The best cars for financially-educated people are the top Japanese cars (leaders of reliability and low TCO = Total Cost of Ownership), few years old (the first owner is taking most of the depreciation hit), very well maintained and technically checked, for a lower than market price. Toyota, Mazda, Honda, Suzuki, Subaru, Mitsubishi have each amazing cars, leaders of most segments. For luxury the only financially-smart choice is Lexus.
Toyota Reliable Lexus Quality Studied many cars, using various sources, just came to simple conclusion above Mercedes for looks Nissan Micra just keeps running Honda Civic Jazz very popular Scoda Octavia award winner VW polo Audi slow depreciation Currently have a Ford Focus it just does the basics well petrol ulez compliant, economical, car looks like an expensive car, with newer shape styling 😊
@@marvelouslightsrv , Except Toyota, Lexus and Honda, none of the brands you mentioned are in Top 10 Reliability according to Consumer Reports annual reliability survey (the most important organization running such studies) nor in the low TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) Top 10, like Toyota, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Lexus, Mazda, Honda, Dacia, Renault, Acura, Subaru. And the financial freedom comes with such cars (reliable and with a low TCO). I agree many buy the luxury German cars to show off, but the looks of my cars are far better (Mazda Miata ND2 RF G-184, Lexus UX 250h F Sport, Suzuki Jimny 4x4 LCV), despite being Japanese (labeled as boring by many who are not knowledgeable about this industry). My wife had a Nissan Micra three decades ago, an amazing little car, just like the first generation of smart (we still have one that refuses to die).
@@codincoman9019 your lucky. Most of our cars get scrapped. So decided to be more boring. Reliability saves you so much money. Sadly many cars look the same, personality gone. Look at older cars, classic cars. Had a Chrysler Voyager horrible mpg total unreliable but the kids lost loved it. 5 meter length, heater seats, smooth ride, lpg, entertainment. Really wanted Ford Cogsworth (rally car). Just helped someone jump start their car. My Ford Focus, automatically cuts the car off to save battery life, tells you when to change gear, allows for us to use voice commands, decent mpg, rear parking sensors, tells when the tyre pressure low. What else do really need? Automatic oil level checker. There not many videos that show what extra features you really need in car. Reliability, Efficiency, Value TCO are high statistically reason to buy a car but should show more practical feature comparisons. I fall a sleep in the car to much, so the car automatically turning it self off to save battery life is really clever feature to have. This is i told the person i jump started, plus i noticed that her front lights automatically on in the day, this one features we really in modern cars, this kills the battery. Many car owners are complaining that headlights are to light at night and need dimming due to dazzling drivers. Many buying these new bigger cars and dont know how to park them or cant even fit in a parking space as the car is to long. Instead of car manufactures guessing what we want, they should ask car owners what really want. With AI get the car to self check and give detailed report with nice AI voice to tell you how to maintain your car , to make the car more reliable. Thats only extra feature we need.
@@problemslayer3538 Mercedes was good few decades ago (I drove some). Nowadays is consistently at the bottom of the reliability rankings (e.g. #29!) and a "champion" of the high TCO (Total Cost of Ownership, far more than double/about triple of the Lexus TCO), total opposite to Lexus (consistently #1 in reliability according to Consumer Reports annual reliability surveys and #3 in low TCO, surprising for an entry luxury brand). Mercedes is for poor-minded persons pretending to be rich, Lexus is for the wealthy smart people
Bought a Punto Evo 1.4 2010 ,2 years ago for £3300 with 15k on the clock .Very simple engines, great for a DIY mechanic. Oil and filter change every year is £30 (2.6 litres of oil) Timing belt, water pump and tensioner around £120 and easy to do yourself. The exhaust from the cat back is less than £100 inc delivery and is simple to change. No dpf , egr , turbo/intercooler ect.
Not exactly mega economical but I recently bought a 2000 Merc C200, very very reliable engine and not bad on fuel, 38mpg max I've seen. But it's a 44k mile car from new, absolutely immaculate, insane service history, it's had a gearbox service and everything! £1,500 only 50 miles away. I've done thousands of miles in it and it's been amazing. For not even close to £2K, it really is amazing what you can get!
