Newer Cars!?

[Niall]

My auntie has a 59 plate focus and that shat its power steering pump at around 20k miles
My recent 06 astra that i bought (now sold) was full of problems so dont think spending x amount of money will result in 100% reliablility

Also as said before live within you're means!
Forgive me if im wrong here but you come accross as a bit spoilt i.e no job but still want to be driving nice cars with high spec, you are going to get a massive shock when you join the real world like the rest of us, if you didn't live with you're parents right now with no job you wouldn't be worrying about if a car has cruise/leather you would be worrying about you're next meal.

I do understand about having a nice reliable car with nice toys but dont we all? The fact is most of us can't afford hence why we have 306's which with good servicing and general maintenance provide just that with the added benefit of looking far superior to other cars in their class

Imo don't borrow a large amount of money to buy a new car, borrow a little to get the golf fixed or just go out and buy a new car with the money you can actually afford to spend.

Just my 2ps worth

Wouldn't say spoilt, I worked really f*cking hard to get the money together for the silver Golf (before everything went completely to shit that was), then sold that and only had to put a tiny bit more towards the blue one, adding a couple of hundred quid to each car after selling it is how I managed to get better cars, Im not used to losing a tonne of money on a car like I have this time tbh.

Driving/cars is the only thing I like/spend money on (except obviously food) if I don't spend money on that and drive an old shitter that really isn't nice (106NAD for example) then I don't really have anything left, as daft as that probably sounds to you guys.

Unfortunately, in February, I got some inheritance, and could do what I'd been wanting to do for ages and couldnt afford it, which was mod the golf for more power, that was a mistake, fun while it lasted but no modded car is reliable, look at any of the big power DTs on here for example, but anyway we live and learn, hopefully.

I can't live within my current means, it simply isn't possible, becasue as I said, living where I do I need a car to get to town to look for jobs/get food/help my Nan's out etc etc. And a car with 60mpg+ was perfect for that.........until it failed of course. And I even said a few weeks back to several people in the chatbox, I need to get rid of it for a HDi while theres still value in it, becuase if anything breaks I can't afford to fix it. People kept telling me I had plenty of time....they were wrong lol.

I don't think you do understand the reliablity thing to be honest, trusting a car to get me home when needed is what I need to get over some of my problems, rather than a car that is likely to have a major breakdown at any point, leaving me stranded somewhere.

And as Ive already said, I can't afford to fuel the cars that I can afford to buy, this is the predicament I'm in.

But Tom as lots of people have said, a modern car is in no way more reliable than something 10 years old. people are under an illusion that if they buy a new car, it will be fine and will never break down once. My girlfriends dad is the same. He buys a 3-4 year old car every other year because "if there any older than that, they become unreliable" he also thinks that over 80k is too high mileage....so he's got a newish avensis.....it's broken down several times now and there he is saying I should get rid of my 306 that's old and unreliable....neither of which have broken down except for running out of fuel and a clutch which had done 90k anyway