Another what car thread???

Zaf

Zaf

Zaf

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Hi Guys n Gals,

So at the moment I'm driving a 53 plate Nissan Almera 1.5 :rolleyes:

I'm looking at spending 5/6K on a second hand diesel but can't make mind up between either...

Audi A4 2.5 TDI Sport 163 Convertible

or

BMW 1 SERIES 118d

There both going be around 100K miles

What are your thoughts, would you go for something else entirely?

Cheers
Zaf
 
A cabriolet A4 diesel or a tiny little BMW hatchback hard top?

:confused:

Stop now, and work out what type of car you want before drilling into the specifics!
 
The timing chain has stretched on the Almera, dealer quoted around £1200 to fix and my local garage where I get all my M.O.T's done etc said it's not worth fixing and just p/x it.

I know both cars i'm looking at are completley diffrent but I do like them both so that's why I made the thread :p

Is getting a high mileage diesel not a good idea then in this economic climate?
 
You need to decide on whether you want a convertible or not. This is a fundamental decision. You can then either look at cabrio or hard top cars exclusively. If you are not 100% set on a cabrio why would you have even opened the cabrio for sale page - i dont get it :)
 
What a strange thread, you either want a convertible or you don't, so if you want one the 1 Series is useless.

But you dont want a diesel cabrio, thats just completley silly. The 2.5 TDI isnt even that economical!

To be fair I would imagine £5k only buys crap examples of both cars. You dont really seem to have the budget to buy either a 1 Series or an Audi A4 cabrio.
 
DM said:
Your a better man than me, let me tell you
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It's not been easy!

I've been looking at the 1 Series as its similar size to the Almera and I think the 3 Series is a bit chavey! And 5 Series out my price range completely.

Only reason I've just considered the A4 is because I drove past one for sale which didn't seem to bad but didn't reckon I could afford the insurance but I've just checked and its similar to what I'm paying now on the Almera lol
 
If i was you i wouldnt worry about whats chavvy or not and buy a 3 series rather than a 1
 
Zaf said:
I've been looking at the 1 Series as its similar size to the Almera and I think the 3 Series is a bit chavey!
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If the Almera is that bad then wouldn't a 3 Series be better even if it is a bit chavvy?

I might also have missed it but are you going to be doing lots of miles every year to make the tradeoff of buying a diesel worth it? Remember that diesel itself is more expensive than petrol.
 
[TW]Fox;18970751 said:
I'd suggest lowering your standards a bit if you've got 5 grand to play with
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I'm open to suggestions :p

I was originally looking at Mazda 6's before the 1 Series
 
Your gonna get a better Mazda than a 1 series foir that money.
 
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