suggestions for a new car

shelly

scotsman4th wrote: »

Spend 5k on a tdci fiesta for the wife. Spend another 1k getting your motorbike licence. 19k left? Buy this http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/200936341014961/sort/priceasc/usedbikes/radius/1500/page/1/postcode/ml118aq/keywords/turbo?previous=%2Fsearch%2Fresults%2Fusedbikes%2Fpostcode%2Fml118aq%2Fradius%2F1500%2Fkeywords%2Fturbo%2Fsort%2Fpriceasc%2Fpage%2F1&anchor=advert200936341014961&logcode=p

Spend the last 2k on a good life insurance policy. It'll keep the wife in fiestas forever.

I'd love my hubby to get a Busa. He's having none of it though, has an R1 at the moment and not looking to change it anytime soon.....TBH he doesn't ride it enough......he's a !!!!! summer biker :rotfl:

pinkneonmartini

I know i've already made some suggestions, but i left one out coz i didn't think it was quite what you were after, but if you're looking to turn heads, how about one of these:



Its a PGO cevennes, they do a speedster too, it's essentially an old classic brought smack up to date on the inside, without loosing any of it's looks Porsche even sued PGO coz it was too much like a Porsche 356. Under the bonnet it's essentially a peugeot 206 GTi, but in a much prettier body, and 0-62 in 7 seconds is hardly sluggish, plus 35mpg. New they're pushing the £30k mark, but you can get a pre-reg for £26/27 and a 12/18 month old for £20/21k.

http://www.newhallcars.com/pgo-cars.asp Read the whole review and you might be as swayed as i am

personally i'm really quite in LUST with this one:

http://www.tvr-centre.co.uk/used-cars/view/28378

jaydeeuk1

Looks more like a daihatsu cupen than a porsche imo

pinkneonmartini

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

Looks more like a daihatsu cupen than a porsche imo

lol i know what you mean, but this one atleast is a full size car, some times i really wish i was 4ft2" just so i could have a go in a copen lol

hethmar

No children or pets - free to travel, what about the VW Eos (convertible)? for a bit of fun

davetrousers

scotsman4th wrote: »

Spend 5k on a tdci fiesta for the wife. Spend another 1k getting your motorbike licence. 19k left? Buy this http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/200936341014961/sort/priceasc/usedbikes/radius/1500/page/1/postcode/ml118aq/keywords/turbo?previous=%2Fsearch%2Fresults%2Fusedbikes%2Fpostcode%2Fml118aq%2Fradius%2F1500%2Fkeywords%2Fturbo%2Fsort%2Fpriceasc%2Fpage%2F1&anchor=advert200936341014961&logcode=p

Spend the last 2k on a good life insurance policy. It'll keep the wife in fiestas forever.

Wonder why the owner wants to sell.

AdrianHi

hethmar wrote: »

No children or pets - free to travel, what about the VW Eos (convertible)? for a bit of fun

I did a lot of digging around on this car just over a year ago for my mother.
One of the reasons we passed on it in the end is that VW seem to be unable to sort the roof so it doesn't leak, even when you carry out the regular seals lubrication procedure. I even had a VW technician I know on another forum suggest we look for something else.
Mum got a BMW 120i convertible in the end (she prefered the drive anyway).

kriss_boy

27col wrote: »

I still think that it is pathetic even to ask the question. Much the same as posters on other forums asking what colour they should paint their kitchen. Why should anyone's idea of what constitutes a perfect car, be the same as that of anyone else. Everybody has different requirements, criteria and financial situations. I hope that you find something to suit yourself

What crawled up your...

As the OP said hes looking for suggestions- things he may not have otherwise thought of. Just in the same way my brother asked me what colour my living room walls were painted and I showed him the others I had tested.

Anyway, personally Id go for a 3 series coupe, as good a one as you can get for 25K!!!

gabyjane

Hmm if it were me personally id'e be down the Audi garage getting a TT like this (poss not convertable though)

http://www.autoweb.co.uk/WSCarDetails.asp?cdID=5120484

should be a Audi TT TT Roadster 2.0T FSI (197 bhp) Convertible 2d S Tronic SAT NAV, LEATHER
Stunning in black..ill have one when im about 60 lol!
Good luck with your choice x

hethmar

AdrianHi wrote: »

I did a lot of digging around on this car just over a year ago for my mother.
One of the reasons we passed on it in the end is that VW seem to be unable to sort the roof so it doesn't leak, even when you carry out the regular seals lubrication procedure. I even had a VW technician I know on another forum suggest we look for something else.
Mum got a BMW 120i convertible in the end (she prefered the drive anyway).

Thats a surprise Adrian, my bro in law loves his, ditto my friend. Neither of them have had that problem. May be they have been lucky.