First Car for a n00b

[Darthshearer]

Hi All

I am about to take my driving theory test and start my driving lessons. I am a great person when it comes to cars and would like some advice please

I would love an old mini but I have seen the price of some of them and was quite shocked I wouldnt mind a crappy one, that I can sort of do up and make my own

I quite like the older cars like MG's and that sort of a thing, cars similar to the ones on Heartbeat

I wouldnt really like to spend more than £1k as I would like to spend a bit on a few things for it (No Boys race shite) Plus I have to get insurance and stuff.

Anyway here are the basics.
£1k spend for car
Cheap Insurance
Cheap to Run

I know not a great deal to go on, but please im crap with cars

 

[Trem]

May I suggest a turquise(sp) 3 wheeler with a handlebar instead of a steering wheel.

 

[]SK[]

Who says your going to pass? j/k

 

[Lazarus]

Citroen Saxo

 

[old.user4556]

I started off on a Fiesta 1.1, it was cheap to buy, run, insure and cheap for parts.

Your car that'll go like whoop ass will come soon...

 

[Stimpy]

Deffo a Fiesta, you'd be hard pressed to find a Saxo for under a grand, ax maybe.

 

[Summo]

See here.

I recommend an Escort Mk.II

That was my first car and it was muchos fun.

 

[Padwah]

another one for the fiesta

 

[Athan]

I don't know a whole lot about cars, but my first thought was "Ford Fiesta or Escort" I think because they're so ubiquitous and thus easy to find one for sale, the whole parts thing, and they're not overly large (trust me, having a long car for your first one isn't that fun when you ARE still getting the hang of judging distance when parking and performing other fine maneuvering).

-Ath

 

[~Yuckfou~]

If you want something old get an original VW Beetle, cheap to run insure and maintain. Was my first motor, although mine wasn't that old :/

 

[Padwah]

A 1972 beetle was my first car too, picked it up for a nice £850 but then I got addicted and spent a load of cash doing it up, then blew up the engine, bought another engine spent some more cash and in the end spent a fortune! I then went on to buy a 1966 Karmann Ghia for about £6000, all because I bought a Beetle as my first car! So it's possibly not the best idea

 

[Milkshake]

Get a Fiesta, you can pick up a good cheap one and it doesn't take much to run.

Insurance is pretty good too. I've got a G-reg Fiesta and it's brill

 

[amobea]

If your going to go an old ford go for one of the OLD Capri's, very nice cars, should be in your price range.

You should really save your money and get an MG A Though, they are teh sex tbh

 

[Trem]

If you want something old get an original VW Beetle, cheap to run insure and maintain. Was my first motor, although mine wasn't that old :/

Yuck had one of the original first run ones that Hitler commissioned.

 

[.Wilier.]

My first motah was a 1974 Mini Cooper which I bought at a far-less-than-bargain price from my mother.

Cant really recommend them enough tbh. Very small, super nippy and I would imagine you can get em now that are tax exempt. Plus if you fit some Mini-lite wheels and a Peco big bore, as well as a K&N filter, some arch extensions and de-seam the whole thing, it will make you look like an 80's child re-born. Paticularly if you have something like Snap's I Got the Powahhh blasting from your cassette player.

Alternativley, by a Clio. Theyre cheap and good.

 

[nick]

How about a 2003 Lamborghini murcielago?

 

[~Yuckfou~]

Yuck had one of the original first run ones that Hitler commissioned.

 

[TdC]

Plus if you fit some Mini-lite wheels and a Peco big bore, as well as a K&N filter, some arch extensions and de-seam the whole thing, it will make you look like an 80's child re-born. Paticularly if you have something like Snap's I Got the Powahhh blasting from your cassette player.

I understood some of that oO

 

[~Yuckfou~]

he means make it look and sound purdy.

 

[TdC]

I thought technical peeps were of few words? I am (not that that says much) (ha! says much!! geddit?!? )

 

[Trem]

I've heard Darth on CS voice comms.

May I suggest that we do not let this person have any car at all.

Picture a laughing, screaming maniac driving down your road and you will get the idea!


























*bums Darth*

 

[.Wilier.]

I understood some of that oO

Its stuff that I did to mine when I was 17 (16 years ago dammit )

I also fitted a full clock set-up with dials pinched from a scrap (at least I think it was scrap) Triumph Toledo up the road, oil pressure, oil temp volts, amps, and a few others which I cant remember.

What a car

 

[Wij]

Oooh - that reminds me. I must try getting my voice comms working in CS. Oh, and what's your Steam name Trem0r ? I need to stalk j00

 

[Trem]

I think its my Hotmail thingy, erm.

switzerjohn@hotmail.com I think lover.

 

[jaba]

I started with a citroen AX, cheap cheerful and practically indistructible, head on collision with a volvo and it just bounced off whereas the volvo kinda fell apart. I then thought it would be both big and clever to buy a BMW which proceeded to bleed my bank account dry startlingly quickly!

 

[KevinUK]

I had a VW Polo as my first, im on my 2nd car - another Polo but newer

As for insurance, someone here posted a cool link a while back click

It will go and search a load of insurance places for you.

 

[amobea]

I thought technical peeps were of few words? I am (not that that says much) (ha! says much!! geddit?!? )

knob...

 

[~Yuckfou~]

I've heard Darth on Netmeeting.

May I suggest that we do not let this person have any car at all.

Picture a sexy beast that turns me on and makes me splurge and want to wear tight panties *bums Darth*

*Trem and Darthy sitting in a tree...*

 

[Dax]

I passed my test this morning.

Second attempt at it.

GO MEEE!

Anyone wanna buy me a car ?

 

[Frizz]

http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~andy/cars/cars.html