Find Moglet a new car! [Surprised by a Pooma]

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Long story short:

Bye bye 500, hello 2nd hand car for under £1,000. I'm currently paying £500 to insure my 500 and could do with something that costs less or the same to insure, so far my current results have given me:

2000 Rover 25 2.0D iE - £900 + £600 insurance
1999 Honda Civic 1.4 - £999 + £560
2000 Nissan Micra 1.0 - £900 + £506
VW Polo 1.4 - £500 + £448
and for the lulz
1992 Mitsubishi Pajero 3.0 V6 - £999 + £1,500 insurance :lol:

I also tested my current car for insurance and it's gone up by £60 or so.

Has anyone got any suggestions? The more interesting the better, I have no idea what I'm even looking for any more. The Polo would be nice enough but very very slow which is bad considering I mostly use motorways. I really want that 2.0 Rover 25 though, purely because it can do 55mpg but has enough grunt to keep me happy!
 
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That's pretty nice but a 2.0 rules out insurance and fuel costs.

I've been looking into classics and have found some old, interesting cars that aren't particularly fast but are interesting to look at and I love them to bits. The insurance is amazingly cheap on most of them!
 
Why not an original Fiat 500 or a Mini? Or are those stupidly expensive? I just kind of assume they are everywhere in Europe and are dirt cheap.
 
Go with the Rover then if it makes you the most happy! :) Why are you not keeping the Fiat though?
 
If economy is your major concern go for the Polo. It's economical, cheap to repair and keep running and on the top of that, the 1.4 liter-four has only a few kilograms to carry, it is quite smart for city commuting.

Not quite sold on the design though, but comparing to the little Nissan, the Polo is like Keira Knightley and the Micra is Helen Hunt.
 
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Modern day larger engines can be better on fuel then olden day small ones.. just FYI
 
Bigger engines are largely better full stop. I know I'd much rather have a 200hp car using 20hp to pull me along at "70mph" than a 60hp car using 20hp. If you can effectively stir your gearbox, you can see absolutely ridiculous fuel economy too - at 30mph in the Baron (170,000 mile, 170hp, 2.5 litre straight six pulling two tonnes of BMW E39 Touring) in 5th, the spot economy needle points to just under 30mpg whereas in 4th it doesn't even register - better than 50mpg. Around town! We get 30mpg on long run, along with absolutely craploads of performance to spare if we need it.


That said, the XJ40 will pwn your wallet. And the 280SLC, while really, really awesome, is an automatic too.
 
The larger engined cars tend to have high insurance costs for me though, I tested a few last night and they were all well over £600! Compared to £450 ish for smaller engines that's a big difference which could influence my decision as Im attempting to save as much as possible!
 
Yeah, that'll happen. It's not always the case, but you will find it usual.

I'd rock that Scirocco though.
 
With regard to the big engine, worse fuel consumption thing, the 406 coupe with the 3 litre V6 I used to have had only marginally worse fuel consumption than the 2 or 2.2 litre version. The smaller engine had to be caned to get anywhere therefore using more fuel, whereas the V6 just loped along, under no stress whatsoever.

And I now have a 1.3 that struggles to get 22mpg...
 
Well... some stress. Largely in Cambridgeshire.
 
Didn't UK get KP6x Starlet's? They have small engines, high MPG and nippy handling, on top of RWD.
 
Moglet
1992 Mitsubishi Pajero 3.0 V6 - £999 + £1,500 insurance :lol:
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Of your choices, this is the no brainer. You've already got what is probably the best tiny car on the market, and any of the others you suggested aren't going to be as nice or as satisfying. Even if they are, you'll still basically have the same thing. A tiny car.

If you can afford it, I say get something very different. I would personally love a Pajero (we only got the 4-door and it was called Montero) and even thought about replacing the RX7 with one, just for giggles.

Is there any place over there where you can legally go off-roading? It's really hard to come by where I'm at unless you're down south or out west. Like I said, if you can afford to put gas in it and insure it while it sits around, get it for the occasional off-road excursion. That would be sweet.
 
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A Puma?

This one looks rust-free and is (apparently) 3 miles from a made up Birmingham postcode. Of course the 1.7 is also insurance group 12, so no idea what sort of quotes you'll be looking at. Too high for me, though, so might be the same for you.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...ord/page/1/postcode/b11re/radius/10?logcode=p
 
Keef
Of your choices, this is the no brainer. You've already got what is probably the best tiny car on the market, and any of the others you suggested aren't going to be as nice or as satisfying. Even if they are, you'll still basically have the same thing. A tiny car.
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The reason I'm handing the 500 back though is because it's on finance. I can't afford that £200 a month coming out of my bank account, I'm in too much debt for it (I lost a job and was unemployed for a while which put me into the negative) so I'm having to cut back.

If you can afford it, I say get something very different. I would personally love a Pajero (we only got the 4-door and it was called Montero) and even thought about replacing the RX7 with one, just for giggles.

Is there any place over there where you can legally go off-roading? It's really hard to come by where I'm at unless you're down south or out west. Like I said, if you can afford to put gas in it and insure it while it sits around, get it for the occasional off-road excursion. That would be sweet.
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I couldn't afford to insure it or run it though :lol:

Jondot
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A Puma?

This one looks rust-free and is (apparently) 3 miles from a made up Birmingham postcode. Of course the 1.7 is also insurance group 12, so no idea what sort of quotes you'll be looking at. Too high for me, though, so might be the same for you.
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Again, they're too high on insurance and running costs. I've pretty much given up trying to find anything interesting because the engine sizes are all too large. So far my realistic list is like this:

Nissan Micra 1.0 - Drove my friend's today and was surprised at how nippy it is. The looks aren't all bad for the age and they seem fairly well built for the age too.

Ford Ka 1.3 (or whatever engine is smallest) - Recommended by many people but I hate them with a passion.

Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 - Shocking car, ugly as sin, drives like a barge, hate it.

or something old and hope it runs well.

I may be forced to simply drive something I really dislike purely because of the insurance issue. :( Hell, at least the Micra would be cheap to run!
 
Moglet
Again, they're too high on insurance and running costs. I've pretty much given up trying to find anything interesting because the engine sizes are all too large. So far my realistic list is like this:

Nissan Micra 1.0 - Drove my friend's today and was surprised at how nippy it is. The looks aren't all bad for the age and they seem fairly well built for the age too.

Ford Ka 1.3 (or whatever engine is smallest) - Recommended by many people but I hate them with a passion.

Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 - Shocking car, ugly as sin, drives like a barge, hate it.

or something old and hope it runs well.

I may be forced to simply drive something I really dislike purely because of the insurance issue. :( Hell, at least the Micra would be cheap to run!
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Ahhh I see. Well in that case, where d'you stand on Fiestas? Those would be my next point of call if I didn't want to be part of the Ka club.
 
Jondot
Ahhh I see. Well in that case, where d'you stand on Fiestas? Those would be my next point of call if I didn't want to be part of the Ka club.
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The insurance on a 1.25 Fiesta is more than the 2.0D iE Rover 25 :lol:
 
Moglet
The reason I'm handing the 500 back though is because it's on finance. I can't afford that £200 a month coming out of my bank account, I'm in too much debt for it (I lost a job and was unemployed for a while which put me into the negative) so I'm having to cut back.
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Oh, I didn't realize you were getting rid of the 500, I just thought you were getting a second car.

Again, the 500 is pretty much the best small car on the market so anything you get is going to be a downgrade unless it's faster or bigger.
 

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