There was me thinking you'd be suggesting something like this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1285178.htm
Pretty and should give her an "interesting" ownership experience
Whats an "interesting" small car?
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There was me thinking you'd be suggesting something like this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1285178.htm
Pretty and should give her an "interesting" ownership experience
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I saw the boot hatch thing, i can't see it being easier to put shopping in, infact slightly more difficult than a normal boot.
Plus it hardly good looking, i guess a girl could see it as cute though, it is a very girly shaped car.
Could always suggest an alfa of some kind if she has money to burn on fixing stuff or doesn't do many miles?
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[TW]Fox;15178591 said:
Its also striped out, so god knows what thats like to drive.
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A mini. Plenty of character.
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My GF's clutch died after 275 miles (was a brand new car), and they then wanted to charge her £800 despite it being an obviosuly faulty clutch. Not good.
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Audi A2?
micra - (i'm assuming you meant micra?) are ****e
polo - alright but are for old women
corsa - zzzz
fiesta - crap build and styling
arosa - just a rebadged lupo
yaris - ugly
lupos have more character than that ramble put togethor
The thread title is "Whats an "interesting" small car?". An MX-5 is an interesting small car, a Lupo is not.
This guy talks sense, the Lupo's are also cheap on insurance. They are build very well and they are a good run about and you should be able to pick up a 1.0 or a 1.4 (75hp) with in your budget.
Also that picture doesn't so it justice, oh and have you driven a Lupo?
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Why would we have, surely the only opportunity one gets to casually drive a Lupo is being given a courtesy car by a VW dealer at some point between 2000 and 2005?
I had one as a courtesy car from a body shop once - I thought they only existed as courtesy cars
Or was it an Arosa....
Well you should be able to tell the difference because it ooozes character!
Lupo, Polo, Fiesta whatever, they are all fundamentally dull cars.
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I've driven a Lupo and an MX-5, go me!
The Lupo is a much better car.
The Lupo is a much better car.
I had one as a courtesy car from a body shop once - I thought they only existed as courtesy cars
Or was it an Arosa....
Its impossible to tell, in fact, I cant believe it was interesting enough for you to even try and remember what it was.
Problem is with small cars, is they are all dull unless you get the out right sporty versions, if not the driver has to make them interesting.
The old fiesta I have for work tries its best, it does 0-60 in under 10 seconds, it does over 110mph, it does great wheel spins with its plastic tyres on its tiny wheels, it squeals like mad going round even the most modest of corners, it does great handbrake turns.
But in the harsh light of day, its a very old grannies car with a fake wood dash that if you drove it properly would kill you with boredom within 5 minutes flat.
A 1.4 lupo/arosa, with its 30 less horsepower, or even the 100bhp 16v (which is still slower than a festa) is enough to kill you with boredom just by being in the same car park as you.
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Don't want to come across as arrogant, but yes i've driven one and no i don't think anything of it. Horrible little thing i had to put up with as a courtesy car. My car at the time was a 1.9 Tdi Ibiza FR and thats just a polo in fancy dress but tons better than that lupo thing