@problemslayer3538 Also just a follow up, I made that comment 5 months ago. The C200 is still absolutely superb, just completed a road trip around Wales (from Southern England). About 1,300 miles in 4 days, 0 issues lovely 👍
@@XclusiveAaron merc is probably the only brand I would go to outside of the japs. Build quality is worth having the odd thing go wrong anyway. Jap build is nowhere near merc
Funny my son has a 1.4i Corsa at the moment, it's needed a new expansion bottle and exhaust in 3 years. I had a Skoda Fabia, which was basically the polo with a different badge and it's list of maladies in 2 years was, Radiator split, broken rear brake caliper, clutch, leaking rear doors, broken wires in the radiator fan loom, broken starter wires and finally syncro went in 3rd gear.
My old citroen xsara Picasso 1.6 diesel still does 60 mpg.. Not bad for a car that cost £100...eight years ago. Now with 230 thousand miles on clock... Still going strong .
i just got 2015 i20 its only small engine but the engine i had in old i20 i had and pretty solid and only £35 tax, once up to speed fairly easy to maintain that, first ten miles spun up front tyres the tc pretty relaxed. small engine but my trip back through peaks a 168 miles in hills and mountains and all back roads to just south coventry and not eco driving still go 44mpg easy roads im sure i get it to it claimed 57mpg but a non eco short local run it did say 19mpg but most town runs 38-40 a longer run 40mpg plus and could quite easy get it in to 50mpg so not bad for small 1.2 petrol manual, as it a car im keeping for a long time its top spec so pan roof, heated seats and wheel and mirrors, climate control, adaptive cruise control and million other things. it has million buttons but i like that i could went for nav version but just a thing to become paperweight as phone networks switch off. its drives very well i know to do chain at 100k as they can fail but cheap fix for another 100k, car only done 53k it runs like new, it was staff member own car at Hyundai he retired got 2024 i20 so mine full dealership service history. at the time £6800 but was £600 cheaper than other places and many were not doing wheels and only offering 3 months warranty i got 12 months and 12 month free breakdown cover. car well equipped runs like new and euro 6 and up to just over 600 miles per tank and reasonable mpg. its an engine i know it was in my old car what owned 5.5 years not an issues and that euro 4, only thing i see new is extra cat. im happy with it, and far better in comers than old i20
Mercedes my missus had a Mercedes and electrical faults cost her a lot she said it would be cheaper to hire an electrician and carry him in the car all the time
I’m very surprised that, at 09:40, there was a Citroen C1, and not even a mention… OK, they’re far from Luxury, but the C1/Peugeot 107/Aygo are great little cars: cheap to run (no tax for ones post 2012), super reliable, cheap to fix and maintain, and accessories and spare parts are the cheapest and easiest to get…
One of the cars which got a big no, not the EcoBoom, I have driven for many years and the two biggest fixes outside brakes and pads was a new unit to stop a water leak £100 and new horn which I never use anyway £100 or just a little over so a car which used to regularly appear at the bottom of a JD Power Survey has been my best car by miles and still on its original clutch. I count myself very fortunate.
Punto was probably the best value car on that £2.5k list and you just dismissed it for being Italian. It's the best looking and quite fuel efficient (40-50mpg), and the FIRE engines are very reliable and designed not to lunch themselves if the cambelt fails.
Old Mazda's. Good but rusty AF underneath. . Old Fords, good but got to look at those wheel arches very carefully. Old Vauxhalls, boring to look at at, but less rusty & quicker than the Ford of the same size engine. Old VW's & Skoda's really slow. I'm with you on the Honda's though.
I have a C350cdi….620NM of torque…..fantastic performance and I can get 60mpg on a run…! It’s been a FANTASTIC and very reliable car for 8 years and 90,000 miles
Agila B would be the exception.....it's a rebadged Suzuki Splash, they are great little cars. Most other Vauxhall's although nice looking cars are troublesome.
i bought myself a honda civic ep3 premier edition in grey 2006 for 3,500 pounds, last of the ep3's before they went ugly with the triangle exhaust model 2007+ in my opinion such good fun for the value
I've just bought a Vauxhall insignia elite nav 2016 with 17k and full history.. £20 road tax and 65 mpg. Fantastic car... But early day's yet as I've only had it a month... What does everyone think of insignias?
Hi, thank you for your honest car reviews. I find it very helpful. I was looking at a 2011 mercedes b class auto sport. Do you think that's a safe bet?
As ever my k11 Micra laughs from his throne! Those C class Mercs are meant to be somewhat troublesome from what I've heard, as per most German cars of the 2010's. I'd go with an E class and make the risk worthwhile if it were me! Great vid as always mate, cheers.
