What car should I buy?
 

looking only to spend about £3 or £4 thousand .... just need something that moves, will last a couple of years and is safe enough for my 2 year old daughter in her childseat.

Any suggestions on a make, or model?

I'm just about to start looking at the car adds but have virtually no clue what to look out for.

Ta.

1976 Triumph Dolomite

1969 MKII Cortina

Ford Escort RS cosworth

Then again maybe this is better

Nissan Micra, purple one.
Never break down, no-one would ever steal it, no-one would ever think there would be any valuables in it.
Insurance is dirt cheap, bizzies never pull one over.
You can also claim you are positively rejecting cock-in-hand boy-racer culture by choosing an icon of the SAGA generation.

Sorted.

lol thanks all


The micra is a fair suggestion, i'm 6' 2" though so probably a bit small for me. On checking out the nissans on Ebay though I found I was drawn to the Almera. They seem ok on the face of it and are reasonably priced.

get a VW golf ...perhaps even the golf gti if you can...sound good for a tall guy like you ..and I don't think it would be expensive second hand.

There's no way you'll get a Golf GTI for 3 -4 grand.

I'm looking into cars atm. Thinking of getting one of these (company car)...

Get a Subaru Legacy wagon. Dunno if you'll pick one up that cheap over there, but I have one and they are great cars. If you can a 250T would be good. Avoid the GT as the turbo just adds to insurance costs. Oh and avoid any with the air suspension as it is shit and breaks.