The Car Thread

[charlesr]

Can you take cash instead? Then just get whatever you want.

[EvilBoris]

Yeah, pretty much.

I have a ?500 per month allowance, but that gets your f-all from Lex.

[Jamie]

Ours is in a scheme so we never see how much we get, we just get a figure how much the car will cost us per month.

[EvilBoris]

My other option is to "Do a Spatial" and get something a bit slower but just comfy to drive.

[koopatroopa90]

Can you take cash instead? Then just get whatever you want.

My dad and his wife both do this, they recently bought a nice Abarth 500, although I did prefer the twin turbo BMW company car she had before...

[Jamie]

My other option is to "Do a Spatial" and get something a bit slower but just comfy to drive.

I always mean to do this, but when get round to looking I get all caught up and end up getting something quick.

I really like the Abarth Koopa if I didn't need a bit more room I would have loved one of them.

[EvilBoris]

The Quasqais have every gadget under the sun and Vauxhall have got their equivalant coming out soon too which looks ok.

I have a bit of internal stigma that these are "Womens Cars" though which kinda puts me off.

This is the list I will be able to choose from, it's a bit out of date though.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=1zwpxzavW3sWArDof-rt0NGJWx_O7T2vlyh3Gf4suBDxyC66FkPUD8MzHsYDx

[Jamie]

I had a look at the Volvo XC60 R Design, which was a lovely car, they do a low emissions version called the Drive which was fairly reasonable on the system. Nice interior too.

[EvilBoris]

the new V40 looks pretty nice, but I think that in anything but it's most basic form it will be out of my price range.

I like the C30, but I imagine that is due a facelift soon.

[koopatroopa90]

I really like the Abarth Koopa if I didn't need a bit more room I would have loved one of them.

they may as well have not bothered with back seats!

[Soundwave]

Have either if you considered the Leon Fr TDi?
I drove one before I decided on the Golf

Great car drove well was plenty quick enough with 170Bhp & pretty comfy
Only reason I didn't get one was because I was looking at pre '09 Cars (before they switched to the CR Engines) they suffered from a pretty bad Injector fault & also because most of my driving would be round town I'd end up killing the DPF & that is expensive to replace or have it removed so decided agaibst it

New ones don't suffer from the Injector fault

Neil

[Jamie]

I didn't too be honest, i'm sure they're very good but i'm not overly keen on the shape of the Leon, i think i'd have gone for the Golf GTD instead. If i didn't have to order before August i would've waited to see what the new Golf was like and maybe got the GTD version.

[ItsThere]

Boom! Getting an old FTO in 2 weeks. Had some work done on it by the previous owner so it is going to be fun seeing how it performs!

Should be faster than the Mini One I just had whose radiator just EXPLODED completely.

[Kaido]

Sweet. Check out swiftcover for insurance - they sorted me insurance for my newish RX 8 cheaper than the old Ford Puma... although that might have been due to mis-categorising the rotary engine

[Fader209]

Puma power! Not sure how much longer mine will be around with it rusting before my very eyes lol. But yeah, very tempting to buy my brothers Clio now - 2.0 Sport with a ridiculous aftermarket exhaust on it so it can heard miles away. I believe Neil this one is more like the 182 model as he had the 172 Cup a few years back (I swear we have talked about this before too haha). Only thing that is putting me off taking this is I remember the **** load of electric problems the 172 had...we ended up taking out the ECU twice to be sent away and it was located in such an awkward place.