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New driver car advice!

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  • 02-08-2010 2:23pm
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    Jonathanpbk
    Registered Users Posts: 477 ✭✭


    I'm male and 24 years old and I'm only starting to learn to drive now.

    When i do my theory I will be buying a car and getting myself fully comped, or possible 3rd party fire and theft as being a named driver isn't possible in my case.

    My question is, what kind of car would you suggest?
    My criteria are, i want to get a hatchback but not a micro hatchback like a micra or a starlet. I want something a bit wider and bigger but with a relatively small engine size still for insurance purposes.

    Here's what I've considered, I like the look of ford focuses and peugot 308's etc but I'm not entirely sure if these are decent cars. Especially since I will be probably looking for an older model. I have about 4,000 to spend on the car.

    Anyone have any suggestions? Or reasons why i shouldn't get a focus?
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    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Ford Focus 1.6 petrol. Nice looking, great handling, reliable and good to learn in. The 1.4 is incredibly slow and gutless, so i'd go for the 1.6, i would suspect the difference in insurance would be minimal between the two tbh.


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    Jonathanpbk
    Registered Users Posts: 477 ✭✭Jonathanpbk


    Yeah, that's what i've been hearing. But how slow are we talking here? I mean I'm not gonna be rallying it around anywhere... I'm just gonna be driving around dublin city etc. And I grew up in Micras, Starlets and more recently a Yaris so i'm pretty used to weak cars!

    I was also thinking of going diesel. Any opinions?


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    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    It's simply not enough for the car and it drinks the go go juice to boot. When I had mine my girlfriend at the time had a 1 litre Yaris and I genuinely could not keep up with that car...


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    Vertakill
    Registered Users Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Vertakill


    If you happen to like a car and it's diesel, of course go for it. But don't filter all the petrols!

    If you're only doing fairly low mileage, then there's no real advantage.


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    Jonathanpbk
    Registered Users Posts: 477 ✭✭Jonathanpbk


    good point!

    So besides a focus, does anyone have any other suggestions along these lines?

    Preferably hatchback, decent size, relatively small engine, not 3 door, and not mad expensive!


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    Jonathanpbk
    Registered Users Posts: 477 ✭✭Jonathanpbk


    Just wanted to bump this up a bit!

    It got completely buried in the space of a day!


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