On 6 May, 11:39, "Duncan Wood" wrote:
On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:26:23 +0100, MichaelS wrote:
What would you buy if that was all you had to spend on a car? I'm *
thinking maybe a Ford Focus or old Nissan Primera.

Whatever looks like the best buy at the time. & get insurance quotes.

What he said. Once cars have got to that sort of age, the difference
in reliability between 2 cars of the same make and model is likely to
be much more than between 2 different makes.

That said, if I cared more about reliability than performance or
handling, I would look at the korean cars. You are likely to get a
much newer one of them than a european car, and I have only heard good
things about there reliability. And if I was spending that much, I
would not want an old anything unless it was interesting (read fast).
You can get a quite new car (6 or 7 years old) for well under a grand
these days, so there is no point in going old.