How much did you pay for your first car?

boardsie08

My daughters planning on buying her first car, she has her heart set on a 04 Hyundai Coupe for around 12k. I think it's a bit much to spend on your first car when you're a learner and have never driven before but she's determined to get it.

Just wondering how much you all spent on your first car, did you get a "banger" or did you get yourself something you really wanted?

Wishbone Ash

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boardsie08 wrote: »

Just wondering how much you all spent on your first car, did you get a "banger" or did you get yourself something you really wanted?

What if someone wishes to give the price they paid in the 1950/60/70/80s?

Anan1

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

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What if someone wishes to give the price they paid in the 1950/60/70/80s?

Good point. I paid £800 for a 1968 Lancia Fulvia 1.3 sport zagato in 1988. That said, I think we can all agree that it's madness to spend €12,000 on a car when you can't drive at all, particularly one as hard to see out of as a Hyundai Coupé. These days, i'd spend €2-3,000 on a first car.

bringitdown

Princely sum of EUR0 for an '97 Opel Astra my dad was retiring ... still on the road but my brother has it now ... I charged him EUR0.

R.O.R

First motor was a 10 year old Starlet which I inherited. Value was circa £300.

Family heirloom that went from Grandad to Sister to me. Got it about 4 months before my 17th Birthday so spent 6 months fixing the bodywork, servicing the engine and generally polishing it.

I think €12,000 is far too much to pay. Especially if, like my Sister in law, they have a large loan against the car, third party insurance and manage to write it off by driving in to a wall. She now has another 3 years paying off €14,000 of car loan, and no car!

joolsveer

£200 Irish Pounds in 1978. It was a FIAT 124.

http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/pesto-calzone-gnocchi-borscht-paella-the-fiat-124-223896.php

Alanstrainor

boardsie08 wrote: »

My daughters planning on buying her first car, she has her heart set on a 04 Hyundai Coupe for around 12k. I think it's a bit much to spend on your first car when you're a learner and have never driven before but she's determined to get it.

Just wondering how much you all spent on your first car, did you get a "banger" or did you get yourself something you really wanted?

I like the hyundai coupes....but for learning in, i'd say it'd be quite difficult. As said, they haven't got the greatest visibility, and insurance would be high as a result of the 1.6 ~100bhp engine, and the fact that it's a coupe. That and the fact that there's a high risk of the car getting bumped around the place while learning.
I'd spend 3/4000, should be able to pick up a quite nice motor for that money in this climate.

Danbo!

€800 for a 94 corolla saloon. Solid as a rock, but looked like a farmer.

noel farrell

500 i paid cash was fortunate got two years thruble free driveing got 200 trade in on my first and last new car had a family after that it was bangers

CrowdedHouse

£3500 for a 1983 Ford Fiesta 'St Moritz' in 1987 :pac:

Dibble

£1000 for a 'Texas Yellow' 1972 1300 Bug in 1994. Drove it daily for four years.

challengemaster

€1,500

I'm sorry, but 12k is just stupid for a first car

Anan1

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

£3500 for a 1983 Ford Fiesta 'St Moritz' in 1987 :pac:

Wow, that's worse than €14k for a Hyundai Coupé now!;)

az2wp0sye65487

Got my first car in 2006, a 00-D 1.25 Fiesta LX. Paid €4,000. Only Traded it in a month ago, twas a great little car, even if it was a girly colour!

€12K on a first car?? I wouldn't even spend that on a 2nd or 3rd car! My 2nd (current) car is a 2003 Nissan Almera, and i only paid €6K for that with the Fiesta trade in...

PaddyFagan

Hi

I spend £10,000 (punts) on my first car, but I'd already learnt to drive and passed my test six month earlier, using my Mums car!

If she's only starting to learn, I recommend something a bit less pricy to fix the knocks and scrapes which will happen..... Even if she only keeps it for a year and then gets the car she really wants.

Paddy

PS I think the poll has a typo, 1000 - 1499 should be 10000 - 14999 and 1599+ should be 15999+ (there's already a 1000 - 1999 which overlaps with these otherwise)

helimachoptor

Bought a 98 Charcoal Grey Punto in 2004, paid 3K for it.

Abused it for 2.5 years and it didnt give a problem!! I miss it!

bazz26

Paid £3500 for a 1991 Nissan Sunny back in 1997. Sold it on a year later for £2900.

Switcharoo

In 2000, I paid £7,500 for a 1995 Mazda 323F.

billyhead

Hi OP,

I am selling this car. Its in excellent condition and would be ideal for her learning how to drive and as her first car. Thats was the reson I purchased it 3 years ago. Insurance, Tax and Fuel costs are very cheap on it. TBH I think it would be madness to spend 12,000 on a first car. I live in Rush by the way so if she was interested give me a shout to arrange a viewing time. Send me a pm

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=84927

hottstuff

Between 6k-7k.

alias no.9

I spent £800 on a 1990 Ford Fiesta back in 2000. I put 10k miles on the clock in about 8 months (including the 5 or so miles covered in my driving test) and got £500 of a trade in on it.
She obviously wants something girly, how about steering her towards a Ford Ka, that's what I had my missus learn in and she loved it. Here's a 2004 model with low mileage and from a dealer so most likely a 6 month warranty, best of all, it's less than a third of the cost of the Hyundai.

cmcsoft

1990 Toyota Starlet 1l van. Bought it for €1100, sold it for €600 3 years later. 3 years driving for €500. I'm sorry I ever sold it, best buy ever.

Waste of time spending that kinda money for your first car in this climate in my opinion. You'll pick up plenty of bargains. Max I would be thinking for a first car would br €5,000 but that's just my opinion...

Cookie_Monster

Spent €1700 on my first car and traded it a year and a half later for €1950:D

Suffered a fair few bumps and bruises too. I think it's a bit crazy spend 12k on first car, though the gf spent 23k on her first recently:eek:
Learned to drive and got licence first, but even so!

Blue850

£600 for a 1978 Fiat 127 in 1992, cost me £1300 to insure it.

Rosedale6

Passed my test in January 1994 and in the same month i brought a mark two 998cc ford fiesta for £750.

ARGINITE

€500 for a Rover 200, over 30K miles later and its still going strong.

Dermo123

1983 Micra, calf Scour yellow, 30Kmiles paid £3,200 in 1989. Sold it for £2,800 1 year later.
Then bought brand new Renault 19 Supervan in 1990 for £9250. Kept it till 1998 and gave it to my sister in UK.

fasty

A 1999 Polo for around 3.5k, three years ago. Gave a bit of trouble initially but I got 2.5 years of excellent driving out of it until someone wrote it off on me!

robbie99

PaddyFagan wrote: »

PS I think the poll has a typo, 1000 - 1499 should be 10000 - 14999 and 1599+ should be 15999+ (there's already a 1000 - 1999 which overlaps with these otherwise)

+1.

And funnily enough you've a typo as well. I think you mean 1500+ should be 15000+

Biro

boardsie08 wrote: »

My daughters planning on buying her first car, she has her heart set on a 04 Hyundai Coupe for around 12k. I think it's a bit much to spend on your first car when you're a learner and have never driven before but she's determined to get it.

Just wondering how much you all spent on your first car, did you get a "banger" or did you get yourself something you really wanted?

Why bother blowing 12k on a 04 Coupe when you could get a 02 one for 8k? Very same shape. You'll find one with similar mileage and in similar condition for 4k less. The reg is just a number. The condition of the car is key.

Anan1

Biro wrote: »

The reg is just a number. The condition of the car is key.

In general i'd agree, but I think we can safely assume this one is going to be wrecked anyway.;)