Which "Hot Hatch"?

mdixson said:
@Fox don't need an ISA - my dad is one - the car is literally 25% of my wage and currently saving for a mortgage living at home

@Ad I really am not budging on the new car thing sorry :(
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Well save more for a deposit and get a better rate on your mortgage or even get a nicer house.

The nearly new performance hatch on the drive will look and feel the same as a new hatch no matter how you look at it 1 month down into ownership.

You might not be budging, but just think about it.

Now, not sure if this has been asked, but is it going on finance, loan etc? :p:p
 
[TW]Fox;16775644 said:
I don't neccessarily think a 5-6 year old BMW is where he should be either. He wants a hot hatch - thats great, get a hot hatch. Suggesting a completely different type of car is the sort of thing that will inevitably attract the 'get offended on behalf of everyone else squad' to the thread.
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Yeah I really want a hatch.

So things I want also include good iPhone connection - I currently use an Alpine (IDA x100) unit for this and it works very well.

Other things needed are comfort and fun looks with good handling and speed!
 
So you want a practical hot hatch that is comfortable, looks fun, handles great and is quick.

You need an ST.

This isn't bias, but the conclusion when I was looking for a similar set of criteria around 6 months ago - the only difference being I have 5 doors in mine.
 
It's good that we have people to buy new cars though.. otherwise I would never be driving a Z4 at the moment.. buying new I would never be able to shake the feeling of someone burning thousands of pounds of my money as soon as it rolls off the forecourt/trailer.

I hope your purchase goes well! All I'll say is the Scirocco is the best looking out of those.
 
mdixson said:
@fox my dad is an independent ISA, stands for investment and stock adviser as well :P
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Great, errr, thanks for the info. Not entirely sure what this has to do with my suggestion that you invest £10k somewhere, buy a 2007 Cupra and then have an extra £10k to spend on your next car or your house deposit or whatever whilst having pretty much the same car you were about to buy anyway, though.

Just to be clear - I'm not suggesting that you shouldnt have what you want and should instead buy some ancient car or a slow car or whatever. But that buying a brand new Seat for £23k+ is daft when you can buy pretty much exactly the same Seat for £13k.
 
MikeHiow said:
So you want a practical hot hatch that is comfortable, looks fun, handles great and is quick.

You need an ST.

This isn't bias, but the conclusion when I was looking for a similar set of criteria around 6 months ago - the only difference being I have 5 doors in mine.
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This.

But he thinks there a cheap nasty car :eek: , compared to a seat aswell! :rolleyes:
 
LiE said:
Do you have a budget?
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Yeah around £22k

Also I concede I will look at some ex-demo's etc. but really don't want any scratches or niggles - it will bug me knowing I have not done it and could have done nothing to prevent it...
 
[TW]Fox;16775651 said:
That makes absolutely no sense at all. What?



You are saving for a mortgage? Why would you save for a mortgage? Surely you mean you are saving for a house deposit? The mortgage is the thing you pay monthly.
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I think you knew what he was trying to say - there's no point being pedantic about it.

However, if you want to be pedantic, he's actually correct. A mortgage is a transfer of an interest from the owner to the mortgage lender, on the condition that this interest will be returned to the owner when the terms of the mortgage have been satisfied.

So yes, he's saving for a mortgage. A deposit might well be a means of saving towards it.

Doubtless whilst typing this reply the thread has turned towards how he's going to pay for the car....
 
Tell you what, Fox will find you a spanking motor, slightly off new, you give him the £20K and he'll keep the spare?
 
You don't need to accept scratches and niggles simply because the car isn't brand new! There are numerous immaculate used cars out there. Most of us managed to buy cosmetically flawless cars and keep them that way. If you get one thats about 12 months old or so it'll even still have that new car smell - I've driven absolutely loads of various BMW loan cars aged between 3 miles and 5000 miles and between brand spanking box fresh and 12 months old and they ALL smelt new.
 
mdixson said:
Yeah around £22k

Also I concede I will look at some ex-demo's etc. but really don't want any scratches or niggles - it will bug me knowing I have not done it and could have done nothing to prevent it...
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You can buy a second hand car that is mint condition, not all pre-owned cars are nails with problems.
 
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