I hope to test drive some cars in the summer (up to 10K)

ShiWarrior

ShiWarrior

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I know at the moment, the car market is a little light on what's available to buy, so I have been gathering information ready, that is within my budget and criteria

I've created a shortlist, but welcome to any suggestions good or bad


any cars I should avoid or any cars I have missed off the list ?



shortlist :



Toyota Auris

Skoda Octavia

Seat Leon

Nissan Pulsar


*No Vauxhall cars, I'm not a fan



looking at High Spec only with LED OR Xenon headlights and DRLs with automatic emergency braking

AutoTrader filters are as follows :

2014 on
Automatic
5 doors
Hatchback
Petrol
under 60,000 miles
up to £150 tax


* Other things to consider in my choices - Medium sized car, good MPG , reliable for the foreseeable future, safe (parking aid and EBA as standard)


* I might be missing out on a heap of cars by not going to the £150 tax a year (due to the 1st April 2017 changes) , but will consider changing this if it was worth while




Note sure about the Leons safety feature, says "multi collision" braking, but I've googled and people says its forward emergency braking?


Thanks
 
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ShiWarrior said:
looking at Top Spec only
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This seems a bit silly given the spec will differ from manufacturer to manufacturer. It is quite possible, probable infact, that a Japanese manufacturers non top spec car could have a standard specification that exceeds another manufacturers top spec.
 
[TW]Fox said:
This seems a bit silly given the spec will differ from manufacturer to manufacturer. It is quite possible, probable infact, that a Japanese manufacturers non top spec car could have a standard specification that exceeds another manufacturers top spec.
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fair comment

thanks Fox

changed it to "high Spec"
 
The automatic emergency braking seems a bit of a unique feature to look for in a car?

As for the Leon the facelift has front assist which will brake if it detects something too close in front. The multi collision just means it applies the brakes after you've been in an accident to stop you having another one.
 
UnworthyBean said:
The automatic emergency braking seems a bit of a unique feature to look for in a car?

As for the Leon the facelift has front assist which will brake if it detects something too close in front. The multi collision just means it applies the brakes after you've been in an accident to stop you having another one.
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sorry if im thinking "safety first" :D


currently going to try and get this on my next car to hopefully avoid an accident waiting to happen
 
ShiWarrior said:
any cars I should avoid or any cars I have missed off the list ?
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You've already got the Octavia and Leon, so why not a VW Golf (Given they are all basically the same car)?

Honda Civic?
Ford Focus?
1 Series?

ShiWarrior said:
DRLs with automatic emergency braking
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Not sure why these are such a must have?


ShiWarrior said:
up to £30 tax

* I might be missing out on a heap of cars by not going to the £150 tax a year (due to the 1st April 2017 changes) , but will consider changing this if it was worth while
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Absolutely mad to be ruling out cars in a "normal" VED band - as long as they aren't in lol-high bands (pre 2017 L&M for example), then it's a tiny amount in the scheme of ownership.
 
Armageus said:
You've already got the Octavia and Leon, so why not a VW Golf (Given they are all basically the same car)?

Honda Civic?
Ford Focus?
1 Series?


Not sure why these are such a must have?




Absolutely mad to be ruling out cars in a "normal" VED band - as long as they aren't in lol-high bands (pre 2017 L&M for example), then it's a tiny amount in the scheme of ownership.
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thanks

looked at those, facelift BMW 1 series i do like, but mega money to get what i want
Civic doesent have what i want, maybe latest model does?
Focus auto seem to be bad on fuel and £130 a year tax
 
You're spending £10,000 on a car, don't get overly hung up on £100 per year worth of running cost, by the time OcUK have encouraged you to upgrade your expectations and blow your budget to smithereens to buy something you don't need or want, low tax will be the least of your worries.
 
Kenai said:
You're spending £10,000 on a car, don't get overly hung up on £100 per year worth of running cost, by the time OcUK have encouraged you to upgrade your expectations and blow your budget to smithereens to buy something you don't need or want, low tax will be the least of your worries.
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fair comment
id like some sensible suggestions though please
I'll consider spending a little more on tax

thanks
 
No need to worry about DRL as they've been a legal requirement for absolutely ages so everything you're looking at will have them.
 
[TW]Fox said:
No need to worry about DRL as they've been a legal requirement for absolutely ages so everything you're looking at will have them.
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mid to high specs yes
seen some low spec cars don't have them until later on in the years, which is odd

but as I'm going high spec anyway, it will be have it I'm sure
 
ShiWarrior said:
* I might be missing out on a heap of cars by not going to the £150 tax a year (due to the 1st April 2017 changes) , but will consider changing this if it was worth while
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Definitely change this criteria, maybe use it to make an ultimate decision if you must but don't exclude cars with over £30 tax out of hand, especially as you want a petrol automatic which typically have slightly worse fuel efficiency stats (and hence potentially tax band). Plus as you've alluded to, you could actually be missing out on newer cars because of that, you can probably get a 2017/2018 SE L trim Octavia for your budget but you would exclude it due to tax...
 
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