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!
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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?
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 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.
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.
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 😅
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
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
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
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've had Vauxhall in the past and I totally agree with you avoid them.
£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
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've had a 62 plate Corsa 10 years and it has never let me down other than a battery they are very reliable..
Love what you told about those Opels
Do a video on larger petrols. Estates etc. in a 5 k budget
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.
what's your thoughts on the ulez and lez issues. Loads of 2nd hand cars but none complaint
What do we think of the Mazda 3 skyactive G 2.0 petrol?
In terms of reliability and cost to run?
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?
was waiting for a CR-V recomendation :)
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 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.
Nice comments on the Skoda Octavia Diesel, but what about a Petrol??
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.
Hi new to your Channel what would be best small car to just go round town budget around £6 -£7000 or less need help
Bit unfair on the Astra H. They actually had decent build quality and are pretty reliable in 1.6 and 1.8 form.
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.
under 5k budget bargain buy 2010 A3 8P 1.6TDI 20 TAX 60 MPG they do Moon miles.😁🙂
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.
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 😅
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
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.
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-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.
Great, enjoyed the video. Probably the Seat Ibiza 1.4
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.
The cheapest car to run is my 2.4 hardbody Nissan pickup. In 9 years I only had to change spark plugs
Can I ask what you think about the Honda civic 1.6 ID-TEC 👍
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?
what about the vw passat????
320d for me thanks, don't like economy hatchbacks
Good video you know your stuff
Corsa timing chain issues ?
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.
If your on a budget don’t buy a diesel that has a dpf
How about Kia?
My 2015 Nissan Note is faultless. I do not want a "classy" paperweight in my driveway. Gas and go.
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.
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
why is there an ep3 in the thumbnail
Because finding royalty free on road car pictures is hard 😂
Whats the point in a "cost of living" related video featuring anything over £3k
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!
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
With the greatest respect, we could all just sit and trawl through Auto Trader. This is hardly worth a watch.
Live a bit get a v8 with 15mpg and enjoy it , before it’s too late.
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.