Would love the premium stuff, had few in the past but the insurance for me in NI makes them expensive to run. Looking for a £5/6k car at minute. Probably go all captain Sensible with a useful Skoda Octavia estate or a Berlingo/Partner. Im getting too old for excitement 😅
I had one of those Peugeot 208s as a hire car in spain, awful, not nice at all, very plastic inside and many dials and buttons were hidden and hard to get to because they were all behind the oval steering wheel! Fiat.. A bit italian haha dont knock the punto, ive had 2 of them, first a box standard one that was fantastic but the 2nd one endless problems.
So what you're saying is.... Toyota carolla 1.6 manual , Honda civic 1.8 ivtec manual, the 1.2 honda jazz manual, and the Toyota aygo and yaris for those who want reliability on a budget and the car doesn't look like total crap?? lol
Whats the AT price tracker i see on the screen there with auto trader site. Is it only available on Web version of their site and not on android app as I'm using?
Only available on the web version. It gives you the price changes since listed, for that car. Quite interesting as you sometimes see the price go up, when the dealers get greedy. You download it as an extension. Hope that helps. I'm sure there is another one too, but can't remember its name now
i-shift is the worst thing you can buy in terms of honda automatics, they are worse than VW audi DSG garbage. Along with the I-Shift there is the Power-Shift or powerSh*t automatic gearboxes in all fords and some peugots- AVOID at all costs.
The VW UP is an ideal vehicle for countryside living as it is superb on small country lanes and gives well over 30 miles per gallon. Surprisingly roomy inside and is quite nippy.
Saving you some headaches, having red the German TUV report for the year 2024 as well as the German Motoring Club (ADAC) report for 2024. If you're on the look out for a used car. Just ensure you find a low mileage (rule of thumb - less than or eq. 20k km/year driven) and of course, service book and if no one, you should be able to pay a few hundred to inspect an item of a thousand value you want to buy. TUV 2024 Report (Involves checking inside the engines and other vital parts) Renault Captur (20-21 sehr gut) BMW X1 (10-15 sehr gut) Volk Golf plus (10-13 sehr gut) v.gud insurance Volk Touareg (12-15, 18-21 sehr gut) MB B-class (10-11, 12-21 sehr gut) hauptflicht is very good, but TK and VK is high Audi A1 (10-13, 16-17 sehr gut) 1.2,1.4, 1.8 TFSI have very good insurance Audi A3 (10-19 sehr gut) Audi Q3 (12-17 sehr gut) Toyota Rav4 (10-17 is sehr gut) Honda Jazz (10-17 is sehr gut) (1.2, 1.4 engines v-gud ins) Opel Meriva (16-17 is Sehr gut) Suzuki Swift (14-15, 18-19 is Sehr gut) Suzuki SX4 (14-21 is Sehr gut) 1.6 engine v-gud insurance Suzuki Vitara (16-21 sehr gut) good Skoda Yeti (10-11 sehr gut) Seat Alteca (16-17 sehr gut) Toyota Yaris 10-19 v-gud ins Volkswagen Up 12-15 v-gud ins Toyota Auris (14-15 sehr gut) v-gud ins ADAC Ratings 2024 (They never get their owner stranded for anything on the Highway) Seat Alhambra - 2019-2020 Suzuki Vitara 2017-2021 Suzuki Ignis 2017-2021 Renault Captur 2014-2019 Renault Zoe 2018-2021 VW T-cross 2019-2021 VW Up 2018 - 2021 VW Polo 2017-2021 VW ID 3 2020-2021 Opel Corsa 2018-2021 Mitsubishi Spacestar 2018-2021 Mitsubishi ASX 2017-2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 2018-2021 Opel Crossland 2017 - 2021 Opel Adam & Karl 2019 Peugeot 2008 2018 - 2021 Peugeot 208 2017-2021 Seat Ibiza 2017-2021 (cheap insurance) Seat Arona 2018-2021 (Very Cheap Insurance) Skoda Fabia 2016-2021 (cheap insurance) Toyota Yaris 2018-2019 Citroen C3 2018-2021 Dacia Sandero 2017-2021 Ford Fiesta 2018-2021 Ford EcoSport 2018-2019 & 2021 BMW i3 2019-2021 Audi A1 2015-2021 Mazda 2 2015-2021 Ford Ka 2018-2019 (V. cheap Insurance) Fiat Panda 2019-2020
Buy cheap, buy twice, cars with spaceship milage can be worth a risk but be prepared to scrap it if it develops issues that will cost more than it is worth to fix. They are ok as a local runabout but i would at least pay double and get a better lower milage car with a full history. If your budget can go to £10k then some more desirable cars become an option, just do your homwork, and budget for an independant inspection, these online checks will only warn you of reported issues.
