Moggy

go with an old toyota-bullet proof

get separate insurance-build up an extra NCB that you can move to the S if something goes tits up

BTW I used to work in Witham

JamieS2K

I move there next week again, lived there a few years ago with my ex . Its easier to get to London from the station , there's no other reason I would live there

mikdys

Its not just mechanical reliability though (anyway a Fiesta is easy and cheap to fix when it does go wrong ) but what about if somebody stuffs a wing in when you are parked, for example. A toyota wing would cost you an arm and a leg. I bought a (brand new wing from a factors) for my fez and welded it on and can sprayed it. Doesn't look half-bad and cost me about

bigfecker

I have a P plate Corse 1.1 40 mpg, cheap to insure and servicing is quite cheap.

scov@home

Oo, I have a few in stock

Getz? Now retailing for sub 6k. What Car budget car of the year and still with 4 years warranty left.

Atoz? lovely parking friendly small square cars from

Nick Graves

Matiz comes highly recommended as a beater/van.

Festers aren't inasmuch unreliable, but it's not entirely reliable that on a wet night at the station, some chav will TWOC it before you get off the train!

Pretty unreliable, therefore.

AquilaEagle

Get a bike

euan

My Dad has a Series III Landrover which he well be looking to get shot of - if he can't get much for it, I may well buy it myself.

Pros -
no one is going to nick it
its so easy to work on, even I could maintain it
parts are generally cheap
doesn't matter if it get the odd dunt
people get out of your way in traffic

Cons -
low teens fuel consumption around town, high teens out of town
to drive at more than 25 mph
unassisted steering
deafening (not in a nice way like the S)
if I buy it, I'll have to drive it 200 miles to my gaffe

Lurking Lawyer

Euan, surely the more sensible course of action would be for your old man to drop it off Chez Euan and for you then to take him home - a nice 400 mile round trip with some drop-top action and lots of VTEC

euan

I don't think even he is mad enough to want to drive that far in a 1982 Landie.

He doesn't really get the S anyway:

"I still think you should have bought a Boxster"
"Do you normally drive at 85 on the motorway?"
" I suppose you'll be wanting to drive with the hood down"
"But what's wrong with buying a convertible and rarely dropping the hood?"
"You do know you can use 5th gear instead of 3rd at 65 mph in my Toyota don't you?"