I recently bought an old one 2004 to get the wife driving again after a work injury a few years ago and ongoing health problems stopped her driving,so wanted a small auto. Other than that i would have kept our old diesel pug with nearly
200k on it which other than a battery had been 100% reliable for 6 years we had it.
Lot of money for an old car but if compared to an auto polo was saving about £100 a year on tax,and then saving on cambelt change.The autos seemed few and far between and seem to hold value pretty well?
I checked mot history and the only advise it ever had was for a SCRATCH! on windscreen,i could only get the dealer down £50(it was previously a few hundred more apparently) but i personally hated pretty much every minute of trawling car adds and whilst i would have liked it cheaper i couldn't be arsed to keep looking as i wanted a car asap and it seemed a good car with only 53k miles,honda service history, it was 10 times better than the other one i looked at day before from some dodgy Romanian dealer (serviced by quick fit and national tyres,jerky gear box, mirror fell off before end of rd,abs light on even though new mot 2 days before) which was only a couple of hundred cheaper.
It has had a bit of a misfire and technically i have a 3 month warranty but i like the car and as he is 70 miles away and likely to tell me to bring it back i haven't even called him. The plug gaps were too big adjusting them put it right and i have new ones to go in.
Guess i am just the perfect mug punter for the average car dealer
I am pretty impressed by it to be honest,feels real solidly built,no rattles or shaking over bumps.The scooter style auto seems weird to start with but soon get used to it.