Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Not sure if I'll get anything yet. I'm a notorious ditherer with stuff like this. I'll happily drop similar money on a bike, but cars and motorbikes worry me - it feels like they're always dangling a financial Sword of Damocles over my head, what with potential repair bills and the like.

Sparky, never ask car people about buying a car. It's like asking about bicycles on the internet.

But since you asked - it sounds like you need nothing more complex than a box with 4 wheels. Either something extremely common like a Ford focus or like the above video, an old volvo.

I know nothing of buying cars in the UK but something similar?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201405063971472/sort/default/usedcars/postcode/n14au/page/1/radius/1500/make/ford/price-to/2000/body-type/estate/maximum-mileage/up_to_80000_miles/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew?logcode=p