For French cars, the exception to that rule is the Peugeot 107 and Citroen C1…far from luxurious, but really reliable, cheap to run, and usually cheap to fix…
I noticed in the £2500 group you scrolled over a Nissan Note and in the £5000 lot you scrolled over a Renault Clio. Did you mean to? My Note is trouble free.
Mk1 focus, cheap to run and buy, plenty of trims, ulez compliant petrol, you’ve got the hatch, sedan, 1.4, 1.6 , 1.8 , 2.0 not very economical, fun to drive something different ay
No one ever seems to talk about the Ford C-Max. Do the C-Max’s suffer from the same automatic gearbox issues as the Focus? I just got an automatic C-Max 61 reg with 50,000 miles on it. Think it might need a new belt, but Ford want £900 to do it.
The best cars for financially-educated people are the top Japanese cars (leaders of reliability and low TCO = Total Cost of Ownership), few years old (the first owner is taking most of the depreciation hit), very well maintained and technically checked, for a lower than market price.
Toyota, Mazda, Honda, Suzuki, Subaru, Mitsubishi have each amazing cars, leaders of most segments.
For luxury the only financially-smart choice is Lexus.
Toyota Reliable
Lexus Quality
Studied many cars, using various sources, just came to simple conclusion above
Mercedes for looks
Nissan Micra just keeps running
Honda Civic Jazz very popular
Scoda Octavia award winner
VW polo Audi slow depreciation
Currently have a Ford Focus it just does the basics well petrol ulez compliant, economical, car looks like an expensive car, with newer shape styling 😊
@@marvelouslightsrv , Except Toyota, Lexus and Honda, none of the brands you mentioned are in Top 10 Reliability according to Consumer Reports annual reliability survey (the most important organization running such studies) nor in the low TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) Top 10, like Toyota, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Lexus, Mazda, Honda, Dacia, Renault, Acura, Subaru.
And the financial freedom comes with such cars (reliable and with a low TCO).
I agree many buy the luxury German cars to show off, but the looks of my cars are far better (Mazda Miata ND2 RF G-184, Lexus UX 250h F Sport, Suzuki Jimny 4x4 LCV), despite being Japanese (labeled as boring by many who are not knowledgeable about this industry).
My wife had a Nissan Micra three decades ago, an amazing little car, just like the first generation of smart (we still have one that refuses to die).
@@codincoman9019 your lucky. Most of our cars get scrapped. So decided to be more boring. Reliability saves you so much money. Sadly many cars look the same, personality gone. Look at older cars, classic cars. Had a Chrysler Voyager horrible mpg total unreliable but the kids lost loved it. 5 meter length, heater seats, smooth ride, lpg, entertainment.
Really wanted Ford Cogsworth (rally car).
Just helped someone jump start their car.
My Ford Focus, automatically cuts the car off to save battery life, tells you when to change gear, allows for us to use voice commands, decent mpg, rear parking sensors, tells when the tyre pressure low. What else do really need? Automatic oil level checker.
There not many videos that show what extra features you really need in car. Reliability, Efficiency, Value TCO are high statistically reason to buy a car but should show more practical feature comparisons.
I fall a sleep in the car to much, so the car automatically turning it self off to save battery life is really clever feature to have.
This is i told the person i jump started, plus i noticed that her front lights automatically on in the day, this one features we really in modern cars, this kills the battery.
Many car owners are complaining that headlights are to light at night and need dimming due to dazzling drivers.
Many buying these new bigger cars and dont know how to park them or cant even fit in a parking space as the car is to long.
Instead of car manufactures guessing what we want, they should ask car owners what really want.
With AI get the car to self check and give detailed report with nice AI voice to tell you how to maintain your car , to make the car more reliable.
Thats only extra feature we need.
Mercedes consistently produce reliable cars with excellent engines
@@problemslayer3538 Mercedes was good few decades ago (I drove some). Nowadays is consistently at the bottom of the reliability rankings (e.g. #29!) and a "champion" of the high TCO (Total Cost of Ownership, far more than double/about triple of the Lexus TCO), total opposite to Lexus (consistently #1 in reliability according to Consumer Reports annual reliability surveys and #3 in low TCO, surprising for an entry luxury brand).
