Best used car for around 2k.

[Milzy]

How far's the commute/likely daily use? Reason for question is you are getting very close to these, which are a class apart IMH(and very biased)O:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...c-deposit=449&calc-term=48&calc-mileage=10000

50 mile a day. Is that ok to trickle charge with normal house plug?

 

[Aston]

Someone on a local Facebook page the other day was mocking Fiat 500's, when someone posted about the driver of one being involved in a road rage incident. They said words to the affect of 'No wonder he was raged, with him only being able to afford a Fiat 500'. The thing is, he gave the registration of the Fiat 500 and it was a 2025 model, so that car would've cost a fair packet, as they say. If you can find a Fiat 500 for around 2 grand then give it some thought, as if it's that price it'll most likely be a pre 2015 one, when the 'road tax' will be £35, not about £145 for post 2014 ones. Plus they are in a low insurance group. 😉

They don't last beyond 230,000 miles


View: https://youtu.be/BmnA3_p16T4

 

[Bonefish Blues]

50 mile a day. Is that ok to trickle charge with normal house plug?

It's exactly what I do. You'll add 2.3 KW per hour via granny charger. At this time of year for me that's 7-8ish miles, in summer, 10 or so.

 

[Gillstay]

Skoda Octavia MK3 less than 100k miles.

Diesel or petrol if short commute.

My chum has one of them and its only done 149 k and yet it has no rattles, returns high mpg and tows a caravan easily round France, but a speaker has gone in the door.

 

[Milzy]

My chum has one of them and its only done 149 k and yet it has no rattles, returns high mpg and tows a caravan easily round France, but a speaker has gone in the door.

Very easy to pop door card off and fit speakers though. May as well upgrade them.

 

[Accy cyclist]

They don't last beyond 230,000 miles


View: https://youtu.be/BmnA3_p16T4

Mine's done nearly 86,000 miles, but nowhere near all done by me. I do about 2.75 thousand miles from one MOT till the next. At this hour I can't be arsed to work it out, but let's face it! I'll be lucky if I do another 40 odd thousand miles, before I hand up my car keys forever, so my Fiat 500 should be ok. Considering the above has reached such an amazing amount of miles! 😉

 

[vickster]

How far's the commute/likely daily use? Reason for question is you are getting very close to these, which are a class apart IMH(and very biased)O:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202601028891012?sort=relevance&searchId=92bb845c-1813-4f28-9a12-7d3342b3f234&aggregatedTrim=&body-type=&colour=&fuel-type=&make=BMW&model=i3&page=1&postcode=ox279bn&transmission=&advertising-location=at_cars&fromsra=&backLinkQueryParams=channel=cars&postcode=ox279bn&distance=&minPrice=&maxPrice=5500&make=BMW&model=i3&body-type=&transmission=&colour=&aggregatedTrim=&fuel-type=&max-year=2026&flrfc=1&calc-deposit=449&calc-term=48&calc-mileage=10000

Link doesn't work

 

[Jameshow]

Link doesn't work

BMW i3...

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Link doesn't work

Car has sold since I posted it, but sub 5K BMW i3 search on Autotrader finds similar.

Like this one:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...ransmission=&flrfc=1&calc-selected-product=HP

 

[vickster]

Car has sold since I posted it, but sub 5K BMW i3 search on Autotrader finds similar.

Like this one:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202602069741598?sort=relevance&searchId=99e547e3-d3db-4308-bc24-f863cf0311ad&advertising-location=at_cars&aggregatedTrim=&body-type=&calc-deposit=449&calc-mileage=10000&calc-term=48&colour=&fuel-type=&make=BMW&model=i3&page=1&postcode=ox279bn&transmission=&fromsra=&backLinkQueryParams=advertising-location=at_cars&aggregatedTrim=&backLinkQueryParams=channel%3Dcars%26postcode%3Dox279bn%26distance%3D%26minPrice%3D%26maxPrice%3D5500%26make%3DBMW%26model%3Di3%26body-type%3D%26transmission%3D%26colour%3D%26aggregatedTrim%3D%26fuel-type%3D%26max-year%3D2026%26flrfc%3D1&body-type=&calc-deposit=449&calc-mileage=10000&calc-term=48&colour=&expired-ad=true&fromsra=&fuel-type=&make=BMW&model=i3&page=1&postcode=ox279bn&searchId=92bb845c-1813-4f28-9a12-7d3342b3f234&sort=relevance&transmission=&flrfc=1&calc-selected-product=HP

What'll be the state of the batter after 123k miles and 11 years?

 

[Bonefish Blues]

What'll be the state of the batter after 123k miles and 11 years?

Usually excellent, but of course it should be checked via the 'secret menu'.

BMW battery management tech on the i3 was way ahead of its time, it was a car that was madly over-engineered in general.

I bought mine at 70K and 5 years knowing it had lost 1.8% of capacity - that's a pretty typical figure.

 

[Milzy]

Usually excellent, but of course it should be checked via the 'secret menu'.

BMW battery management tech on the i3 was way ahead of its time, it was a car that was madly over-engineered in general.

I bought mine at 70K and 5 years knowing it had lost 1.8% of capacity - that's a pretty typical figure.

iPhone loses that in a few months.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

iPhone loses that in a few months.

Needs a sophisticated water cooling system for the battery like the i3 really, but would lose a little portability in the process