Any more ideas for my new motor?

chanjy said:
Fair enough (but don't call yourself a petrolhead if you are putting 'amount of petrol money I will get' and 'premium feel' as key criteria :p)
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Where did I mention petrol money?
I may be 19 but I work in a finance company... :p
I'm also not buying until next year, and not until I am absolutely sure that I am in good financial stead, and in a solid job.

As long as I can get 25MPG+ I'm not too fussed because I only drive about 8K per year. :)

And am I not allowed to have a premium feel? :eek:
Are the BMW chaps not petrolheads either because they fuss over their interior trim and refurbish their leather every 5 minutes? You should tell them... :D
 
I meant taxi money, which you mentioned earlier :)

Premium feel is great, but what I'm saying is that by including that criteria on a £5k budget you're excluding a lot of the good driver's cars within your price range.
 
Acme said:
I may be 19 but I work in a finance company... :p
I'm also not buying until next year, and not until I am absolutely sure that I am in good financial stead, and in a solid job. ... :D
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I bet ShaneStatham told himself the samething.

Any I say Astra VXR. You'll be 20. Not 45. Its okay to look at bit barry!
 
chanjy said:
I meant taxi money, which you mentioned earlier :)

Premium feel is great, but what I'm saying is that by including that criteria on a £5k budget you're excluding a lot of the good driver's cars within your price range.
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Oh sorry, I'm so used to people accusing me of sponging off of my parents, or being 12 years old, that I just assumed it was more of the same. :p

And I understand what you mean now, yeah. Sorry, I should be a little more clear I think... Premium feel is preferable, but I would be happy with an interior like in the Civic or the Mazda, which are reasonable. What I don't want is a damn awful interior, like in a Renault. :)

DAIR said:
I bet ShaneStatham told himself the samething.

Any I say Astra VXR. You'll be 20. Not 45. Its okay to look at bit barry!
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Who? :p

And I said that about the Astra VXR myself, suggesting that I myself think it is a bit too barry. I used to drive my Polo with coilovers and BBS alloys... If I think something looks barry, then it must look really barry. :D
 
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With regards to the RX-8, you should actually find them very cheap to insure, not sure why, but for some reason they are. That's not to say you should get one however - if you're looking at A3s and suchlike, I assume you're looking for something decent you can use day to day, and I'm not sure an RX-8 falls into that category. :p

Out of your list, I'd choose a Focus ST or Mazda 3 MPS - the MPS is ridiculously fast for what it is, and my old Mazda 3 was a great car. Although as you want some practicality, I'd go the whole hog and look at bigger cars such as an ST220 or Mazda 6 MPS - if you can insure a Focus ST, you shouldn't have any trouble insuring those.
 
The ST is £1600 to insure, which is a little outside of what I want to spend. But I might test drive one to see if I love it enough... :p

By comparision, the A3 is £1200 to insure, and the Polo 1.2 I currently drive is £800 to insure.

When I get home I'll run quotes for all of the cars in the OP and put the insurance prices next to them, and colour the stupidly expensive ones in red.
 
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I really don't think £5k will buy you a 2.0t a3 that you'll actually want - I know you've seen one but I doubt its a decent example at that kind of money.

Same goes for almost all of your list tbh, with the exceptions of the e46 compact (bleugh, also they're a £2k car) or the ep3.

I'd honestly have a 3.2 a3 if you can get the insurance down
 
mx0range said:
how about.. an ALFA GT.. cos its alfa.. and probably what id get :D
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I sort of looked at Alfas, but they are priced so low for the age that I got scared about all the possible reasons for it... :p

Are they as unreliable as they used to be? Don't they use GM engines in some of their cars now? The 3.2 V6 in the newer Alfas is out of a Vauxhall Signum I think... Horrible sounding engine. Barely sounds more interesting than the triple in my Slowlo... :rolleyes:
 
The 147gta is a great little car, but also miles outside of where you are money wise.

They aren't unreliable but they are put together stupidly which makes repair/replacement expensive
 
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DAIR said:
RX8... Cheap to insure lol. Na mate. I paid a bag of money to have mine insured.
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I ran an insurance quote on one as a first car at 18 and it came back at 2.5k or something (only checked for the luls). I haven't a clue how I did it. Just to expand on what I said I did then run another couple and didn't get the same results.
 
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Yeah but you haven't actually looked at any of those 2.0t examples, think you'd be surprised at how rough they were.

Maybe not I guess, but you need to check
 
rodenal said:
Yeah but you haven't actually looked at any of those 2.0t examples, think you'd be surprised at how rough they were.

Maybe not I guess, but you need to check
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I know I need to check, and I will do in due course. :) They are 10 year old cars now remember. Those ones.
chroniclard said:
Do those A3's handle well, they are not sporty models other than a bit of grunt. Wife had an 05 A3, granted a diesel, handled like a boat. :)
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I imagine that an A3 2.0T Quattro would be quite fun on the B-roads around here. This is why I want to test drive it of course, in case I am wrong. Diesel engines are also typically heavier are they not? Was it a FWD? You also have to remember that I think the handling of my 12 year old base model Polo with worn out shocks and brand new tyres is great, so my benchmark is a bit lower than yours I imagine. :p
 
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