COLLAPSE OF THE BUDGET CAR MARKET - YOUNG DRIVERS STRUGGLING

Hi all
In this video I am talking about how young drivers in particular are struggling to get the hands on cheap cars with the sub 5k market drying up of cars.
With a 75% reduction in cars available in 8 years I talk about what's going on and the possible reasons around it.
I also talk about what cars young drivers should be looking to buy and avoid
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[@rinima858]

Car manufacturers were having a laugh with their price hike during COVID, then people starting to realised their old cars are actually not that bad.

[@MissRochelle-gb5sh]

thats soo true i have a 09 Rx-8 that i love i haven't drove it yet but i know thats what i wanted as a first ride :)

[@testingtimes7924]

Banning new petrol engined vehicles by 2030 is just insane. The country is on it's knees already, financially. There is no way the infrastructure is going to be there to support all these new electric vehicles. Motor manufacturers are being forced to produce electric cars that the majority do not want and probably won't be able to afford even if they did. All of this nonsense, so that some politicians can decieve the public about how virtuous they are. The madness continues.

[@reececollison5101]

No matter what they say, the 2030 deadline is just not going to happen

[@Ian-ei6ut]

Thought they'd pushed this back up to 2035 again to match European deadline

[@reececollison5101]

@@Ian-ei6ut even 2035 still won’t happen 😂

[@testingtimes7924]

@@Ian-ei6ut new "Laws" seem to change regularly as politicians try to save their political souls or push some agenda. Who knows what labour will do once in power?

[@user-wq8kn1vt8t]

Manufacturers are turning away from Electric cars, what will the government do then🤔 Add in Electric cars are about to start paying road tax so won't be as cheap as they say they are. We need to push back on this madness, unfortunately not everyone will agree. Governed by people who have own agenda rather than supporting people who vote them (or as per last couple of PMs) don't vote them in😡😡

[@Alan-gx8gf]

I am 65 and drive a .............2009 Honda Jazz 1.4 ivtec , it has only done 71k miles , second owner , timing chain , no turbo , change Oil every 4k , recently put 2 rear shocks and springs on the rear , undersealed . I do look at newer cars but cannot justify when this one suits me just fine , they have a stigma but I do not care , it's well paid for ! 🤩

[@Kennynwten]

We have got a 2009 honda jazz 1.4 ivtec done 72,000 miles 14,000 miles when i bought it

[@philliplarson3623]

Unburstable car , keep it. I have to OVER maintain a c4 cactus puretech. Needs massive owner interest in the oil changes etc . Twice a year to keep the wet timing belt sweet

[@davidlewis4399]

@@philliplarson3623 Yup thanks to the emission green idiots making cars with loads of tech in and poxy 3 cylinder engines with Turbos. My wife's VW 2017 polo blew at turbo at 4 years old and Aircon compressor a couple of months later. New cars are just expensive unreliable pieces of crap.

[@DarkReaper-or9el]

Keep it my brothers one is at 235k runs like a dream

[@Kennynwten]

@@davidlewis4399 Yes they are complete and utter crap

[@charliecoco2115]

People are hanging onto their cars and not buying overpriced new, hence new car dealers are not getting any PX to pass to auction. Same thing is happening in USA.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

and Australia but we tend to hang on to cars longer as we don't have Englands rust problem. My car is a 1999 Ford and has no rust and i live in suburban Melbourne

[@bighes100]

Cos prices are still ridiculously high and don't reflect the current financial situation. The prices I've seen for 12yr old+ cars is total robbery!

[@markpaul1154]

The amount of stock thats been held by major auction companies and car buying companies like cazzo and we buy any car. Thats where they all are, they are sitting on them and throttling the sales. Up goes the price if you control the flow.

[@reececollison5101]

Cheap small cars like Aygo’s and Peugeot 107’s do seem cheaper than last year now, maybe Cazoo going under has had an effect on it

[@milesfinch]

The government does not want people driving vehicles on the road. Looks at the facts, insurance through the roof, not repairing roads, car types disappearing and drying up, motorcycle prices through the roof.....it all points at wanting less people on the roads.

[@J1M1F]

The government doesn’t control insurance prices…when you adjust for inflation they’re not much higher than they were 15 years ago

[@sidsod1616]

Low emission zones, 20mph limits, low traffic neighbourhood zones, barely used bus and cycle lanes etc.

[@TrumanShow-im2ve]

You need to learn how things work fella. Government/Big Corporations/Media are all the same thing. All owned by the wall kissing psychopaths.

[@milesfinch]

@@J1M1F You keep believing that....;-)

[@ianf397]

@@milesfinch The insurance for my Smart car was £20 LOWER than last year !!

[@user-ux9ll3yk5y]

Im planning on keeping my super low mileage 2010 punto 1.4 evo forever . Il spend whatever is needed to keep it going for the next 10 years.

[@lolitapitpong3826]

Same with my 320d, it’ll probably do 300k miles if I look after it

[@volt8684]

Imagine how many scrappage cars could have been saved. We are throwaway society. My car is 17 yrs old serviced by myself and owned for 8 years. In my peer group I am the only one with an old car. I intend to keep it until I or it expires. Zero rust Citroen Berlingo petrol comfy quiet, practical and reliable. When I was young cars were tired at 60 k and expired at 100 k miles. There’s a Dutch channel on u tube featuring very ordinary cars with 300-1 million miles. To be fair Lee it’s always been heavy insurance the first year and I am 66. A lot more risk nowadays crime and traffic

[@darrenguest2170]

The scrappage scheme was back in 2009, so the cars that were scrapped would have been at least ten years old by that point. These cars would be 25+ years old now, I doubt many would still be roadworthy. However, they sold tons and tons of Hyundai i10s at the time as I seem to recall they were £5,995 with the £2K scrappage discount. I bet lots of these cars are still going.

[@tentacletester1861]

Live on the Wirral at 31 passed my test about 10 month ago because I’m a clown. Vw polo 2.5k insurance, Vauxhall corsa 2.5k, Ford fiesta 2.5k. Driving my mums t rok 3.3k. Got my Ford focus for 7k. My insurance was 1700 quid. How the bloody hell do they expect 18 year olds to turn into well rounded individuals if they’ve nothing to fecking work toward. Price them out of houses price them out of cars

[@tentacletester1861]

I don’t get why we’re making life impossible for them in there teens and twenties

[@bobshee]

All just symptoms of turning everyone back into highly dependant serfs. It's the new way ahead. 15 minute Cities Etc. Watch the movie "The hunger games". Very prophetic!! Glad I'm old

[@lolitapitpong3826]

I was desperate to pass test when I was 17 but quickly realised it’s better to just spend your money on other stuff at that age.

[@markharnett9389]

18 months ago bought my son a 2013 Suzuki Swift 1.2. Have been really impressed. Nice drive, good mpg, cheap tax, surprisingly good for insurance and have had no mechanical issues.

[@robt2151]

As a teenager my first car was a Series 1 Land Rover - cost me 50 quid and the insurance was 50% more. I learnt to maintain it myself, as I have done with all my vehicles in the past 50+ years.

[@chrishart8548]

When was that 1960 ?

[@brianjohnson5789]

even police land rovers get stolen from outside police stations, they are a massive theft risk now, so a completely different ball game

[@jdb47games]

The problem is that modern cars don't lend themselves to home maintenance other than the simple stuff.

[@icks83]

Past 50+ years lol. Cars and insurance have significantly increased unfortunately. Car thefts, values and the push to EV is crippling people.

[@robt2151]

The main point of my comment was to show that insurance has always been disproportionate for young drivers. It's not a matter of damage to your vehicle but rather the damage that you could cause to someone else. With new vehicles in general and EVs in particular being so expensive to repair or replace the potential insurance liability has little relationship to the value of the policy vehicle. Incidentally, that 75 pounds for my first cover represented almost two months' pay so that might put today's prices into perspective.

[@LynGriffiths70]

It's criminal that Car manufacturers can get away with making such shitty engines like the ecoboost, the puretech, also the Ingeniums which are letting go in so many Land Rovers at 5 yrs old leaving customers with huge bills. They should be forced to give a minimun lifespan of 10 yrs or 100,000 miles minimum.

[@VisorView]

Look at the designed to fail DCT and DSG's, Ecoboost, and all the rest. Electronics, DPF's, etc all fail eventually. Stricter MOT's, scrappage? Sub £500 and they are gone.

[@dartermark680]

Absolutely agree. Also, I think they should be forced into providing free vehicle software updates if needed, diagnostics and free replacement parts for obvious design flaw failures. Oh and be forced into designing vehicles so that owners themselves can easily replace basic parts like bulbs/batteries/drive belts etc just like it used to be.

[@simonh870]

The cheap cars are still there, it is just that people are no longer selling them at cheap prices. Instead we have a load of bangers that people want too much for.

[@bighes100]

Yep. Dealers charging at least double the value just cos it's had a good clean & 'service'. Still a sh!t box with issues.

[@philliplarson3623]

@@bighes100yeah sooo much of this happening. I’ve looked at tons of cars . They all have something wrong , British people Chopin them in because it has issues that need a bit of money spending. £4000 often needed for an older car past its prime , that usually needs cambelt service and or suspension bushes due to crap uk roads.

[@davidlewis4399]

I want 2K for my pristine 2.0 Petrol Ford Focus a dealer will wash it and flip for 3.5K

[@simonh870]

@@davidlewis4399 In a lot of cases you also have private sellers asking the same prices as a dealer.

[@snbala]

As a car trader myself, I am finding the cheap end of the car market which was once booming has slowed down, not sure why but I think the car market in general is still in recovery mode. It doesn’t help when people are made to be careful about their money due to increase costs in practically everything. It also doesn’t help when young car drivers have high driving lessons to pay and the insurance to boot. The cheap end of the cars which took a few days to sell are now lingering a few weeks with not much interest, waiting to see if this improves but just got to keep going.

[@Kennynwten]

There has been so vololtility since the pandemic

[@philliplarson3623]

The powers that be (globalists) don’t want the car market to recover! It’s in their grand plan of ultimate control.

[@davidlewis4399]

I could afford a new car but EV's are overpriced crap that depreciate and new cars they are taking the piss to offset the loss they make on their EV's. Also I want a car with buttons and none of this driver assist crap and tablets wedged in the dash. Going to keep my 14 year old Ford with a handbrake and buttons as long as economically viable.

[@robt2151]

@@davidlewis4399 I wanted a runabout for a couple of months - I bought a 12 yo Focus expecting to be its last owner. Ten years later my wife is still using it as her daily driver.

[@cliveprocter3698]

Autocar has done 2 articles on interesting older cars that are being scrapped because they are in the £400 to £735 annual VED. Most are not prob cars that new drivers would buy but there are 100,000s of these being scrapped and removed from the market and their potential owners being driven into the sort of car that new drivers would be buying. Friend recently was offered a really tidy LR Freelander Diesel Auto, he was very keen living in pennine Yorkshire hills. VED £710 made him decline the deal and I think the Freelander was then broken for parts.

[@jlrguy2702]

Couldn't agree more, just got my daughter a 63-plate Nissan juke N-Tec Diesel, first car, 1 week after passing her test, 3k from a garage, but the amount of junk I had to look at was crazy, then the insurance was £3100 with a black box that's now stuck in the window. She got the Juke because she's done well, scholarship from school and then an apprenticeship in engineering, I said she could have the car she wanted rather than just a cheap car with cheap insurance, saying that I couldn't find insurance cheaper than £2400. She's happy at least, but a far cry from my older daughter who we got a car for £800 and insurance for £700, 7 years ago. I think in general, there's a squeeze to get more people off the road, get the cheaper car's off the road, increase the insurance costs = less people driving. Only thing is less people driving the less income the governments gets, the same with less people working.

[@GeoffDecorator]

As a Decorator it's the rule you never pay more than two weeks wages for a car ,first car 42 years ago was a mk3 Cortina for 80 quid ! The car I'm on today I bought 3 years ago a mk6 fiesta cost £1400 so allowing for inflation it's about the same .Been searching around the car sites out of curiosity recently and not much going for less than 1500 today ,no auctions left either near me in Bolton so a bit of a problem for anybody looking for a cheap runner.

[@jdb47games]

£80 42 years ago would equate to about £230 three years ago, not £1400!

[@chiefrocka8604]

Copart pal

[@chiefrocka8604]

Gamble on a grand worth Or there’s G3 now a auction up your way ish

[@wokelefty]

​@@jdb47games wages have risen much more than 287% in 40 odd years.

[@Spadunked]

I'm still running around in an old 2004 Ford Fiesta 1.4 Duratec. Not too many miles on the clock and a great full service history. I've owned it for the last 5 years. Can't really justify getting rid of it because it's been so good to me. I definitely wouldn't want to be shopping in todays market for a 'cheap runaround'. If anybody is looking, I'd say don't be put off by an older car as long as you can have a good look at it and make sure it's not got corrosion and rust issues.

[@carukchannel]

Stick with it, it owes you nothing its basically now pay as you go 👍😁

[@Spadunked]

@@carukchannel That's the way I look at it. Yes, I have to spend a few quid on it here and there but it's still only a fraction of what people in newer cars are losing every year to depreciation. Good video!

