Choosing my next car

w00519772

I never find choosing a new car easy (there is so much choice). I have owned a VW Golf 2.0 GT TDI Diesal for the last three years. I now live very close to work so I want to swap it for a petrol model (I only did 7,000 miles in the last 12 months).

I am a single 33 year old man, so i think a three door hatchback would suit me. I am interested to hear what other single men in their thirties drive.

I have about £8,000-£9,000 cash to spend on a car. I guess I could get a loan for a few thousand if the right car came along. I like Golfs but I am a little dubious with all information released about the emissions scandal.

force_ten

w00519772 wrote: »

I am a single 33 year old man, so i think a three door hatchback would suit me. I am interested to hear what other single men in their thirties drive.

BMW M3 it is the only car in the world worth buying

straighttalker

What's wrong with your current car?

Marktheshark

A bit of EU legislation creeping about looks set to ban diesel cars from city centres outright.
Worth keeping an eye on, if passed that will really change the future for diesel cars if you have to stay out of a 3 KM exclusion zone from the city.

force_ten

Marktheshark wrote: »

A bit of EU legislation creeping about looks set to ban diesel cars from city centres outright.
Worth keeping an eye on, if passed that will really change the future for diesel cars if you have to stay out of a 3 KM exclusion zone from the city.

that will be awesome, so they are going to exclude every Taxi every lorry every bus and around half of the cars from the city sound like a great move

ffacoffipawb

Alfa Romeo Giulieta or the smaller Mito. Beautiful cars.

gilbert_and_sullivan

Why are you worried about VW fiddling the figures, our government have been doing the same and lying openly through their crooked teeth for all the years i've been alive and we're still here.
Just buy what you fancy, it only has to please you.

If i was single and 33 years old again ( i wish) with £9k to spend i wouldn't entertain another boring shopping trolley ( don't anyway), i don't know maybe a Merc E500 Caddy STS or fast Scooby something individual worth calling a car, one to enjoy...all too soon some significant other will want to change you (most do, why i haven't a clue) and the first thing to go will be the car, then you'll be back in boring hatchback world with no option wishing you'd taken the chance when you had it.

The views expressed here are not necessarily the views of your new management..;)

usefulmale

If you do so little mileage, why are you wanting to tie up so much money on a car?

Yolina

w00519772 wrote: »

I am interested to hear what other single men in their thirties drive.

Why should you care about what others your age drive? Just pick something that you like and suits your needs. You'll be the the one driving it, not someone else.

macman

Petrol Golfs will be entirely unaffected by the emissions cheat scandal.
Why opt for a 3 door model, at resale a 5 door would be far more in demand surely?

wba31

In direct answer to your question, I am 31 in Jan, currently drive a 2.2 diesel Civic but only do 7k miles a year - much like yourself.

I am looking at Skoda Octavia Estate, Skoda Superb Estate, Volvo V60 - all with petrol engines. But i am married with a 6 month old son, so want something reliable but spacious.

Why not look for something a little fun, but similar to what you have? Golf GTi, Octavia VRS, Leon FR or something? Or the Alfa's as mentioned above?