Anyone recommend a good used car place in Coventry? Our second car has to have some major work so it's really not worth repairing. I was looking to get something for around a grand so just wondered if there were any second hand car places around.
Also, while I'm at it. Can anyone recommend any type of car I should go for? I've had Fiats for years but fancy a change now. As I said I'm not spending a lot as I don't tend to do more than 5/6K a year in that car.
My experience mate, fwiw, I wouldn't bother too much about buying from a dealer for that kind of money. It's really the awkward end of the market, and you don't get much protection for the extra that you're likely to pay. Having said that, if you put at least some of the payment on a
credit card, rather than a debit card, and they've substantially misrepresented the vehicle, or it's not roadworthy, you will have some comeback under the consumer credit act.
If it was me, I wouldn't obsess as much about the brand of car as about the number of previous owners and the history. Most modern cars can do pretty big mileages if they've been regularly serviced - this is especially true in my experience of the premium brands like BMWs and Volvos. Rep-mobiles like Mondeos go on for a while, and most Toyotas and Hondas are usually unburstable if they haven't been abused.
Always nice to have a full MOT too, saves unexpected surprises a few months down the line. Most dealers will be able to get any half-decent car through a ticket via a mate in the trade though, so don't put too much faith in it.
Something like this would do for me.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201505093322647
It's even in the right colour!
I'd prefer a beemer, but the servicing and parts can get pricy. I'd probably avoid french or italian cars of this age, mostly because of the cost of spares - I suspect reliability for these isn't quite as bad as it's perceived in truth.
For the kind of mileage you're doing I'd probably stick to petrol - again typically a bit simpler and cheaper to work on.
All mho mate - but I've run bangers for a while now. There's a whole site on the science of it here...
http://www.bangernomics.com/bangernomics-blog.html