[@douglastalbot8031]

Had one of these about 15 years ago, 04 plate 1.4 Zetec five door in Pather black. Engines are bullet proof but watch out for cam cover drains getting blocked as my spark plugs corroded so bad they looked like they had done a 100,000 miles at 12 months old Lol. Great fun changing the air filter ( about 20 screws to split the airbox ). 🤣🤣🤣

[@Alan-gx8gf]

👍👍👍

[@FatHead1979]

@@Spadunked I'm doing the same with my MK2 Focus 1.8 TDCi, spend roughly £300 a year on servicing and bits and bobs. The next big bill will kill it but in the meantime I've got a car that's great to drive and costs me less over a year in maintenance than a single finance payment on something newer and 'nicer'.

[@maddpunx]

I've sold 3 cars to new drivers recently, A Citigo, Aygo and ibiza, the common denominator is they are all really tidy and low milage, and all under 3k, the problem i have is finding them, currently have a New shape KA and a nice 1.4 Corsa but they are getting hard to find.

[@Kennynwten]

yes hard to find is an understatement

[@Kennynwten]

Are those new shape K A s OK MECHANICALLY?

[@maddpunx]

@@Kennynwten Absolutely they use the 1.2 engine not the ecoboom and they don't rot like the old ka, based on the Fiat 500, well specced with aircon etc etc.

[@twiz1084]

Hey Lee, followed you from day one and great to see how not only your KZbin channel has worked out but also your business. Great info as per. Cheers Gary. 👍

[@carukchannel]

Thanks gary appreciate it 👍👍

[@mrwindowcleaner1000]

hii lee I have a Vauxhall agila 1.2 94 bhp what do you think of them. I paid nearly £5000 ayear last April it only had 28000 now I've got 36000 miles on the clock thanks shaun

[@roboliver9980]

I reckon put the feelers out amongst friends and family that you’re looking to buy. You can then offer a better option to px for anyone going to a dealer anytime soon. Vehicle wise this ugly suv craze is literally killing off first car staples like fiestas etc. it’ll be about 15 years till my son wants a car and I wonder if he’ll even have the option.

[@80s_kid.]

My son is 22, just passed his test 4 months ago, i bought him a 2012 Corsa for £2k, his insurance for it is £400 a Month, we live in Manchester. Crazy that the Insurance is costing him more than twice of the value of the car.

[@carukchannel]

Wow ! that's shocking, I know Manchester is expensive to insure a car but that's another level at 22 years old as well

[@chrishart8548]

So £4800 just for insurance then mine is £159 for the year on a 2litre automatic diesel mondeo titanium-x estate 2011

[@pavlospanteliadis6868]

The first car I bought when moved to the UK was a 08 clio for £500…my insurance was £1300..mental

[@bobshee]

Sadly he is insuring his risk of hitting a very expensive car.😮

[@johnny20510]

Corsa's get crashed a lot so the insurance is high. Buy a car that doesn't end up in a ditch as much for lower insurance

[@Suffolkman1961]

With regard to the C1 engine 1.0, I believe that this was a Daihatsu unit, some years ago I owned a 1.0 Daihatsu Charade and I have to say, the economy was fantastic, it was very quick for its size of engine and was completely reliable

[@gamelias87]

3 years ago i paid £900 for a Merc A150 75k miles. MOT fail owner didn't bother to fix. As i do my own work,i got it fixed and MOT'ed. Sold it last month for £1995 after 3 years and 35k miles put on . Cheap cars are valuable and easy to repair.

[@DanielGallivan-qt3fz]

It is expensive Lee but it was no different when I first passed 20 years ago. I had a £1500 clio that was £1600 to insure (third party with my dad as first driver). Unfortunately they just have to suck it up for first year and it soon comes down in years 2 & 3. Had someone not buy a very good Kia Rio from me recently because the insurance was 3k.

[@carukchannel]

Insurance is the killer your spot on, to many deals are lost to heavy insurance premiums for younger drivers

[@saxon-mt5by]

Yes, nothing changes. My first car (60 years ago!) was a £20 Austin Seven - insurance for my first year was £25!

[@dan44zzt231]

Yep my first car back in 2003 was a Corsa B 1.2 and that was £2300 to insure. Just gotta get through the first year problem free and it'll half the following and half again the year after.

[@DanielGallivan-qt3fz]

@@dan44zzt231 and rightly so if we're all honest. Pretty sure I redlined every gear for at least the first 6 months 🙈

[@wokelefty]

​@@DanielGallivan-qt3fzdidn't we just 😂

[@geoffreyrawlings9736]

Loads of great information. THANKS

[@alcorfield1157]

Due to the extortionate prices of newer cars, plus EV range anxiety am hanging onto my 8 year old VW Golf which has 114k on the clock, never let me down and still drives like new.

