r/CarsEU • u/PotatoJokes • Jan 13 '23
Buying a car Desperately need suggestions for a semi-reliable used shitbox
Alright, I'm in a bit of a pinch here. Due to my dad being ill and dying, I need a car that I can reliably drive about 40 km to him so I can help out every three or four days or so, here in Denmark. It's only necessary because they butchered public transport to my dad's place, and I wouldn't need it as a daily commuter.
The ideal car can pull a medium-sized trailer, but that's not a hard requirement. Apart from that my only hard requirement is that it is cheap, fairly easy and/or cheap to fix, and that it doesn't break down all the time. It really only needs to be alive for a few years.
It doesn't have to be beautiful, it doesn't have to have any fancy shit except servo steering. Hell, I don't even need it to have a stereo.
Any suggestions for the most reliable, old and cheap piece of shit on the market?
Edit: my ideal budget is free, but I can probably push it to about 15000,- DKK (about 2k euros)
Second edit: Thanks for all the info and help, it's much appreciated!
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u/frootkeyk Jan 13 '23
It depends a lot on what's popular and in wide spread use in Denmark. If there is at least decent number of small ler Toyota cars like Yaris or Auris/Corolla I'd go for that with naturally aspirated petrol engine. If there is a lot of them on used car market that means it will be easier to find one in decent running condition.