Hello,I have £4000 to get a car on the road and was wodneirng on any suggestions.My uses will be for mainly in London and driving down to portsmouth.Looking for all the modern bits and bobs. Prefer a 2 door hatch.So far I have come up with the following but as I know next to nothing aboutcars I though I could ask.Citroen SaxoFiesta zetec 1.25VW poloVW golfthe vw's looking for quite new versions.Any nudges in the right direction would be nice.Thanks

suggestions.Arguably the Festa would give you a newer car for your money , though theVW's would probably hold their money better long term.I would avoid the Saxo like the plague. It's an old design and though verycheap to buy, it feels it! The 1.1 Saxo engine is also far less fun than the1.25 Zetec engine in the Festa. For longish journeys like the A3(M) youwould probably be better off with a 1.4 or 1.5D Saxo if you have to buy one.A basic Citroen C3 may be available for £4000 with higher miles. That moneywould also get you a 2+ year old Vauxhall Corsa 1.2.Or you could buy a 54 plate City Rover 1.4 with delivery miles only from for £3999......................

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Adrian 21 years ago

DervMan ( snipped-for-privacy@ntlworld.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Slow as hell, but you'll get there. Eventually. Yup, sounds like an atmo- diseasel.

I seem to recall driving a 1.9(non-T)D ZX dragging a small car trailer (350kg+) bearing a Citroen Ami (750kg).

Out of the yard with the lockups, U-turn onto the road out the village, and then immediately into a nice climb.

Foot flat in 1st, pedal bending the floor, about 2500rpm, and a big cloud of smoke.

A bus overtook me...

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Guy King 21 years ago

The message from Adrian contains these words:

I like the idea of an atmospheric diesel - I've had a few that'd apply to rather too well. You'r right though - you'll always get there up a hill in a diesel - just that sometimes you have to wait.

I did the climb out of Robin Hood's Bay (1:4 in places) in a 1.6 atmodiesel 4-speed Astra with a dying CV joint.

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Adrian 21 years ago

Guy King ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

I don't think that a, erm, pressure-equalisation-aperture in the side of the block counts...

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T. 21 years ago

Yeah, the early ones. Now they're fine. The Maserati GranSport uses the same technology

Yeah, older anything is better :-)

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Sleeker GT Phwoar 21 years ago

But there was no Felicia TFi, and the Felicia is always significantly cheaper than the Seat/VW equivalent,a nd does come in a useful sized small estate version should you want a little extra carrying capacity.

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