car - recommendations

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