I'm planning on buying my daughter a cheap runnabout for her 17th birthday this week. I reckon to spend up to £2K. I'm looking for a low insurance, manual that's 5-10yrs old. The models that come to mind are:

 

Punto,

Fiesta,

Micra,

Clio,

Pug 106,

Polo,

Lupo,

Corsa...

 

Anyone got any experience of these and are there any that I've missed?

Cheers Andy.

I know where there is a P reg (i think) pug 106 diesel, a P reg Fiat Brava 1400 petrol and a P reg VW Golf 1400.

 

All P's lol

 

All located around the Leicester/Coalville area thou

 

Rich

diesel lupo get around 70mpg!

 

dont know if u can get one for that price tho

I know where there is a P reg (i think) pug 106 diesel, a P reg Fiat Brava 1400 petrol and a P reg VW Golf 1400.

 

All P's lol

 

All located around the Leicester/Coalville area thou

 

Rich

 

Thanks Chunk, but a bit too far to travel. 1400cc a bit too big for learner driver??

I used to have a punto 1.1, the whopping 55bhp model!

Although it couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding, it was a

good little car, reliable & economical. Think the 1.2 model

is a better bet though, just a little more power and more

economical too (not thrashing it as much as the 1.1).

I am in a 106 diesel at the moment and can't fault it at all, its cheap to look at, cheap to buy and insure, as its an older model it has no power steering but i'm a bloke and big and strong.

 

Its not the Zed but its a good little car.

Did I say its cheap to maintain as well, like £9 for a front disc :eek: