Looking to buy a little cheapy..maybe up to 500 smackers.
Son has a 2000 Astra 1600 sport and he's finding the tax/insurance/fuel far too much for what he does. He's a staff driver for a courtesy car hirer and drives all sorts of things from exotica to Transits all over the country. His mileage in the Astra is about 10 miles a day in the week and nowt at the weekend. It's coming up for test and the emissions have been a little too high for the last couple of years. My tame tester can get round that for now but he's talking of retiring. The car's mint and doesn't smoke but.......
The lad's partner works for the same lot, in a good position, and gets a new car every 6 months.Currently a 62 reg Mercedes B160 so they don't need a family car.
We want to get something tiny and reliable.....I don't want to have to start welding again or doing major work. A sort of ' chuck-away ' car, I suppose, about 1litre or less.
Looking on line, there are plenty local to us on Gumtree.......Any thoughts ? Micra, Ka, Matiz, Punto, Fiesta all come to mind....ideas ?
Ted
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