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Author What new car? ~£3-4k budget
nibnob21
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My partner is going to sell the Corsa (message me if interested, 'project' thread here http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=659699&page=1).

She wants to free up some cash, buy a decent second hand car and put a few thousand into savings to help towards a house deposit.

So the dilemma is what replacement to get. Max budget of £4000. She does about 250 miles a week so a little cheap diesel is probably best, similar to what she has now. Obviously reliability and cheap running is key, not speed and performance.

I've suggested the 1.4 diesel Fabia, you can get a 07 onwards shape one for that kind of money but she doesn't particularly like them unfortunately.

She's a fan of the 1.5 diesel Clio.

What does CorsaSport suggest and why?

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big eck
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Mk6 fiesta Zetec S tdci.

Looks good, £30 a year tax and over 55mpg (even more when mapped) and cheap insurance.
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After buying a clio last week have to say shes right wanting 1. Ive got the 2.0 vvt (138) and get 34mpg so not to bad for the engine. Mines got cruise control bluetooth handsfree parking sensors ipod lead thing. Feels lovely to drive and under the money you want to spend! Also been told the 1.5 dci can be mapped to 120bhp(ish) and still get 50+mpg

[Edited on 16-04-2014 by fred7]
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She's not a fan of the Fiesta either. Bloody women are more bothered about the looks rather than how suitable and decent the car actually is.

There's just this thing in my head that naturally pushes me away from buying French lol. What's the build quality like on the Clio (05-12 age model)?

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quote:
Originally posted by XE Col
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=664085



No need for a car of that physical size or engine size I'm afraid.

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Mines a 07 so mk3 clio. Build is great apart from bumpers always seem to be slightly misaligned. My megane is the same everything else is great my clio has factory upgraded trim its shiny dark grey looks good. My mrs loves it had the 197 rear bumper put on and twin exit exhaust



[Edited on 16-04-2014 by fred7]
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Mrs Jambo has had two. I like them, dynamiques have basic but high quality interiors. Never really had any issues either. Good cars. The French thing is overhyped IMO
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Well she does like the Clio more than some of the other options so will take a look into them some more. Cheers for the inputs so far.

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Clio dci 86 or 106 dynamique s is the one for that money.

I just sold ours and bought a grande punto 1.9 multijet. It's great for the cash. Both cars were £3200.

[Edited on 16-04-2014 by VegasPhil]

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Thats what mine is dynamique S couldnt remember when first posted.
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Yeah it's the 1.5 86 I've been looking at. Read that they're meant to be quite smooth engines.

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I've been looking into this for a while. You are basically looking at the Fiesta TDCI, Corsa C CDTI or Clio DCI.

I don't know what you paid for your Corsa but is it worth losing the deprecation on it? This is my predicament with my car at the moment! I want something cheap cheap but not prepared to take a loss of the pug. Running an additional car is not an option with my future savings plan if we want to go on holidays, go out etc.
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It was bought new so obviously money has been lost on it but if it isn't sold now then more money will be lost. It's still worth around £8k and doesn't have any outstanding finance on it.

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http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201404103207774/sort/default/usedcars/postcode/tr85qr/page/1/maximum-age/up_to_5_years_old/fuel-type/diesel/make/seat/price-to/5000/radius/1500/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/model/ibiza?logcode=p

Find a lower mileage one easily enough.
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quote:
Originally posted by XE Col
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=664085



half tempted to get this and sell mine
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quote:
Originally posted by spencer88
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201404103207774/sort/default/usedcars/postcode/tr85qr/page/1/maximum-age/up_to_5_years_old/fuel-type/diesel/make/seat/price-to/5000/radius/1500/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/model/ibiza?logcode=p

Find a lower mileage one easily enough.


Will struggle to find a new shape Ibiza within budget and the misses doesn't like the old mk. She likes the Clio and Polo. I think she should get a Fabia.

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Can have my vRS and some change for that
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quote:
Originally posted by tom130691
quote:
Originally posted by XE Col
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=664085



half tempted to get this and sell mine


Do it!!
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Just a point, i loved my clio dci so much that when it broke at epic cost, i bought another clio
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Something like this I've been looking for

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-56-Ford-Fiesta-1-6TDCi-Zetec-S-ONLY-31601-MILES-SALE-ON-/181378637127?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2a3b025d47

Should get that down to 4k

 
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