best car to buy for 14-15 k?

tosullivan said:
Until it comes to time to sell it or trade it in and then you'll realise you should have bought something else


Still don't like Nissans. They are the worst of all the Japanese cars
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True, but like the inside of a chinese fortune cookie (chinese/japanese, close enough!) this is the path to enlightenment, try trading in a stilo to ford compared to a nissan against a nice focus... watch as they laughingly offer you 4 grand for a fiat that you just paid 8k to clear the finance on.

If the stilo was a 1.6 or an abarth, i wouldnt part ways with it, contrary to popular belief its a nice drive and quite quirky in its own way. It probably wouldnt cost me much to get it repaired in a fiat garage and continue on but the mileage is starting to climb, i like to keep it around 30 - 40k before i trade in.
 
Why not buy a brand new car? Isn't there a new medium sized car, Chevrolet Aveo, advertised on telly at the moment for around 14k. Looks a fine car. Aren't they the big sellers in USA, so must be okay.
 
The Chevrolet Aveo is not a US car as such-it is a rebadged Daewoo. Very hard to resell.

And I wouldn't buy anything just because it sells well in the US-their own cars tend to be inefficient and have poor reputations for quality.
 
oldtimer said:
Why not buy a brand new car? Isn't there a new medium sized car, Chevrolet Aveo, advertised on telly at the moment for around 14k. Looks a fine car. Aren't they the big sellers in USA, so must be okay.
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Agree with CCOVITCH, GM had to rebrand Daewoo as Chevrolet in a bid to get a better image. Daewoo's would be cheap but you would be paying for what you get, so cannot be considered good value.

Toyota are the big sellers in the US, they are due to overtake GM as the worlds largest car manufacturer in 2007. The quality of US cars by Ford, GM and Chrysler is quite poor.


Morpheus,
With Fiat, you either have a good one or a bad one. As your Stilo is not giving any problems, why not keep it for a few more years.
It is certainly better looking than the Almera.
 
THE ONLY COMMENT I like to make about Jap car is that they are quite flimsy, but mechanic wise, they are a winner.

you might as well see more car before make any decision, theres a lot more car out there in the same catergory!
 
I find it strange that nobody has mentioned a Toyota Corolla Hatchback!
 
not crazy about the look of the toyota, agreed about the stilo, its a nice looker, however, 1242cc engine is not enough engine for such a heavy car and due to their reputation id not chance going for a different one, while mine was ok, chances are the next one might be a lemmon!

Almera seems to be most value for money, if I had the cash i would buy an A3 or a focus, but based on the looking ive done both in forecourts and online and on how much ive been offered to trade in, the almera is a better choice.

Incidentally the sales guy just phoned me to say that he made a mistake with the ammount he's offered for my stilo that he thought i had an 04 but that ive only an 03, hmmm something smells fishy, i distinctly told him 3 times that it was an 03, i think i will tell him to sell it to me at the original offer price or ill walk away.
 
I have to say that i find the 2 Mazda's (one a 323 and the other one a 6)i've owned to be great value (so far!!!) The only bit of trouble i had was when my good lady dinged the 323 off another car.

The mileage and fuel economy are good. More importantly i think the reliability is excellent on most japanese cars, but especially the 2 i've owned and I think the furnishing on the Mazda's seem to be that bit more palatable than most of the other cars i looked at.
 
morpheus said:
not crazy about the look of the toyota, agreed about the stilo, its a nice looker, however, 1242cc engine is not enough engine for such a heavy car and due to their reputation id not chance going for a different one, while mine was ok, chances are the next one might be a lemmon!

Almera seems to be most value for money, if I had the cash i would buy an A3 or a focus, but based on the looking ive done both in forecourts and online and on how much ive been offered to trade in, the almera is a better choice.

Incidentally the sales guy just phoned me to say that he made a mistake with the ammount he's offered for my stilo that he thought i had an 04 but that ive only an 03, hmmm something smells fishy, i distinctly told him 3 times that it was an 03, i think i will tell him to sell it to me at the original offer price or ill walk away.
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Fair enough, if you feel the Stilo is underpowered then you may as well change the car. BTW - the reason you are getting such a good price on the Almera is because (while not as bad as Fiat), they have below average resale values. Of course this does not matter if you are going to run the car into the ground.
 
i had a 01 almera, brilliant, great handling and it was 1.5, didn't affect insurance either, don't go for 02/03 models as they cheapened them in these years with there buy one get another one next year free, traded last year to a mazda 6, brilliant car aswell, both cars very realiable which to me is the most important thing next to looks, audi a4 looks lovely on the outside but with all VW/audi models, the interior needs alot to be desired...very drab
 
Picked up the almera today, what a car! it looks lovely, i dont think its that cheap looking at all (and coming from fiat who cram every extra you can think of into interior) its not bad at all. Its a new model 04 almera... wondering though, is it drum breaks on back or are they discs all round? Alloy wheels and spoiler (proper nissan ones) make it look lovely. Nissan gold standard too. 14k with only 18k miles on clock.
 
Ok, I have this car a week and a half now but Ive still not had any contact about motor tax, What am I supposed to do about getting the car taxed? I figured that the dealer sent off some forms and then I recieved information in the post from the motor tax office? Is this not correct?
 
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