[@darrenwilson8042]

I scrapped a Picasso and two Scenics in that period - two out of the three were written off by minor body damage and one I just wanted rid of and in the Covid and post Covid times that was more attractive than meeting a wheezing coughing stranger to get just a couple of hundred quid as we were in the period of the unknown. I agree with what you are saying in that as the new ICE vehicle ban approaches if you are sat on a good petrol / diesel it will only appreciate in value. The ban applies to new sales not sale of fossil fuels and frankly if like me you get 50mpg out of a diesel car they would have to make fuel at the pump more expensive than gold to make a fifty grand EV seem a more sensible approach

[@barrybarry6592]

In much of Catalonia people are well off and change cars after their life is done probably 20 years. Image is not an issue

[@peterstanford9720]

Another excellent summary of the market......thanks !

[@SiRhodesDriverTraining]

My first car 30 years ago cost me £250 but cost £777 to insure 3rd party fire and theft. With inflation, I’m guessing that’s around £1300 nowadays.

[@adamanthony7465]

C1 production ended. Fiesta ended. KA ended so where are the cars going to come from in the budget market?

[@reececollison5101]

In ten years or so there won’t be any budget cars for sale, and young drivers probably won’t be able to get insured on anything, not to sound conspiratorial but perhaps it’s part of a plan to try and phase out driving for people

[@adamjones9988]

Research Agenda 2030...that's the plan there will be no budget car market.

[@johnhart6774]

Thank you very informative son 17 just about to start his driving lesson Oh and love your videos please keep them coming

[@craig2907]

Great video. Informative and insightful as a friend’s son’s first car (C1) is loosing power in third gear and is looking for a replacement. Also love your honesty. It’s a minefield for some of us and easy to buy into a nightmare. Just had to replace our lovely 13plate Note ntec+ after a VW transporter came charging down our very steep hill and wrote it off on the drive, all because the muppets didn’t put his handbrake on fully. Fortunately insurance paid out just £200 less than we originally paid and had it four years. Five weeks of hell looking for a replacement though. Your videos helped eliminate some quackery. Stay lucky.

[@CaptCaveman-nn3cn]

Car prices are like house prices, its whatever you can screw out of people by demand. Greed is a key driver for sellers. 10 people are fighting over 2 cars etc... And people are foolish enough to pay.

[@mdog2501]

I had a 2009 1.6 Mégane. Never missed a beat. Apparently the Honda Jazz can be reasonable to insure for younger drivers as not many young people own them, making it less risk (in terms of crashes/claims made against them).

[@martintetlow8657]

As small cars cease to be sold due to the push to SUV that won’t help either.

[@reececollison5101]

It’s only gonna get 10x worse in the coming years, in 10 years time there’ll be hardly anything young drivers can get insured on when all the small cars have disappeared

[@Kiinell]

The cost of living crisis has forced me to hold onto my 08 plate car for 2 years longer than I would have. Fewer under 5k cars are reaching the market, as a lot of us cannot afford to PX and upgrade. I feel sorry for the young first time buyers.

[@Chris12211]

Insurance was expensive back when I passed in the early 2000’s. Had a £800 mk4 Ford Escort and that was £1500 third party fire and theft to insure.

[@liamegan4303]

Hi Lee. It has to be said, but you're a wealth of information mate. Actually getting any of those cars over here in Ireland is impossible, lol. Wicked video again, Lee. 💯👏👏🇮🇪

[@reececollison5101]

In 2017 I bought a 9.5 year old 57-reg Peugeot 107 with just 46k miles for £2200. Today a 9.5 year old car is a 64-reg vehicle, you’re looking at something like £4,500 minimum for a Peugeot 107 with that mileage now!

[@stewartbrown6869]

Great video when you put it like that and true you can see its killing the all motor trade with ins costs to cant go on this way killing peoples lively hoods .

[@iainmacks]

Brilliant review and you have got it spot on with the Aygo, C1, and 108. Another point worth mentioning is these are great cars for the older driver re insurance costs which insurance companies see as a way to fleece Grandad.

[@johnchincotta1qwdb15]

Hi Lee,a very informative video as usual.

[@tardeliesmagic]

Great information,thanks.

[@johngregory5580]

So we're pricing our kids out of home ownership and now out of car ownership as well. On top of that they can't even travel freely around our closest neighbour. We really have done a number on them...

[@wokelefty]

Sounds about right, unfortunately.

