Does the thought of taking the plunge on something sub-£1000 scare you? If so, perhaps you’d be more comfortable spending a grand more. Doubling your bangernomics budget might seem extravagant, but it does open you up to a world of modernity. Well, relatively speaking, of course.
How about a BMW 3 Series Touring, then? While £1000 will find you a halfway-decent 318i or 320i, £2000 is plenty enough to get you into a pre-facelift six-pot with reasonable miles and a solid history.
What’s more, of the cars you could find more easily within your £1000 budget, £2000 will open up mint examples – one-owner, low-mileage cars that, given ten years or so, might well be worth something were they wrapped in cotton wool.
Take, for example, the Ford Puma: rather…
