£35k to spend on a car ....what would you choose..

Gloomendoom

EssexExile wrote: »

Therein lies the problem, I was looking at the BMW website the other day & it said I could get the car in grey, sparkly grey, a different grey, dark grey, very dark grey (black), light grey, very light grey (white), sparkly very light grey, cack brown or blue. Where have all the colours gone?

Cack brown and blue are a surprise to me. I thought German cars only came in 50 shades of grey. I think it is the law over there.

NBLondon

I was playing with the Volvo configurator at the weekend and the options were White, Black, Silver, one Blue and 3 Greys. A mid-blue, not Navy surprisingly. I can only guess that resale value is still such a big driver that more interesting colours don't sell well except on small "fun" cars. Which is a shame - I'd like a strong metallic maroon (like Jaguar Morocco Red) or a proper dark brown (like Land Rover Bournville Brown) to stand out. Even Indigo Blue and Forest Green are disappearing.

Why was I looking at Volvos? The XC40 is launching this week and if you go to your dealer on Thursday for the launch party - there's a chance to win one. Comes in at about £35K as it happens.

BeenThroughItAll

LandyAndy wrote: »

Looking at Autotrader suggests you could possibly get three of them for your £35k. That would give you a better than even chance of having at least one working all the time.

True enough! I'd probably only buy the one though, find a really nice one for 15-20K and keep the rest for the inevitable repairs...

Loanranger

Merc C class. Used.
Go to YouTube to watch Mercedes 'how to' videos. Car !!!!!! IMHO. Interiors are works of art.

Clive_Woody

missile wrote: »

I would buy a red one :beer:

That's what I did.

I pick it up on Friday. A red Skoda Octavia 245 vRS. Cost less than £35k too :money:

missile

EssexExile wrote: »

Therein lies the problem, I was looking at the BMW website the other day & it said I could get the car in grey, sparkly grey, a different grey, dark grey, very dark grey (black), light grey, very light grey (white), sparkly very light grey, cack brown or blue. Where have all the colours gone?

I blame it on "50 shades of grey"

missile

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Cack brown and blue are a surprise to me. I thought German cars only came in 50 shades of grey. I think it is the law over there.

Not all :j>>>>

harz99

A Rover P5b in any of BRG, maroon or navy blue would do me just fine.