thinking of buying new car soon

[GTR King]

I hope this is in the right place so please move if not...

I am 26 living at home as cheaper

Ok so I have been driving for 5 years (Auto Licence past test march 2011) I got told to do that first then manual test if i want (Once I have been driving for awhile)

1st Car Peugeot 205 white 5 door 1989 (Used it to learn to drive in when not having lessons)
2nd Car Vauxhall Corsa 5 door black 2003
3rd car Mitsubishi Colt Silver 5 Door 2010

Shared all those cars with my mum as was cheaper but want my own car now..

I want something that's cheap to run/insure looks sporty/sexy alloy wheels Black/stylish if possible if not will get my own, also cheap to fix if it goes wrong...

My budget is £0-£10,000

Cars I have seen/liked within my budget

all 3 doors will include insurance/cost of car price range

Golf GTi 2005-2008 (£2,500-£9,500) (£650-£900 a year)
Golf GTi 2009-2010 (£9,000-£10,000) (£800-£1,200 a year)
Golf GTD 2009-2010 (£7,500-£10,000) (£700-£1,000 a year)
Polo GTi 2010-2012 £7,500-£10,000) (£600-£900 a year)
Seat Ibiza 1.4 TSI Cupra Sport Coupe 2011-2014 (£5,500-£10,000) (£600-£800 a year)
Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 SRi VX-Line 2013-2015 (£7,000-£9,000) (£700-£900 a year)

so what do you guys recommend?? or is there other cars out there that might fit the bill...

Don't wanna pay for something that is to expensive to run/insure

Don't wanna do finance etc just wanna pay outright

Edited by GTR King on Sunday 4th September 17:04

[shake n bake]

Your own place rather than a car.

[e21Mark]

Don't see anything wrong with living at home if you/your parents are both happy? Mind you, if it affords you the chance of owning a decent car, why not go for something a little less mundane than an old diesel Golf? I'm not talking about a German super saloon but maybe something a bit more left field and stylish? An Alfa or a modern classic of some sort?

Cool, low mileage SAAB?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saab-900-8v-Flat-Front-3...

106 Rallye?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-106-rallye-Serie...

A bit of rear wheel drive?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bmw-e30-318is-sport-/282...

You shouldn't suffer depreciation with cars like these either.

Edited by e21Mark on Sunday 4th September 17:40

[GTR King]

I have seen some nice Seat Ibiza 1.4 TSI Cupra SportCoupe DSG way within my budget...

I am happy at home as it 30 mins walk to work & 5/10 mins walk to town centre

[egor110]

get a sporty clio , you can pick them up cheap as fk and you'll have a blast.

the 172/182's are also pretty good on fuel just make sure the cambelts been done and the clutch isn't on it's last legs.

[GTR King]

I am not a big fan on the Renault Cilo

want a car that is 2008+ with fairly low miles

needs to look sports not boring/standard etc

Edited by GTR King on Sunday 4th September 17:55

[egor110]

GTR King said:

I am not a big fan on the Renault cleo

want car that is 2008+ with fairly low miles

your list is pretty vague though , you have golf gti's , a diesel , 1.4's.

do you want 3 or 5 doors , automatic , hot hatch , coupe, saloon, estate?

[GTR King]

Ok so i want

3 doors
Alloy wheels
2008+
Hatchback
Automatic
Aux (If possible)
Coupe (Depends on car)
£10,000 or less

[e21Mark]

2008, low miles and cool as a penguins nuts.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-ALFA-ROMEO-147-SPOR...

[GTR King]

That in
3 door
sport verson


then I would consider it

[e21Mark]

Something like this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-Alfa-Romeo-GT-Black...

[egor110]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-VW-Golf-R32-DSG-Aut...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Focus-2-5-ST-3-225-...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-Subaru-Impreza-2-5-...

if my budget was 10k i'd be looking at a older evo or wrx sti if i wanted the fastest , if i wanted better handling i'd look at a boxster or one or a megane r 26 r.

Edited by egor110 on Sunday 4th September 18:13

[GTR King]

That looks nice but one of the pics is inside of a Subaru...

I did see this car I like http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016... only con is 3.4 hours drive from me could be longer

Car has gotta be automatic no manual's

1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 litre engine is what I am going for any higher will be to expensive for me

Edited by GTR King on Sunday 4th September 18:17

[GregK2]

OT: Don't we all live at "Home"
I take it you mean you live in your parents home.

[GTR King]

I live with my mum as allot cheaper

But to the point that link I put in last post I think that's a nice car or do they have problems?

[e21Mark]

Aren't they re badged VW's? I imagine they're pretty reliable but just google reviews.

[egor110]

GTR King said:

That looks nice but one of the pics is inside of a Subaru...

I did see this car I like http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016... only con is 3.4 hours drive from me could be longer

Car has gotta be automatic no manual's

1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 litre engine is what I am going for any higher will be to expensive for me

Edited by GTR King on Sunday 4th September 18:17

It is a subaru , for 10k your going to find it hard to go faster than a sti or evo.

How come your listing the 1.4 cupra's ?

For your budget you could get a cupra r http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2010-SEAT-LEON-CUPRA-R-2...

Sorry just read automatic only , in that case i'd look at a big powerful volvo,bmw maybe saab , it may not look sporty but that doesn't necessarily mean it's not fast.

Edited by egor110 on Sunday 4th September 18:59

[GregK2]

Is DSG cheap to fix it it goes wrong?

[GTR King]

Could do but thats 5 door & most seat Leons are to expensive for me...

That seat Ibiza looks nice that's why i chose it & my fave colour is blue

Edited by GTR King on Sunday 4th September 19:03

[egor110]

GTR King said:

Could do but thats 5 door & most seat Leons are to expensive for me

i guess the tricky bit is do companies actually make any sporty hot hatches that are automatics ?

in comparison there are loads of big barges with auto gearboxes and i bet there 0-60 times would surprise you.

they may have 5 doors , they may look boring but they don't have to be slow.