[@rascal1956]

Top video, so much useful information. Thanks for the insight.

[@carukchannel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@myyoutubestudio3914]

very good advice, top man

[@IRVisionPrints]

It’s because cars are overpriced right now, I’m seeing 10 years old cars on 100k mikes for 10k, it’s ridiculous

[@robd1339]

To your list I would add the picanto. Had 3 from 2011 to 2017 all of which have been great. Solidly built and very reliable. Also good on fuel and insurance.

[@davidgavin7280]

We were 1 of the buyers he is talking about. Looking for a Fiesta around £4K- £4.5K for my 18 year old lad. The amount of people trying to shift utter shit boxes at the £4K mark was an eye opener. We did find a mint low miler in the end so there are still some diamonds out there amongst the rough.

[@Darkelf7201]

Great and honest reviews there Lee. It's always best to go to someone who knows what they're talking about......Experience is the key :)

[@carukchannel]

Thanks 👍

[@dunnockdan]

Bought a 2008 Vectra 1.8 petrol SRi, 3 years ago (saved it from scrap from a dealer, stuck around the back, dents all over it and it was looking very sorry for itself) for £1000. Stuck a cambelt on it and a pump, and a wheel bearing and its done 40,000 miles since. We live in such a throw away culture its sickening in all honesty, will keep this until it decides to depart, then look at a Insignia.... petrol of course.

[@carukchannel]

Cheap motoring 👍

[@MrGrtx]

great video lee i got my daughter and granddaughter both a c1 mk2 1.0 they are great little cars both are cat s had all front end parts stolen off them so written off but lot cheaper to buy.Thanks

[@MrRedfreds]

Great informative video thanks. You should do a video regarding vans, best-junk. Thanks.

[@HA05GER]

When i passed my first car was 250quid back in 2010 and everyone fronted their insurance. All my mates including myself were on their mums insurance. Companies have really cracked down on this now. So young drivers dont have a choice. If insurers could afford to do it cheaper this way then obviously they are price gouging people.

[@oww6467]

I agree withEverything you said. Great advice

[@carukchannel]

Thanks

[@QBALL-77]

I pretty much agree with you. It’s almost the exact same advice I give..... except Peugeot 208 Diesel.

[@Aircooledflat4bug]

The early mk2 Jazz 2008-15 (auto gearbox models), in the UK only, came with the awful I shift (semi auto) instead of the CVT auto. It was rubbish and not as reliable as the CVT. Honda switched back to the CVT about a year later. Generally they are super reliable, but like all japanese cars they do like to rust.

[@darrenguest2170]

Very timely video as my daughter is 17 in two months time and I am starting to look at cars. As you say, insurance is the killer, I am looking at between £2K and £3K fir insurance for a leafy Surrey postcode. Top of the current list is the Hyundai i10/ Kia Picanto as these seem to be the cheapest for insurance. I did consider the VW UP/Skoda Citigo/Seat Mii but I am seeing lots of early cars with rust around the filler cap like the old Ford KAs. I like Renaults so the Clio is another contender, but the insurance seems to be higher than the i10/Picanto. As you say, the 1.2 is an old, reliable engine, I am steering away from the 0.9 TCE. I was also considering the Dacia Sandero, but again the 0.9 TCE is putting me off. Would love the later 2013 on Clio as these still look really modern, but they are just out of budget compared to the previous model. I think avoiding anything older with a 3 cylinder engine is the key.

[@davidmarshall5596]

Bang on about the no 1, have a 63 plate C1 1 litre no tax, cheap insurance, absolutely brilliant to drive,simple cheap motoring, if anyone out there is looking at these C1,107,Aygo, i DEFINITELY RECOMMEND 👍

[@gordonhickson7524]

Great video

[@joshwilliams0391]

I’m 33 and I think my age group was the last to get bangers aged 17. It just doesn’t happen anymore. There are some kids whose parents are well off and they get a new or nearly new car straight away but the days of kids paying for it all themselves are gone.

[@tomoreilly9932]

Think there's a lot of uncertainty in the new car market,bans, no bans, extended bans, everyone is confused, so I think people will hold on to older cars until they know for sure what future car ownership will look like.

[@user-sf7kl9uh7k]

Sweet guy, not greedy just telling it like it is.

[@courtneywatts8389]

I really think there needs to be a cap on insurance. Prices are too high.

[@thelikesofus324]

This is exactly my experience, trying to find a decent 1st car for my 19yo Son to buy.