Mercedes is for poor-minded persons pretending to be rich, Lexus is for the wealthy smart people
Bought a Punto Evo 1.4 2010 ,2 years ago for £3300 with 15k on the clock .Very simple engines, great for a DIY mechanic.
Oil and filter change every year is £30 (2.6 litres of oil)
Timing belt, water pump and tensioner around £120 and easy to do yourself.
The exhaust from the cat back is less than £100 inc delivery and is simple to change.
No dpf , egr , turbo/intercooler ect.
It’s Camray with 380,000 miles, used it as my work car for a few years, got my money back when I sold it
Not exactly mega economical but I recently bought a 2000 Merc C200, very very reliable engine and not bad on fuel, 38mpg max I've seen. But it's a 44k mile car from new, absolutely immaculate, insane service history, it's had a gearbox service and everything! £1,500 only 50 miles away. I've done thousands of miles in it and it's been amazing. For not even close to £2K, it really is amazing what you can get!
Mercs are awesome I'm looking for an e class coupe right now.
@problemslayer3538 love the E class coupe. Nearly bought an E350 CDI in 2022 (wish I had now, it was a bargain)!
@problemslayer3538 Also just a follow up, I made that comment 5 months ago. The C200 is still absolutely superb, just completed a road trip around Wales (from Southern England). About 1,300 miles in 4 days, 0 issues lovely 👍
@@XclusiveAaron merc is probably the only brand I would go to outside of the japs. Build quality is worth having the odd thing go wrong anyway. Jap build is nowhere near merc
Funny my son has a 1.4i Corsa at the moment, it's needed a new expansion bottle and exhaust in 3 years. I had a Skoda Fabia, which was basically the polo with a different badge and it's list of maladies in 2 years was, Radiator split, broken rear brake caliper, clutch, leaking rear doors, broken wires in the radiator fan loom, broken starter wires and finally syncro went in 3rd gear.
Tax is what kills most older cars, you can get an older civic thats does 50mpg but if its the best part of £300 pa to park it on your drive, no chance
My old citroen xsara Picasso 1.6 diesel still does 60 mpg.. Not bad for a car that cost £100...eight years ago. Now with 230 thousand miles on clock... Still going strong .
Original rear axle too?
@@itswais77 yes,... They take some load... Based on Berlingo van
i just got 2015 i20 its only small engine but the engine i had in old i20 i had and pretty solid and only £35 tax, once up to speed fairly easy to maintain that, first ten miles spun up front tyres the tc pretty relaxed. small engine but my trip back through peaks a 168 miles in hills and mountains and all back roads to just south coventry and not eco driving still go 44mpg easy roads im sure i get it to it claimed 57mpg but a non eco short local run it did say 19mpg but most town runs 38-40 a longer run 40mpg plus and could quite easy get it in to 50mpg so not bad for small 1.2 petrol manual, as it a car im keeping for a long time its top spec so pan roof, heated seats and wheel and mirrors, climate control, adaptive cruise control and million other things. it has million buttons but i like that i could went for nav version but just a thing to become paperweight as phone networks switch off. its drives very well i know to do chain at 100k as they can fail but cheap fix for another 100k, car only done 53k it runs like new, it was staff member own car at Hyundai he retired got 2024 i20 so mine full dealership service history. at the time £6800 but was £600 cheaper than other places and many were not doing wheels and only offering 3 months warranty i got 12 months and 12 month free breakdown cover. car well equipped runs like new and euro 6 and up to just over 600 miles per tank and reasonable mpg. its an engine i know it was in my old car what owned 5.5 years not an issues and that euro 4, only thing i see new is extra cat. im happy with it, and far better in comers than old i20
My econo-money went on a 2018 Honda Civic 1.6 i-Dtec. 60mpg or more all day long, comfortable, fairly practicle, nice to drive.
I also have a 2013 civic 1.6 idtec, zero tax,over 60mpg,nice to drive.
Absolutely. It was my 2nd choice recently but went for a Hyundai ix35 for the elevated ride height because of my back.
