good small car???

need a good small car, 1 litre will be fine as long as its nippy and good mpg too!!! Not got any brand loyalty. Corsas seem to breed in our area - are they o.k. Are saxos or 106, rover 25 or why any better? Are small newish cars all about the same?

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JoHurt
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Unless you derive enjoyment, probably.

The Saxo and 106 is best as a hot hatch. Cooking models are, erm, heh, well, dull.

The Rover 25 is okay.

Ka kicks both into touch though. :)

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DervMan

You might have a look at Micras - if you can get a good one they can be good value, but beware on a test drive - get the thing nice and hot, and see if it idles smoothly - if it does not, and it stalls when hot, it can be a £500 bill for a throttle body - good bargaining point!

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R. Murphy

should have said - budget of about £3,000

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JoHurt

In news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net, JoHurt decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

Please don't top post.

The Ka is the best car of that size, followed by a Polo (1.2 upwards)

Don't buy a Corsa. They're crap. Honestly.

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Pete M

See the oily bit under the bonnet.

That's it.

HTH.

Reply to
SteveH

Must admit - after a few days analysing some of your posts, you're slagging of other peoples cars has kinda grown on me.

Ta, G.

Reply to
G-man

Yaris or Micra. The rest are just dire.

Reply to
Tim S Kemp

Geeze pete, can't believe you'd recommend such junk.

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Tim S Kemp

Arrrrghh pete WHAT are you SAYING?

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Tim S Kemp

Don't forget the rust, the cramped interior, total lack of boot space and "I can't drive" bumpers.

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Tim S Kemp

I think you're mental.

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Tim S Kemp

*slashes wrists*
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Pete M

Open bonnet. See the big lump of metal in the middle, under the /strut brace/, he's referring to that.

Reply to
Tim S Kemp

If I wrote the above, I think you're right..

*wibble*
Reply to
Pete M

Nowt against Kas, that I can think of at the moment anyway but shurely a Micra's more reliable? And kind of fun, in the way that only small cars can be :o)

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Carl Bowman

Panda Punto

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SteveH

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SteveH

Only downer on the Micra is it's ugly, and kind of /gallic/ in a japanese-british way. Buy the Yaris.

Reply to
Tim S Kemp

Exactly.

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Tim S Kemp

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