[@leegorman8322]

Mazda 2

[@chrishart8548]

​@@leegorman8322or a fiesta basically the same think

[@volt8684]

I bought my daughter newer shape 2010 a1.0 yaris 11 yrs ago 60 mpg cruise at 70 and 100% reliable. Wasn’t on hers or my radar but 35 tax and cheap insurance. Done 80 k in it since she had it now emigrated to Oz and has bought one there. No mate envy but bloody good cars. 4 new tyres lasted 40 k after rotation incredible functional car

[@tiguanman1170]

My daughter has a 1.4 Fiesta Zetec. The insurance is lower for the 1.4 than the 1.25 and the 5 door insurance is lower than the 3 door. She's had it nearly two years and the trade value on the insurance has doubled and it would cost much more now than what we paid for it.

[@TheWebstaff]

Buy them an RC car and a push bike.

[@benmarley3086]

I’m 19 and I paid £1200 for a mk2 Clio back in 2023. Insurance was £2000 for a year, I’ve had the car for a year and then bought a mk1 mx5 for £2700, insurance was £1300 for the year. Not too bad considering the horror stories I heard. And the mx5 is tons of fun

[@davidlewis4399]

Will be interesting when all they can buy in the future is a 60K plus secondhand EV !!

[@ghost70]

love my 2011 1.4l Vtec Jazz last of the good shape. On 120k and original everything other than 1 failed brake calliper.

[@George-yh7or]

I’ve got a hdi peugeot and it’s brilliant for reliability

[@martingaunt599]

Fantastic Now what about a top 10 Automatics. Or would it be the same these days. I loved my French cars but the Auto gear box;s were bad. The best auto box was an Astra 2006. It is still in the family and on the road. I had it for 7 years until early this month about 130K on the clock.

[@at0micsheep]

Just bought a C1 today. But it was like finding a rare gem. So few options here especially through dealerships who only sell £5000+ here. Insurance is a killer too, £7000 per year for an old Punto, £5000 for a Fiesta 1.0l .

[@FatHead1979]

Jesus Christ, for insurance to be that bad, where do you live, inner city Bradford? (or Birmingham)

[@fontana6394]

The scrapage thing started it all, there has been a major shortage of cheap car ever since .

[@windowgleamcleaningservice3994]

Hi on one of your previous videos you mentioned that you had a podcast. Can you tell me where to find it 👍

[@adamfleming5206]

Mazda 2 1.3? Just picked up a 62 plate for my lad. Brilliant car.

[@carukchannel]

Yes decent little car to be fair although can get a little rusty underneath the Mazda's

[@rickysingh5641]

Hi lee im thinking of joining a bca account and bidding online and travelling all over to collect. I should be able to source 3 a month like this in regards to the aygo 107 c1s i can undersrand the risks of online bidding but this seems a good way of getting a car below cap and as a first timer in your other video best to focus on these types of cars and leave some spare in the pot for any comebacks

[@juxty3102]

Before Covid you get a 9 to 10 year old supermini type car with 60 to 70K miles for under £3k now it's £5K and over.

[@carukchannel]

Agree the prices have never really came down to pre covid levels

[@chrishart8548]

What I thought was a £1k car turned into a £3k car after covid.

[@Answersonapostcard]

Before lockdowns.

[@dmc9487]

Maybe wrong but I believe Toyota didn't entertain the 1.2 engine in the Aygo. Just the 1.0. Interesting video. Would of never of thought that the Megane & the Note would be on that list. Great content, thanks for the videos.

[@reececollison5101]

Yup you’re absolutely right. When Toyota/Peugeot/Citroen bought out the second gen Aygo/108/C1 in 2014 Toyota refused to put that 1.2 puretech in the Toyota’s. Says it all really, avoid the early 1.2s like the plague, they’re utter garbage

[@SimonWebbRCandModellingChannel]

@@reececollison5101 My 67 plate 108 1.2 Puretech is a lovely car! Engine very strong!

[@Cotictimmy]

I just bought a five grand diesel C-Max. The dealer gave me £300 for my old 2007 C-Max (Which had 110,000 miles and was running sweetly.) I could have sold it as a runner but simply part exchanging saved me lots of hassle. I will check after August to see if it has had its MOT renewed or been scrapped.

[@russax1373]

My first car in 1990 was a Nissan Micra 1.0L. I was 21 and my insurance was £800 then.

[@matthewjenkins1161]

The emission zones like London's ULEZ and another dozen towns and cities around the UK, has decimated the market for cheap cars. Those living in affected areas scrapped many great cars, just because they were pre-2016 diesels. Then they looked across the UK and hoovered up compliant petrol cars. Remember for a decade or so prior to dieselgate, the majority of new cars sold were diesel.

