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My dad has a Toyota Corolla automatic of a similar vintage that still runs great and has never needed any money spending on it at all - pot luck really but as others say that goes for all used cars not just cheap ones.
Would also give a shout out to Skoda Fabias - I've got a mk1 auto from 2006 that has been completely trouble free and a similar one would surely not set you back very much
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Thaks for the advice - been trawling through the pistonheads forums and seems to be the general concenseus that if you know what you're looking for, you can have a cheap runaround that won't burn (too much) of a hole in your lederhosen.
Got my first this time car last year, a 2001 Toyota Corolla with 125k on the clock (Ulez free). Was sold to me as spares or repairs for £995 and ended up spending almost 2k on it in total. Cut to it blowing up on the M20 and sold it for scraps this summer. So I know a thing or two about the potential headaches.
Looking back I did everything you shouldn't do when being a used car. That said, I loved the freedom it gave me and I've been craving it ever since. Now i've saved up a bit, it's time to do it again but this time, fucking properly!