Advice needed on buying a new car. Below I will specify my needs for a new car and I want to see what information is out there from my knowledgeable readers.
Dear Reader,
I have a confession to make. I know little to nothing about cars. I need a new car and I need some help choosing it. In this post I'm going to lay out my needs for a new car and I urge you, if you have any car knowledge, to help me out.
Kind regards and thanks,
Mr. Moneybanks
New Car Needs
There are several things that I need my new car for. I am moving to a busy area in London and will be squeezing this car into spaces on the road. Furthermore, I may be using this car for work (as an auditor) which may take me all over London. Thus ideally it needs to have a small engine to avoid congestion charge. It also needs to look quite professional. Another reason why it needs to have a small engine is for fuel economy reasons. I will be stretching my finances with the move to London so any savings that I can make in the car department would be awesome. I may also be travelling back to my parents home in Leeds every now and again and so the car needs to comfortably survive on the motorway. As a quick recap:
- Small engine
- Smallish car
- Professional/ sexy looking
- Sporty looking (think porche! - I wish)
- Cheep to run
- Able to run comfortably for a few hours on the motorway
New Car Requirements
I am very happy with buying a used car. I have had a used fiat punto for the last 5 years and it has been great. I have an absolute maximum budget of £6,000. For longevity I figure that the car needs to be no more than 4 years old and clocked up no more than 40,000 miles. To try to keep future costs down I don't really want to be driving anything with an engine bigger than 1.6 litres or else the insurance will shoot up. The colour isn't such a big issue for me. Just think: dark colours (silver, black, blue etc). I will be coming back to Leeds to pick it up so ideally the car needs to be able to get to Leeds. Obviously, this is not essential as I can pick up cars near London aswell.
- Used Car
- Under £6,000
- Less than 4 years old
- Under 40,000 miles
- No more than a 1.6 litre engine (insurance purposes)
- Dark colours
- Sourced near Leeds
Ideas thus far consisted of second hand smart car roadsters, toyota roadster (such a cool car - I won't hear anything bad said about it!) and mazda RX8 and the mazda MX5. Please let me know if you have any better ideas. Feel free to post links to cars found in the comments section.
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