Well my parents said they'd buy me a (cheap ****ed up) car if I passed matric(final year of school) and now it's almost time for me to get my results and seeing as I'm 100% sure I passed I've started looking around.

Thing is I don't exactly know what to look for or what cars are proven to be reliable. The smart thing to do would be to buy what every new student is driving because that's the cheapest to fix. (Which atm is a tie between VW Golf and Opel Corsa Lite).

Here are some options:

(I'm not exactly sure if you can view them, they are from a South African website)

Oh and also my limit is like 16-17 thousand Rand but I'm sure I can push them to get up to 20.

I think R1 = 7 or 8 US$

Opel Astra 1.60i E

I would love to drive an Astra.

This one's probably a bit out there but I would so drive something like this.

1800 VW Jetta CSX

Not sure why this Jetta is so cheap, it looks like it's in fair condition.

Honda ballade 150i 16valve doch shape

I really like the look of this car and I hear Honda Ballade's never break and should they - it's cheap to fix.

1980 Ford Escort 1600 sport

I would love to buy this car and fix it up. The old Escorts and even the XR6 speak to my soul. I would make it blue and put white racing stripes on it.

Meh, don't know if I would drive a Uno