Recommend a first car to buy

Tv2013

Hi

Could anyone recommend a car for me to buy, I currently have a Citroen c3 2006 that was given to me by a parent and want to upgrade but can’t really decide on what type of car to go for.

I have a budget of 5500 to 6000 and ideally would like upwards of 2010 to get.

Any recommendations would be most appreciated.

Also I’m the mayo region and I don’t know either to buy private or go throw a car dealership.

Thanks for any insights,

colm_mcm

You want a similar size car to the C3?

Tv2013

colm_mcm wrote: »

You want a similar size car to the C3?

No I’m open to something new

bazz26

No photos and asking price is a bit high for the year but you might be able to negotiate it down closer to your budget:

https://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=2204500&r=s.php%3Fm%5B%5D%3D51%26o%5B%5D%3D925%26f%3D1%26yn%3D2010%26yx%3D2012%26pp%3D50%26g%3D0

Tv2013

bazz26 wrote: »

No photos and asking price is a bit high for the year but you might be able to negotiate it down closer to your budget:

https://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=2204500&r=s.php%3Fm%5B%5D%3D51%26o%5B%5D%3D925%26f%3D1%26yn%3D2010%26yx%3D2012%26pp%3D50%26g%3D0

Thanks

Shefwedfan

MIght be easier if you include details, what sort of driving you are doing etc?

Tv2013

Is this car worth the cost. Is the miles high for the year. Sorry for stupid questions but don’t know anything really about cars

http://www.kilcoyneandscahill.ie/vehicles/toyota/avensis/mayo/2206795

bazz26

Does your driving warranty a diesel over a petrol?

Tv2013

bazz26 wrote: »

Does your driving warranty a diesel over a petrol?

No not really I’m open to either

2ndcoming

Do you have kids? What are your needs? Does it need to be nippy? Does it need to be spacious? There are literally 100 questions as there is arguably 100 different types of cars on the market from 2010 on.

We've come a long way from any colour as long as it's black.

Tv2013

2ndcoming wrote: »

Do you have kids? What are your needs? Does it need to be nippy? Does it need to be spacious? There are literally 100 questions as there is arguably 100 different types of cars on the market from 2010 on.

We've come a long way from any colour as long as it's black.

No kids
Spacious as over 6 feet
Thinking of a saloon style car

2ndcoming

Sporty or functional?

Weekly mileage?

Tv2013

2ndcoming wrote: »

Sporty or functional?

Weekly mileage?

Functional

About 50 miles week

Something to last and not to give much trouble

Car99

Getting info from the op is like pulling teeth

Shefwedfan

Car99 wrote: »

Getting info from the op is like pulling teeth

Maybe we know her:P

2ndcoming

Tv2013 wrote: »

Functional

About 50 miles week

Something to last and not to give much trouble

1.4 petrol Corolla, 2010 or 11 would be about budget.

1.3 hybrid Civic saloon, 08 or 09 be about budget.

2012 Hyundai i40 would be just above budget but they all seem to be diesels and I've no idea what they're like.

ShauntaMetzel

If you are avoiding to buy expensive cars due to lack of budget, then you should need to look at the ways from which you can get high priced cars at reasonable cost. First of all, I would recommend you to don't go to dealers because they take too much money for both used and new cars. I would suggest you get a used car from the government or public auction. If you want to go with a more reliable option, then you should try to buy a bank repossession vehicle because it would be available at a low price. Here, you can read how you can get a bank repossession car from the public auction ( https://carauctionnetwork.com/buy-cheap-bank-repos/ ). However, to avoid drawbacks, I would suggest you inspect all parts of the vehicle before purchase, and even you can go for a test drive. Similarly, pre-purchase insurance could also be good prevention.

bazz26

^^

Was that copied and pasted from a website? What's pre purchase insurance?

Gonad

Sure you could get it cheaper

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/20305993

ShauntaMetzel

bazz26 wrote: »

^^

Was that copied and pasted from a website? What's pre purchase insurance?

No, it wasn't copied and pasted thing. You can consider already talk on auto insurance as pre-purchase insurance. I think it was better if I write that auctions don't cover auto insurance. I am taking your criticism positively. Thanks for correcting me.

monkeysnapper

I was in similar situation to OP although with my relatively low mileage was looking for petrol.

Difference is I was looking for a large car , estate , not easy in a petrol.

After a year of looking I found a Hyundai i40 estate 1.7 DSL. I didnt want to go diesle but what can you do...

Bought it private in showroom condition with lots of service history for 7000 ( 131) 110k miles . I've had to spend 500 servicing it, brakes and disks all round but I know I've got a good car now.

I'd still love to have had a petrol or electric but living in Kerry theres no charging infrastructure which rules that out and petrol estates are nowhere to be found .