Vauxhall corsa for under £1k

[Notts red]

Agree, free bit of advertising isn't a bad thing 

[4D]

That sounds alright Pumbaa, trouble is it would probably cost well over 2k for insurance for a 17year old. Although there is other ways of insurance for youngsters.

After checking, the cheapest insurance I found for a 1 litre corsa was £2100 

[Simon Pieman]

Third party f & t?

[Langers]

After checking, the cheapest insurance I found for a 1 litre corsa was £2100

This is the major problem. Therefore (probably stupidly) I have decided to buy a brand new Fiat Punto, £99 p/m 0% interest and only £800 insurance rather than spend £1500 on a 8-10 year old car and £2,500+ on insurance.

[jayohaitchenn]

Third party f & t?

Generally more expensive that fully comp these days.

[kerry red]

This is the major problem. Therefore (probably stupidly) I have decided to buy a brand new Fiat Punto, £99 p/m 0% interest and only £800 insurance rather than spend £1500 on a 8-10 year old car and £2,500+ on insurance.

That sounds a bloody good deal - is it from the dealer?

[Simon Pieman]

Get in touch with a broker. Adrian Flux are good.

[Chubbs]

try looking for a polo, good first cars.

[mystical_goat]

try looking for a polo, good first cars.

Amazing value on those, you can find some with 30k miles for well under £2k. Not sure about the insurance on them for a 17 year old boy though.

I'm currently looking for a Mini with under 50k on it, Polo's and A3's are great value but I'll only want a Mini in a year when I've had the chance to save a bit more, so borrowing a bit off my Dad to afford it. Was shocked by the £400 insurance quotes on a Mini, I was expecting it to be much more, though I'm 27 now.

Also really like the look of Lupo's (I want a small car) but there aren't many of them about and the GTI's are pretty expensive.

I'm not sure if I'd rather drive a Corsa or a Nissan Micra, both are eternally shit.

[Chubbs]

smaller engine polos are group 3/4 so insurance should be ok.

[Honkytonk]

try looking for a polo, good first cars.

Or better, a Skoda Fabia. They are Polos, but with 'crapper' badges, so are normally cheaper. I'm not even joking, it literally is a polo underneath.

[Chubbs]

Or better, a Skoda Fabia. They are Polos, but with 'crapper' badges, so are normally cheaper. I'm not even joking, it literally is a polo underneath.

Only as of the MK4 polo. for £1000 you will be looking at a mk3 at best

[Sippo]

A Fabia would be ideal. Part of the VAG group which is Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda and Volkswagen. All depends if you are badge snobbery.

[Notts red]

Amazing value on those, you can find some with 30k miles for well under £2k. Not sure about the insurance on them for a 17 year old boy though.

I'm currently looking for a Mini with under 50k on it, Polo's and A3's are great value but I'll only want a Mini in a year when I've had the chance to save a bit more, so borrowing a bit off my Dad to afford it. Was shocked by the £400 insurance quotes on a Mini, I was expecting it to be much more, though I'm 27 now.

Also really like the look of Lupo's (I want a small car) but there aren't many of them about and the GTI's are pretty expensive.

I'm not sure if I'd rather drive a Corsa or a Nissan Micra, both are eternally shit.

Do they have any weekly auctions over Swindon way, anyone would recommend ? I'm looking for a Polo for my lad. I've been looking on the Westbury auction site but a bit limited at present. Have a budget of around £2,000.

[mystical_goat]

Notts this one is a steal

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/vw-polo-very-low-mileage-58000-12-months-mot-service-history-1849-ovno/1016178866

And I expect this one could be had for £2k

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/reduced-2004-12l-53478-miles-5dr-vw-polo-reduced/1016358618

Or there's 2 cheaper one's at the top here with higher mileage

http://www.gumtree.com/search?q=polo&search_location=Wiltshire&category=cars-vans-motorbikes