New car purchased....

MikeHiow said:
You think him spending £3k on something he doesn't want (a 12 year old Focus, no less!) is a better idea than him spending £4.75k on something he does want?

If he had changed from a MK4 Golf, no one would have batted an eye-lid, but as it was an S3 then it would seem people are offended by this apparent downgrade. In terms of fun - these C2s aren't bad and I'd much rather be driving these down some B-roads than an ageing S3. Sure, they are no Saxo/106, but they are still fun, chuckable little cars in the grand scheme of things.

This S3 was clearly a money pit, and I don't think this change needs to be criticised.
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A 12 year old Focus for 3k.. are you smoking something? I looked at a 2004 (that's 6 years for the mathematically challenged) 1.8 Edge with 6 Ford stamps and 20k on the clock for £3200, I made an offer of £2800 and waiting for the bloke to call me and hopefully take me up on it. Anyway it was a suggestion, rather than posting a facepalm.
 
[TW]Fox;17997123 said:
Not that I agree with Janesy but how would a 3k Focus be 12 years old?
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The MK1 Focus is ~12 years old - I speak of the model, not a specific car.

peterattheboro said:
Of course it does... he went from a good car, albeit a moneypit to an incredibly bad one. He could have went to something good, or as good as an S3 which doesn't cost as much to run!!
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Like what?
 
The OP reminisces over his old 106 GTi, and wants something more reliable than his S3, and the first thing that comes to your mind is a MK1 Focus?

I mean, sure, as a generic car, the Focus is a brilliant car that offers some poise to an otherwise dull driving experience, but it isn't a hot hatch and certainly not even close to the 106 GTi.
 
scratch said:
It doesn't help that I currently drive a total of 2 miles to work every day and the temp gauge barely even starts to move by the time I get to work, that can't be good for the engine or turbo!
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legs? :p

was about to suggest a 172 or 182, but somebody already beat me to it! mine cost £2k and it would eat a c2 vts for dinner!
 
MikeHiow said:
The OP reminisces over his old 106 GTi, and wants something more reliable than his S3, and the first thing that comes to your mind is a MK1 Focus?

I mean, sure, as a generic car, the Focus is a brilliant car that offers some poise to an otherwise dull driving experience, but it isn't a hot hatch and certainly not even close to the 106 GTi.
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No, the better car for the brief would have been the Focus in terms of reliability and cost price. I may also add the C2 is not a 'hot hatch'.
 
i think both the vts + clio are good looking cars, personal preference at the end of the day, but again like someone else said, c2 is hardly a hot hatch, by modern day standards!
 
Oh yes, I forgot - a car has to be fast* to be a hot hatch? I must have forgotten that a car can lose its hot hatch status, too?

(*not that 7.5-8 seconds to 60 is exactly slow in terms of hot hatches between 1996 and 2004).
 
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