£7000 what car to buy?

Discussion in 'Science, Technology & Car Chat' started by squips, Dec 9, 2009.

  1. squips

    squips Member

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    I have £7000 to spend on a new car, what shall I buy?

    Have a Corolla T sport at the moment, ideally I want something capable of similar speed and ~30mpg.

    I'm thinking Audi TT 225 or Celica T sport. Thought about an S2000 but insurance is £1000+ which I'm not paying! 350z expensive to run?

    Help!!!!!!!!!
     
  2. bbgirlsum

    bbgirlsum Well-Known Member

    does the £7k include insurance?
     
  3. squips

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    not including insurance, 23, 5 years no claims.

    Hi my names Joe, whats your name
     
  4. kdotc

    kdotc 안녕하세요빅뱅K-Dragon입니다

    since when was £1000 expensive for insurance especially a s2k?? are you talking about a year? if thasts the case then we're overpaying for insurance here
     
  5. brown_bear

    brown_bear ☆‧° ☆﹒﹒‧ ☆ ﹒﹒‧☆‧° ☆

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    oooOOooo which shape is your corolla...?
     
  6. squips

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    Yeah its a year, £1678 to be exact. Where you from?

    I only say its expensive because I pay £350 a year for my car now....


    This shape beast I have now headbang2
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  7. bbgirlsum

    bbgirlsum Well-Known Member

    personally i would just search all over Autotrader to shop around tbh
    isn't 23 still under that age brackets or isit once u have reached 21?

    how abouts rx8? :xd: or a mini wakakakakakaa

    @ Kdotc... my insurance is like £900.. just one years no claims @ 19/20 y.o... driving a 1.4...
    yes insurance costs a bomb here + road tax + MoT.. pfft stupid compulsories :xd:
     
  8. kdotc

    kdotc 안녕하세요빅뱅K-Dragon입니다

    are you guys serious??..its like £3000 for me on a ok car..and 2 years ago when i was 18 they wanted me to pay £4000 .. i don't believe in goin under parents and couldn't afford that much on insurance...damnn...its not £1 = $2CAD anymore ehhh..and yo £300 a year on a car WTF!! lol..fuk canada
     
  9. AC0110

    AC0110 Let the Fun Begin

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    *sniff sniff* no one answer his question
     
  10. bbgirlsum

    bbgirlsum Well-Known Member

    LOL
    when i was insured to my dad's civic it costs him to put mine and my sister's name as a learner driver over £1000, when i passed the insurance company didn't put the price up
    when i got my car, i bought my car insurance for like £780 for 10 months? cheeky buggers failed to tell me that so i couldn't get my full years no claim with them so i was forced to go with my dad's company where i have a named driver no claims and was the cheapest i could get for my 2nd year... £900

    maybe just canada just don't trust you guys to drive hahahaaaaaaa
     
  11. 小小

    小小 (゚ー゚)(。_。)(゚ー゚)(。_。) afk

    I could not make sense from what you said here, were you named driver or is it under your own name when you bought your car? You generally can't get no claims unless your on your own insurance not as a named driver unless your with aviva.

    I been driving for 5 years and I just recently got a new car (citroen c4 1.6 hdi) and the insurance is £300 but as a named driver. It would be £650 if I was on my own but I'm a cheap fag so rather be as a named driver, when I get a more decent job I probably get it on my own and start ranking my no claims =D. Tax is only like £35/yr on my car according to the dealer (thats cuz its a diesel).

    £7000 seems like a tight budget to me if your looking for a good decent car, assuming 2nd hand I personally don't trust the oldish cars that ran lots of miles =p.
     
    #11 小小, Dec 10, 2009
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  12. squips

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    Konichiwa
     
  13. kdotc

    kdotc 안녕하세요빅뱅K-Dragon입니다

    it doesn't make sense..and i heard speed limit in Europe is likve way over ours
     
  14. bbgirlsum

    bbgirlsum Well-Known Member

    Right.. What I meant was... When I first passed my test I was named driver to my dad's car and I didn't get a car 3 months after I have passed then my OWN car in my name. When I was searching for new deals when my one has expired my insurance was not a full year because i only paid for 10 months lol. And being a named driver in my dad's car, I could claim a "named driver" no claims under his insurance company so I could get a little discount from that insurance under my own name :p as it would have cost me like £1100 but saved £200 from using my dad's insurance company

    lol in UK people do the same with named driver thing but when accident happens it is hard to claim the insurance because u was not the main driver of the car therefore it can be seen as you are not insured for the car... confusing i know but that's what is starting to happen so it's safer to do it in your own name here lol

    ermm not a CLUE what the Canadian speed limits are but the national speed limit here should be 70 mph but it seems like we all seem to go about 80/90 without being stopped altho 90+ is classed as dangerous driving?
     
  15. 小小

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  16. andrea0408

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    How about a Civic Type R?
     
  17. dreamcast

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    Go to the Integra and you won't be disappointed!
     
  18. buy a BMW 5 Series, time to move on from the boys cars and to a mans car