Buying my cousin a first car? budget 10 000€

[Leonardo9613]

Another nice car is the Citroen DS3. I think you could get some of the 155hp THPs for around the 10,000 euro mark.
I have been told that in Austria they can.

Edit: Nevermind, I looked in the site you sent the link, and the THP starts at 14000. 11000 could buy a 85 hp Diesel, which I am not sure is what you are after.

[nialloftara]

(I don't read Finnish so this is quite interesting)
The titanium package, if it's the same as here in the US, adds a bunch of features and options. Again I don't know if she'd like a diesel but this 2009 seems like a good buy, unless she really likes black. http://m.nettiauto.com/ford/fiesta/6986080?vifAdCount=1&vifNav=Y#1

Or if she wants a more sporty car here a slightly older st with around the same KMs http://m.nettiauto.com/ford/fiesta/7039238?vifAdCount=30&vifNav=Y

[T16]

With a 10 grand budget the list of possibilities becomes huge, so I think it's best if she decides what type of car or what criteria the car need to fulfil. With where parents paying the bill I would assume whey would want something more on the sensible side.

10 grand will buy you a anything from a Citroën C1 to a Mercedes-Benz S600 (not recommend ) so figure out how big and comfy you would like the car and how new and how low running costs needs to be, will help narrow the field down again

Not that a Fiesta isn't a fine choice.

[Jakgoe]

Mercedes-Benz S600 (not recommend )

I cannot stress this enough, A cheap expensive car is an expensive cheap car. Translated into English, that roughly means "Buy a car that doesn't break often, and is cheap to fix."

Does CarMax exist in your country? If it does, it might not be a bad idea to look into getting a car from there.

[Weasel]

Oh, new budget.. cool..

How about

Audi TT

BMW E46 Coupe

Alfa Romeo GT

or

VW Scirocco

[Noporian]

The thing is, looking at this german site just makes me jealous of how cars are so much cheaper there.

And no there's no carmax here.

[nialloftara]

Cheap enough to warrant a trip and legal wrangling to get it registered in your country?

[Noporian]

Well if i went to germany and got one of those, i'd have to register it here which would mean i'd have to pay a hell lotta tax unless i drove around a lot with it before coming back because then it'd be considered a moving car.

[Jakgoe]

Well if i went to germany and got one of those, i'd have to register it here which would mean i'd have to pay a hell lotta tax unless i drove around a lot with it before coming back because then it'd be considered a moving car.

Could you clarify what a "moving car" is?

[Kubboz]

I believe he means a car that is considered by law not to be bought with intention of importing it to Finland, but with an intention of driving it in the foreign country (and then taken to Finland with the owner moving to Finland)

[NormanVauxhall]

Toyota Yaris or Corolla/Auris.

[Noporian]

Yes, a moving car is a car that is counted as a car that by law isn't considered to be importing, but the car is used for moving from that country.