Alastair_A3 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Its come to that time again and im looking to buy my youngest daughter a car asap as shes just passed her test. budget is around 3k.. Ive asked what she wants and shes after a corsa 1.2 sxi in black (facelift if within budget) Bought my son an 03 reg one in jan 2007. Ive seen afew facelifts 53/04reg for around 3k, is this too cheap? doesnt mention them being cat d's etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 My first car I bought myself and paid £750 for (ok, this was in 1992!) Wasn't quite as shabby as this fine example and at the time a 1.6 pumping out 90bhp was the talk of the town Opel Kadet 1.6SR (mine was a pooh brown colour) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair_A3 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Haha unfortauntly its too late for me to back down as her sister and brother have both had 3k for their cars. My son added a grand of his own money to get a better car. So really it'd be unfair not to allow my youngest to have the same treatment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 You should be able to get the right car for that kind of money, but does it have to be black? i.e. first car, you jammy bugger, you get what colour Dad can find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 My first car I bought myself and paid £750 for (ok, this was in 1992!)Wasn't quite as shabby as this fine example and at the time a 1.6 pumping out 90bhp was the talk of the town Opel Kadet 1.6SR (mine was a pooh brown colour) You lucky bathplug Biscuits, thats exactly what I wanted for my first car (way back in 1990), but my £200 budget could only stretch to a Vauxhall Chevette... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssFour Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 I paid £150 for my first car back in 1997. A VW Jetta. Went like stink too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair_A3 Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 You should be able to get the right car for that kind of money, but does it have to be black? i.e. first car, you jammy bugger, you get what colour Dad can find! They do look their best in back tho.. my son's was black before he wrote it off Got a bright blue one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair_A3 Posted November 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Update, Bought an 03 reg 1.2 sxi corsa today. Its silver, 1 lady owner, only 23k with full service history. Was up for £3,500 got him down to 3 grand. Very tidy car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saab Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Sounds like a good buy, lucky girl, I wish my parents had been as generous. Along with the others on here I had to fund my own first car, and the insurance (which was a hell of a lot more than the car). Consequently it was a complete pile of crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 My first car was one of these - Absolutely loved it I did, Had big webber (i think) twin carbs on it, big valve heads with pocketed pistons, Autodelta cam shafts, lightweight valve gear, straight through exhaust, lightened flywheel, koni suspension, quick shift kit, and many many more go faster bits that I cant remember. Was bloody quick for a 1.5 and I reckon it'd still show a few modern hot hatches how it's done! Sounded like this - YouTube - alfasud 1.5 TI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Liar liar pants on fire, Tipex - that's a green colverleaf and well you know it, you headline grabbing git Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupramax Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I had an Alfa-spud 1.5 ti (self funded), that got all the girlies going in 1988 :D What an ace car, sadly it fell apart with rust Like this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 My first car : Volvo 340 Feck.. it was awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 OMFG is that the actual car...?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 It's not, but it could have been.. same spec, same colour and same condition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I had an Alfa-spud 1.5 ti (self funded), that got all the girlies going in 1988 :D What an ace car, sadly it fell apart with rust Like this one Sadly, my forst car was 'just' the 1.3SC 3 door version. Still had a Weber twin carb, flat four and over-run snarl! Great mover for a 1.3. Considering I could have had a Fester 1.3 or Escort 1.3 GL - hmmmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupramax Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Lol, yeah that was pretty much my choice at the time either a spud or an escort. I picked mine up for an absolute bargain, it was p/ex'd into the dealership where my mum worked and I managed to grab it for what the dealer paid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Liar liar pants on fire, Tipex - that's a green colverleaf and well you know it, you headline grabbing git That was a sample pic of a car that looks almost the same, except for the wheels, and mine had Alfa Romeo written down the side in big letters!! However, It was a Ti Green Cloverleaf, and was one of the last off the line with the 105bhp engine as opposed to the 95bhp Ti's (when standard) and had the Ti red carpets and bucket seats etc as well as the green clover luxuries and badges. It might seem like an impressive first car but it only cost me £800 as it was 1994! you forget I'm not as old a git as you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Oh, and I was planning on fitting a 1.7 16v engine and outboard disc brakes from a 33 that we had lying about too, but in the end I bought a Renault 19 16v. big mistake! Still got to take my dads GTV6 out occasionally though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 My first car : Volvo 340Feck.. it was awful Nice! Elastic band drive? I can think of at least one other forum member who had one of these as their first car. Answers on a postcard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 My first car is my current Polo GTI. Bought it in July 2006 for £5395 when I was 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Yes! Took me a while to dig through my old pictures (feck me there's some classics in there that I couldn't bring to the public domain!) and here's one of my first steed: The only white car I've ever owned. £100 to you sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Nice! Elastic band drive? I don't remember it being that powerful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Here's a car 99% the same as my first, what can I say ? I wanted an Astra GTE but only had £200, and it was at the height of the joyriding era*, and I was p1ss poor.... *2600 reported car crimes/thefts on the local housing estate in 1 year alone, the highest ratio of car crime/people in Europe at the time IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupramax Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Yes! Took me a while to dig through my old pictures (feck me there's some classics in there that I couldn't bring to the public domain!) and here's one of my first steed: The only white car I've ever owned. £100 to you sir Oooooh, I had one of them as my first company wagon exactly the same as that one except for a feckin great company logo in the middle of the bonnet . 90hp of goodness which was much abused in the day pre camera scattered roads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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