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- Your Budget: 70,000 ideally (keeping 30k for maintenance and mods) or can be streched to 1.2L with no room for maintenance and mods (except for regular service)
- New or Used: Used
- Your Location: Lucknow
- Top 5 Priorities: Low and cheap maintenance, reliability, safety if possible in this budget, fun to drive, comfort
- Monthly Running: 250-300 KMs
- Fuel Type: Diesel preferred (for turbo diesel torque)
- Purpose Type: Regular Use
- Seating Capacity: Will be used solo, so 4 seats max?
- Segment Type: Any segment
So due to recent development in my life, I need a cheap beater car that will be used primarily by me. My primary commuter is my bike and this car will be used only during rains or sunny days (probably 12 days a month, totalling around 250KMs per month. May take it for long drives of 300 KMs once a month. I need a Chiller AC for obvious reasons, Car must be reliable and cheap to maintain, can't afford 5 digit repair bills every now and then. Should be a bit fun to drive (my other car, ford freestyle spoiled me), if possible, ABS and airbags? maybe asking too much.
I've considered following options:
1. Tata nano
likes:
- price: a decade old models, selling for 35-50k, newer twist models with PS at around 70k
- cheap to maintain (this is an assumption)
- Dull to drive
- Associated image
- Small wheels means those once a month highway trips best travelled at 70kph
2. Fiat punto 1.3 diesel
Likes:
- Looker, newer evo models look best but older punto also looks hot to this day
- 1.3 Diesel was fun enough in swift, when turbo spooled up (never drove punto)
- Low resale value of fiat means its accessible to my budget.
- Fiat ASS is totally unknown to me. I feel its going to be expensive car to maintain. but then again, my usage is very less (4000-5000kms per year) and i'll own the car for 2 years max.
- Prices hover around 85k to 1.2L for a decade old models with around 80,000 on odo. Never cars are out of budget.
3. Chevy beat:
Likes:
- Looks smart to this day
- Being a spark owner myself, parts procurement so far hasn't been an issue, but future is unsure.
4. Alto (~2010 model)
Likes:
- Every mechanic is familiar with this, cheap MGP parts
- bland to look and drive.
Suggestions will be appreciated.