##The Car Shopping Round 24: Student Runabout
Year 2019, i finally got past the limitations on my driver’s license, and i can buy the car of my dreams! Or can i?
Honestly, not at all. I’m quite short on money for buying and running a decent car, so it looks like i’ll have to
compromise a little.
I can’t quite afford a new car yet, and even if i could, being an inexperienced driver, i would risk damaging it. So i’m looking for an affordable used car, from 1995 to 2007. The car has to be pretty small, as i don’t want to have problems driving in the city centre. I can’t afford the insurance costs of a large engined, or too powerful car,insurance gets insanely expensive, insanely quickly. A 200hp car would be very hard to insure at 19 years old.
The car must be at least somewhat practical,having a two seater that converts into a single seater whenever i have to go and do some errands kinda sucks.
Two seats are enough for me, since i hardly ever need more, but having some extra passenger space could be a nice little extra if the need arises.
Running costs are really important, i need good fuel economy, and good reliability. I row my own, so no automatics or sequentials.
Safety is not the main priority, it just needs to be at the level of most modern cars, same thing with Comfort.The most important thing is, it must be fun and easy to drive. I want something that handles really well and is quick enough to not get beaten by citycars to 100km/h. I care about the way my car looks, if it looks like the designers were drunk and had a picture of a Fiat Multipla as inspiration, i’m probably not going to buy it.
Requirements:
Trim and engine variant year from 1995 to 2007
Wheelbase: Under or equal to 2.50m
Safety: >40
Practicality: >15
Comfort: >25
Avg.Reliability: >70
Fuel Economy: <9L/100Km
Fuel Type: Regular Unleaded (91RON)
Manual Transmission
No Carburetors
Three-way Catalytic converter
The price of the car is calculated at 20% markup, and depreciated 3% a year starting from 2019.
Budget after depreciation and markup: €7500
Priorities:
High: Sportiness, Drivability, Fuel Economy, Running Costs, Reliability, Price.
Average: Safety, Comfort, Practicality, Aesthetics.
Deadline:
30th October 2016, 2:00PM (GMT+1)
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