Car question - what`s the best small, cheapest car out there that will still carry a bike?

[toffee]

6 pages and no one has said K11 Micra?!

There's a reason for that.

 

[vickster]

The guy has an R32 golf....seems a big step to a Micra

 

[donnydave]

I've had two trusty little micras, can't fault them. 99% of the time a Micra/Yaris/Jazz will do, it's all most people really need

 

[sheddy]

MrsP's poverty spec Dacia Sandero cost under £6K new. First MOT due this year and it has given trouble free service thus far. Easily carries two racked bikes. We're looking to upgrade to a poverty spec Dacia Duster come the new year.

Please ensure that you order a yellow one...

 

[mustang1]

I've had two trusty little micras, can't fault them. 99% of the time a Micra/Yaris/Jazz will do, it's all most people really need

I had a Micra in '87. Wicked car.

 

[mustang1]

986 Boxster S <£8K

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/porsche/boxster-986-96-04

Wicked handling. Looks like a UFO. Or a frisbee. Awesome engine. You got stick?

 

[Sandra6]

We've practiced bangernomics in the past- got burned badly with the first, £1000 for a mondeo that required a new engine and many other expensive repairs, but weren't deterred. Bought a fiesta for £200 ran it till the shocks gave out and traded it in for a brand new metro which was later written off on the motorway.
Bought a polo that turned out to have a dodgy fuel pipe, lasted less than a month before it was scrapped. The best buy was a fiat panda for £250 with a full years tax and mot that lasted exactly a year before dying spectacularly.
Then we moved over to the new car market and haven't looked back.
You can buy most small cars, for around £150 a month including three years of free servicing. IMO it saves money in the long run and if something does go wrong you've got a dealership to fall back on.
As has been said before you can fit a bike in the back of most cars, if you don't mind fiddling with wheels, or you can mount a carrier for a few extra quid.
We put our two 29ers in the back of a citroen DS.
As for never touching a VW again, our last two cars have been a golf and a polo and we've never had an issue.

 

[Tin Pot]

Wicked handling. Looks like a UFO. Or a frisbee. Awesome engine. You got stick?

Tiptronic, pretty good too - let's me focus on racing lines, braking and acceleration. Sounds amazeballs.

 

[mustang1]

Inside's a challenge, but Porsche does an OE roof rack for bikes.

They call it roof carrying system (or some such).

Edit: got rid of the multiple quote.

 

[mustang1]

We've practiced bangernomics in the past- got burned badly with the first, £1000 for a mondeo that required a new engine and many other expensive repairs, but weren't deterred. Bought a fiesta for £200 ran it till the shocks gave out and traded it in for a brand new metro which was later written off on the motorway.
Bought a polo that turned out to have a dodgy fuel pipe, lasted less than a month before it was scrapped. The best buy was a fiat panda for £250 with a full years tax and mot that lasted exactly a year before dying spectacularly.
Then we moved over to the new car market and haven't looked back.
You can buy most small cars, for around £150 a month including three years of free servicing. IMO it saves money in the long run and if something does go wrong you've got a dealership to fall back on.
As has been said before you can fit a bike in the back of most cars, if you don't mind fiddling with wheels, or you can mount a carrier for a few extra quid.
We put our two 29ers in the back of a citroen DS.
As for never touching a VW again, our last two cars have been a golf and a polo and we've never had an issue.

Did your Fiat fail slowly over time culminating in its ultimate demise or was it a sudden thing?

 

[vickster]

Used Hyundai with 5 year warranty or 7 years with a Kia. Plenty of economical models. Friend recently got a 4 year old i20,with under 30k on clock for under £6k. £30 VED. A year warranty given in addition to the rest of the manufacturer warranty. Dealer said to bring it back just before the manufacturer warranty runs out for a thorough check over to be sure nothing needs doing under warranty. An equivalent Polo/Fabia/Clio etc would have been at least a grand more. It's a good little car that'll easily take a bike with the seats down

 

[Julia9054]

I have a 10 year old Renault Clio (bought 4 years ago after my Yaris fell to bits) It's a pile of poo that rattles horribly no matter what I do to it and fails it's MOT every year. One thing it did come with, though, that has proved to be extremely useful is a tow bar. I bought one of those little scissor action tow bar mounted bike carriers which cost less than £50, takes 5 seconds to put on and lives in the boot.

 

[Sandra6]

Did your Fiat fail slowly over time culminating in its ultimate demise or was it a sudden thing?

It quite suddenly and unexpectedly sprang a leak from the radiator on the York ringroad. Cue several stops to buy water and lots of people gesturing to the river flowing from under us.
It was patched. We drove the 50 mile or so home and parked up to go to the supermarket. The car never started again. We walked home.

 

[LarryDuff]

I'm driving my 5th Clio ( has Renault 5s before). Back seat down, front wheel off and bike goes in no bother. I reckon I could get 2 in.

 

[Crankarm]

I wondered why nobody had mentioned the Fiat Panda. I had been eyeing them up as a starter car for when I move back next year as they are so cheap.

They are so cheap for a reason. They are crap. Buy one at your peril.