Am hoping to shortly be looking for a 'new' car and in the interests of research, I have been looking at Skodas on ebay, autotrader, etc and seeing quite a few of Felicias going for £300 - £600, aged around 1997 to 2000. Now I remember reading that from 1999 they were basically VW so am assuming there is an element of VW reliability. :eek:

Is this the sort of car that would need lots of TLC - i.e. would I have to be mechanically minded? Or is the sort of car that I could put through a service and just top up the oil, etc every now and then?

An example of the cars I have been looking at is:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-Skoda-Felicia-Blue-1-3-LOW-TAX_W0QQitemZ260320825355QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item260320825355&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318

What sort of thing should I be looking for? So far I have been trying to look at ones with either full or plenty of service history, but what else do I need to consider?

For the price i am looking to pay, is it worth getting an AA or RAC vehicle inspection?

Basically I need a 5 door car, suitable for me and my three tall girls. I need something cheap (less than £750 max), cheerful, that's not going to be a huge financial drain on me - low tax would be great. Have had some excellent advise elsewhere, and a recommendation to come here.

Any advice gratefully received - thanks

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Welcome. My advice is to post in the Felicia section.

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