Want to buy a newish car (for UK people)

[Kapitan]

I want to buy a newish car i never ever will buy a brand new one waste of money, drive it off the fore court and youve just lost £600 there and then.

Now im looking for a decent get around and something 2 people can use, not to large and not to big an engine.

i currently have two cars a rover 416si which is a 1600cc engine in it, and a rover 820si which has the 827si engine inside which is 2724cc.

Now ive taken both cars off the road cant afford to run them any more, petrol + insurance in one week comes to more than what either car is worth as a whole!

I want something cheap on parts good MPG and a good price say £4,000.

The rover i use mostly is the 820si it just drinks petrol (one of these days i might plug it into my bank account ) in a week i can use an entire tank £53 worth of juice and heck i havnt even gone that far !

insurance as it stands now is £4,396 per year for this car and its just too much.

Ideal cars:

Ford Focus
Ford Fiesta
Vauxhal Corsa
Ford Escort
Rover 25
Rover 45