@@stevegarside2471 the Civic is very low, so you’ve probably chose well👍
@@thebanditsix I was going to go for the estate version of that model. Hoping mine lasts another 5 years, I’m on 74k miles now🤞
@@TheAndyPeacockthe perils of age 🤣🤣🤣
I had a 56 reg 1.25 Fiesta for 12 years and took it to 173k, only got rid as it was going to cost too much to get through a MOT
Mercedes my missus had a Mercedes and electrical faults cost her a lot she said it would be cheaper to hire an electrician and carry him in the car all the time
You keep talking about 'button spew'... I'd far rather have that than all yer shitty screens with menus and sub menus in my car.
Amen to that.
Love what you told about those Opels
Love your channel!
was waiting for a CR-V recomendation :)
What do we think of the Mazda 3 skyactive G 2.0 petrol?
In terms of reliability and cost to run?
I’m very surprised that, at 09:40, there was a Citroen C1, and not even a mention…
OK, they’re far from Luxury, but the C1/Peugeot 107/Aygo are great little cars: cheap to run (no tax for ones post 2012), super reliable, cheap to fix and maintain, and accessories and spare parts are the cheapest and easiest to get…
One of the cars which got a big no, not the EcoBoom, I have driven for many years and the two biggest fixes outside brakes and pads was a new unit to stop a water leak £100 and new horn which I never use anyway £100 or just a little over so a car which used to regularly appear at the bottom of a JD Power Survey has been my best car by miles and still on its original clutch. I count myself very fortunate.
Do a video on larger petrols. Estates etc. in a 5 k budget
Dacia Logan taxi in my local area on 256k miles and still going....proven old tech if cheap and a bit dull inside
Punto was probably the best value car on that £2.5k list and you just dismissed it for being Italian. It's the best looking and quite fuel efficient (40-50mpg), and the FIRE engines are very reliable and designed not to lunch themselves if the cambelt fails.
What are your thoughts about the Chevrolet Aveo 1.3 diesel?
Phenomenal info, thank you
Old Mazda's. Good but rusty AF underneath. . Old Fords, good but got to look at those wheel arches very carefully. Old Vauxhalls, boring to look at at, but less rusty & quicker than the Ford of the same size engine. Old VW's & Skoda's really slow. I'm with you on the Honda's though.
The cooling was also a problem on the ecoboost engine as a colleague found out!
I've had a 62 plate Corsa 10 years and it has never let me down other than a battery they are very reliable..
Octavia vrs tdi mk2. I do a 70 mile round trip and motorway speeds and my average of the last few tanks has been 56Mpg so cant complain 👌
I have a C350cdi….620NM of torque…..fantastic performance and I can get 60mpg on a run…! It’s been a FANTASTIC and very reliable car for 8 years and 90,000 miles
you can get a lower miles reliable newer shape honda jazz 1.4 ivtec 5k is my no1 m8ty.👍
I've had Vauxhall in the past and I totally agree with you avoid them.
Me too so totally disagree
Agila B would be the exception.....it's a rebadged Suzuki Splash, they are great little cars.
Most other Vauxhall's although nice looking cars are troublesome.
what's your thoughts on the ulez and lez issues. Loads of 2nd hand cars but none complaint
i bought myself a honda civic ep3 premier edition in grey 2006 for 3,500 pounds, last of the ep3's before they went ugly with the triangle exhaust model 2007+ in my opinion such good fun for the value
The cars for £2500 are 12 to 20 years old , a few years ago these were £500 to £1000 the car market gone Mad .
What are your thoughts on the 1 series at 9:51?
I've just bought a Vauxhall insignia elite nav 2016 with 17k and full history.. £20 road tax and 65 mpg. Fantastic car... But early day's yet as I've only had it a month... What does everyone think of insignias?
Hi, thank you for your honest car reviews. I find it very helpful.
I was looking at a 2011 mercedes b class auto sport. Do you think that's a safe bet?
Nice comments on the Skoda Octavia Diesel, but what about a Petrol??
Dacia runs and runs , most popular taxi driver car in Spain for a reason
As ever my k11 Micra laughs from his throne!
Those C class Mercs are meant to be somewhat troublesome from what I've heard, as per most German cars of the 2010's.
I'd go with an E class and make the risk worthwhile if it were me!
Great vid as always mate, cheers.
@@MuscleBandit Nissan Micras are great just kept running and running. Going at stopped speed felt you was going to fly in the air 😀
I recognise that forecourt with the Ford Fiesta I think he has a channel on YT, northern geezer.
You thinking of "North Peak Autos", just watched his Audi S4 Avant video before this one. Good spot if it is him. 👍
No I think the one I am thinking of is in Cheshire rather than Greater Manchester.
