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I thought you were after a cheap??
my first house cost me that.As aforementioned, £10k was my budget, which is reasonably inexpensive but still enough that I'm not sifting through the dregs and dross.
The last car I bought before this cost me £72,000...
So, just to get this straight, Kia and Hyundai are very good, but most others vary from OK to crap on the electrical front. Anything else which is good? Just curious because I was wondering about switching to one of the EcoBoost Fords, later this year perhaps, and a bit of inside knowledge from the trade is a useful thing.Looking at what comes into my workshop for electrical issues, I'd stay away from:
Anything French
BMW
Be wary around Ford, many are ok but its 50/50 as to whether you get a good or bad one
Fiat, I have a soft spot for these, easy to fix but always playing up with a niggle or ten
Kia and hyundai seem to be very good
Nissan are another hit or miss but are usually ok
Mercedes OK but can be pricey
Toyota ok
Mazda, rust rust and more rust
Vauxhall, meh....
Dacia despite their Renault underpinnings are actually OK. (rust!!!)
There are very few banger territory cars left and the tidy ones will be written off very quickly as parts become unavailable or prohibitively expensive. Car manufacturers want to sell you new and can't be bothered with older models as recent as 67 plate. The war in the Ukraine has cut off electronics supply for many as well
THEN there is the chip shortage, this has severely restricted the supply of new cats, parts etc, pushing the price of 2nd hand cars through the roof
Later equipment needs recalibration after something as simple as a new windscreen. Headlight replacement can be as much as £3k and so on...
So find something with H7 bulbs, indirect injection and a radio cassette