My 17yr old cousin is turning 18 soon and i’m buying her a first car, the budget is about 5000€
I’ve been thinking about buying her a Seat Altea like my first car, and i’ve also been looking at:
-Nissan Primera
-Hyundai Sonata
-Seat Leon
-Kia Cee’d
-Saab 9-3
-Etc.
And also don’t be fooled she’s VERY VERY VERY much a driver, so i’ve also been thinking about buying her maybe a:
-Mazda Rx-8
-Honda Prelude
Can anyone help me maybe on better suggestions?
I’d want to give her something that’s great to drive but also somewhat practical.
If i don’t buy her anything, and just give her the money, this is what she’ll be getting from her parents:
I’m not sure so if anyone would like to help i’d appreciate it!
The difference is Noporian’s cousin seems to be Europe-based, based on currency used, for an instance, and this changes the car market.
I’m going to suggest the Skoda Felicia obviously. Cheap to buy, cheap to run, very practical if you’ve got a wagon. I’ve been driving my Felicia since I got my driver’s licence in October 2013, and she never failed me.
4000$ is about 3500€ so the budget is very different and as kubboz said, the market is a bit different on the cars available and such. Thanks for the skoda suggestion but i also thought if it could be something that’s at the same time great to drive, reliable and practical, and good looking
You could buy her a 3rd generation Subaru Justy, it’s got everything you need: adequate power for its very low weight, AWD, a manual gearbox, plenty of space and 4/5 doors. It’s also very reliable like all Subarus. I don’t know about good looking though, but that’s a matter of taste i guess.
Found a few cars that might be interesting, petrol and diesel. I don’t know much about Finnish fuel prices, which is why I am considering both fuels. Neither do I know what part of Finland you’re in, so they’re from everywhere.
Here’s a few I found
NEWER, SENSIBLE STUFF THIS Fiat Grande Punto 1.4 16v THIS Fiat Bravo 1.9 Multijet 120 (with awesome lights) THIS Opel Corsa 1.3 CDTi 90 THIS Peugeot 1.6 HDi 110
OLDER AND MORE ABSURD STUFF THIS Audi Coupe 2.0 THIS Cadillac CTS 3.2 (Imagine the insurance!) THIS Citroen Xsara 2.0 VTS (and plenty of money left over) THIS Citroen C2 1.6 VTS THIS Citroen C4 1.6 VTR THIS Datsun 280ZX THIS Ford Focus 1.6 Wagon THIS Mazda MX-5 1.6
And a million others that I may add at a later date [size=60](as you can tell I am going in alphabetical order)[/size]
id spend my cash on the ecoboost, they are fantastic cars with a fun peppy motor and actually don’t look to bad not to mention the fuel millage which is apparently better then my 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. That would also be an awesome choice. I have the fully loaded 5 spd and I am averaging 39mpg in the city which is higher then the window sticker and around 50mpg highway. plus this engine is still being broke in and fuel millage will get better once it has been broke in
And she said she liked it. Do you think this would be a good choice?
With a quick search i couldn’t find an ecoboost but not a lot of people got those in finland.
Another nice car is the Citroen DS3. I think you could get some of the 155hp THPs for around the 10,000 euro mark.
I have been told that in Austria they can.
Edit: Nevermind, I looked in the site you sent the link, and the THP starts at 14000. 11000 could buy a 85 hp Diesel, which I am not sure is what you are after.
(I don’t read Finnish so this is quite interesting)
The titanium package, if it’s the same as here in the US, adds a bunch of features and options. Again I don’t know if she’d like a diesel but this 2009 seems like a good buy, unless she really likes black. m.nettiauto.com/ford/fiesta/6986080?vifAdCount=1&vifNav=Y#1
With a 10 grand budget the list of possibilities becomes huge, so I think it’s best if she decides what type of car or what criteria the car need to fulfil. With where parents paying the bill I would assume whey would want something more on the sensible side.
10 grand will buy you a anything from a Citroën C1 to a Mercedes-Benz S600 (not recommend ) so figure out how big and comfy you would like the car and how new and how low running costs needs to be, will help narrow the field down again
I cannot stress this enough, A cheap expensive car is an expensive cheap car. Translated into English, that roughly means “Buy a car that doesn’t break often, and is cheap to fix.”
Does CarMax exist in your country? If it does, it might not be a bad idea to look into getting a car from there.
) so figure out how big and comfy you would like the car and how new and how low running costs needs to be, will help narrow the field down again