Would love the premium stuff, had few in the past but the insurance for me in NI makes them expensive to run.
Looking for a £5/6k car at minute. Probably go all captain Sensible with a useful Skoda Octavia estate or a Berlingo/Partner.
Im getting too old for excitement 😅
Older Dacia's have serious problems with underbody corrosion.
Fabia Estate 1.4 TDI? Or 1.6 TDI
Great, enjoyed the video. Probably the Seat Ibiza 1.4
Good video you know your stuff
I had one of those Peugeot 208s as a hire car in spain, awful, not nice at all, very plastic inside and many dials and buttons were hidden and hard to get to because they were all behind the oval steering wheel!
Fiat.. A bit italian haha dont knock the punto, ive had 2 of them, first a box standard one that was fantastic but the 2nd one endless problems.
Aygo c1 106 bullet proof cheap fun cars
Hi new to your Channel what would be best small car to just go round town budget around £6 -£7000 or less need help
Can I ask what you think about the Honda civic 1.6 ID-TEC 👍
what about the vw passat????
Bit unfair on the Astra H. They actually had decent build quality and are pretty reliable in 1.6 and 1.8 form.
So what you're saying is.... Toyota carolla 1.6 manual , Honda civic 1.8 ivtec manual, the 1.2 honda jazz manual, and the Toyota aygo and yaris for those who want reliability on a budget and the car doesn't look like total crap?? lol
Whats the AT price tracker i see on the screen there with auto trader site. Is it only available on Web version of their site and not on android app as I'm using?
Only available on the web version. It gives you the price changes since listed, for that car. Quite interesting as you sometimes see the price go up, when the dealers get greedy. You download it as an extension. Hope that helps. I'm sure there is another one too, but can't remember its name now
Corsa timing chain issues ?
How long does it take uto read auto trader
How about Kia?
i-shift is the worst thing you can buy in terms of honda automatics, they are worse than VW audi DSG garbage. Along with the I-Shift there is the Power-Shift or powerSh*t automatic gearboxes in all fords and some peugots- AVOID at all costs.
The VW UP is an ideal vehicle for countryside living as it is superb on small country lanes and gives well over 30 miles per gallon. Surprisingly roomy inside and is quite nippy.
I have a Citago and its not fast but its fun to drive. Has character and my wife and I both love it. Economical too.
Saving you some headaches, having red the German TUV report for the year 2024 as well as the German Motoring Club (ADAC) report for 2024. If you're on the look out for a used car.
Just ensure you find a low mileage (rule of thumb - less than or eq. 20k km/year driven) and of course, service book and if no one, you should be able to pay a few hundred to inspect an item of a thousand value you want to buy.
TUV 2024 Report (Involves checking inside the engines and other vital parts)
Renault Captur (20-21 sehr gut)
BMW X1 (10-15 sehr gut)
Volk Golf plus (10-13 sehr gut) v.gud insurance
Volk Touareg (12-15, 18-21 sehr gut)
MB B-class (10-11, 12-21 sehr gut) hauptflicht is very good, but TK and VK is high
Audi A1 (10-13, 16-17 sehr gut) 1.2,1.4, 1.8 TFSI have very good insurance
Audi A3 (10-19 sehr gut)
Audi Q3 (12-17 sehr gut)
Toyota Rav4 (10-17 is sehr gut)
Honda Jazz (10-17 is sehr gut) (1.2, 1.4 engines v-gud ins)
Opel Meriva (16-17 is Sehr gut)
Suzuki Swift (14-15, 18-19 is Sehr gut)
Suzuki SX4 (14-21 is Sehr gut) 1.6 engine v-gud insurance
Suzuki Vitara (16-21 sehr gut) good
Skoda Yeti (10-11 sehr gut)
Seat Alteca (16-17 sehr gut)
Toyota Yaris 10-19 v-gud ins
Volkswagen Up 12-15 v-gud ins
Toyota Auris (14-15 sehr gut) v-gud ins
ADAC Ratings 2024 (They never get their owner stranded for anything on the Highway)
Seat Alhambra - 2019-2020
Suzuki Vitara 2017-2021
Suzuki Ignis 2017-2021
Renault Captur 2014-2019
Renault Zoe 2018-2021
VW T-cross 2019-2021
VW Up 2018 - 2021
VW Polo 2017-2021
VW ID 3 2020-2021
Opel Corsa 2018-2021
Mitsubishi Spacestar 2018-2021
Mitsubishi ASX 2017-2021
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 2018-2021
Opel Crossland 2017 - 2021
Opel Adam & Karl 2019
Peugeot 2008 2018 - 2021
Peugeot 208 2017-2021
Seat Ibiza 2017-2021 (cheap insurance)
Seat Arona 2018-2021 (Very Cheap Insurance)
Skoda Fabia 2016-2021 (cheap insurance)
Toyota Yaris 2018-2019
Citroen C3 2018-2021
Dacia Sandero 2017-2021
Ford Fiesta 2018-2021
Ford EcoSport 2018-2019 & 2021
BMW i3 2019-2021
Audi A1 2015-2021
Mazda 2 2015-2021
Ford Ka 2018-2019 (V. cheap Insurance)
Fiat Panda 2019-2020
I bought a Honda Civic 1.6 Dtec mk 9 best car I have ever had my car before Peugeot 207 prince engine rubbish problem after problem
Will run forever!