[@rayeverett8501]

My neighbour just sold me her Octavia estate 2008 1.9 diesel auto with 64k miles for £1200. Intended for my daughter who has just past her test in an auto. Unfortunately the insurance was £3000. I now have an Octavia on the drive!

[@rodpanhard]

My best cars were always around the £400 mark, there used to be a paper calld the Supermarket that had a used car section and there was always an old Corolla or Camry that was up for sale becasue some old pensioner had got too old to keep driving and these were great cars to buy. The scrappage scheme did for these. Sad to think £4-5K is now considered a cheap car.

[@safdarrizvi9885]

I was at the budget car auction of Aston Barclay Wakefield on Wednesday and what should be cheap cars were going for more than they normally do.Also the cars going through looked rough.Disappointing as i was looking for a small car for myself.

[@cccenturion4480]

I've got a cheap car. I won't be selling it anytime soon as it's reliable and cheap to run. Mainly because if I sold it, what would I replace it with? 2011 Suzuki Alto, not pretty and zero street cred, but group 4 insurance, £20 tax, 55+mpg.

[@nicholaswilliams4532]

Motor manufacturers don’t want a small car going down the production line with low profit margin when that space can be taken by a suv with a big margin , I remember an interview with Ford ceo when he was reported to say they had to stick approx the same number of semiconductors and computers in the small car as the big car so why bother

[@robertstrong6317]

You can buy the c1 for 1000 - 1500 in Scotland, maybe cars a bit cheaper here One on sale near me for 950, 90k miles, year mot

[@cookingtravelfood329]

Your a natural Lee 👌

[@cabottaxi]

Fiat 500 2009, friend had a 2009 with only 15000 on the clock. Rear axle needed changed. Someone bit their hand off to buy it after it was repaired.

[@ianfaulds8799]

The insurance companies as usual are greedy. They should be encouraging the younger driver cause their gonna drive for years. Instead they want astronomical prices. I won't pay them for my kids. So although they've passed their test thy haven't a car . All because of insurance companies pricing the youngsters out of the market. Limited thinking.

[@carukchannel]

Agree, and governments love putting up insurance premium tax every year, that silent increase that hits all motorists premiums

[@GT380man]

It’s entirely deliberate. Go up a couple of levels and you’ll see insurance is part of global finance. These corporations are ALL lined up with WEF/UN and The Great Reset. Their goals include 15 minute cities and stripping the poorer in society of privately owned powered transport. So, my opinion is that Mistakes Were Not Made. There are no coincidences where we’re talking about major trends that go against personal freedom.

[@chrishart8548]

Was there any point in even passing the test

[@ianfaulds8799]

Yes of course the thing to do for them was to pass the test. Even if they don't drive for 5 years, it's a no pressure situation to pick it up again. And then they'll be over 21 so hopefully a bit cheaper.

[@dan44zzt231]

My mate just got his own car for the first time at 36 and was still paying £1600 😩

[@blowduke]

Usually change mine every 4 years keeping it another 4 the prices are silly

[@GrahamGroovyUK]

I also blame cheap finance for the shortage. How many ended up with high spec German cars who would normally have gone for a Fiesta or Corsa? I did note that the Suzuki Swift and Celerio were missing from the list (And the slightly bigger Baleno) All great value. Vauxhall Viva missing too :(

[@starting_rascasse]

I also think that number of scammers on those websites that you might have trusted in the past has forced the buying public towards dealers. But with dealers now having to (rightly) adhere to consumer rights legislation, and the costs associated with preparing cars to that level, the actual selling price of any car from a reputable outlet is at least £1500 for even the oldest of cars. The days of Arthur Daley are, in the most part if you do your due diligence, a thing of the past, but so are those prices.

[@marksenior9220]

Daughter has a 1.2 KA 63 plate. Bought may last year as a cat s repaired. 1st year was £150 per month to insure, 2nd year is £110 per month. Nothing is cheap these days.

[@user-ux9ll3yk5y]

I was paying that 20 years ago on a nova .

[@54356776]

That is cheap for insurance.

[@alanpatterson2759]

Change the oil according to the manufacturers spec or half the time and you won't have any bother with chains. They simply don't do it that simple.

[@jamesharbison7951]

In your review of the best cars to buy you didn't mention the Suzuki Swift....what are your thoughts as I have a 14 plate full service history Suzuki and 59000 on the clock. What value would you put on it in VGC. Cheers Jim H

[@Pumpkinhead77]

I'm 46 and I want a C1.