Buy cheap, buy twice, cars with spaceship milage can be worth a risk but be prepared to scrap it
if it develops issues that will cost more than it is worth to fix.
They are ok as a local runabout but i would at least pay double and get a better lower milage car
with a full history.
If your budget can go to £10k then some more desirable cars become an option, just do your
homwork, and budget for an independant inspection, these online checks will only warn you
of reported issues.
You think exactly the same way I do when looking at cars, no Vauxhalls, French or Italian cars and no autos 😂
@@steviefn2typer Totally agree had all those cars, all failed, now i know much better. Japanese like Toyota Honda. Ford easy to get parts and advice.
For French cars, the exception to that rule is the Peugeot 107 and Citroen C1…far from luxurious, but really reliable, cheap to run, and usually cheap to fix…
£5000 budget, go for the honda civic 1.6 diesel. 60mpg and free tax. Ultra reliable.
@@stevegarside2471 good call
What about petrol? I've had bad experiences with diesel cars and small milage journeys
The cheapest car to run is my 2.4 hardbody Nissan pickup. In 9 years I only had to change spark plugs
I noticed in the £2500 group you scrolled over a Nissan Note and in the £5000 lot you scrolled over a Renault Clio. Did you mean to? My Note is trouble free.
320d for me thanks, don't like economy hatchbacks
My 2015 Nissan Note is faultless. I do not want a "classy" paperweight in my driveway. Gas and go.
If your on a budget don’t buy a diesel that has a dpf
If you want a Mercedes buy an auto not a manual, the original micra’s were ok but most of the later ones are at the breakers, scrap.
why is there an ep3 in the thumbnail
Because finding royalty free on road car pictures is hard 😂
Japanese rust buckets or dead German engines, choices choices
Really glad i found your channel. Any chance you'd give me a hand choosing a good 2.2 15 plate evoque? 😂
naw mate
Oh no… 😂 are you sure we can’t convince you to buy something else
@@Mohammed-id7em😂
They're junk. Dont bother!
No way I'm part way with 10k for a '16 reg Mercedes a180d with halogen headlights lool
Mk1 focus, cheap to run and buy, plenty of trims, ulez compliant petrol, you’ve got the hatch, sedan, 1.4, 1.6 , 1.8 , 2.0 not very economical, fun to drive something different ay
Are we goin to be here all day talking about breadbutter cars time to switchoff
Every car looks better in black
No one ever seems to talk about the Ford C-Max. Do the C-Max’s suffer from the same automatic gearbox issues as the Focus? I just got an automatic C-Max 61 reg with 50,000 miles on it. Think it might need a new belt, but Ford want £900 to do it.
Prices still dear ..got ford focus zetec climate 1.8tdci 07 with 60k 6 years ago ...still got it
I used to have a 07 reg Mk2 1.8tdci , it was a dependable workhorse for the 3 years I had it
If u got 10,000 grand to spend on a car who gives a sh-- obout cost of petrel just bloddyen joy it and think about something more important
Why is president zelensky doing on this channel 😂 i thought he was attacking Russia, i suppose he has to make a living 😂
You need to see an optician VERY SOON. I really hope you aren't driving.
Live a bit get a v8 with 15mpg and enjoy it , before it’s too late.
Whats the point in a "cost of living" related video featuring anything over £3k
With the greatest respect, we could all just sit and trawl through Auto Trader. This is hardly worth a watch.