What does your wife/partner drive?
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2007 Renault Clio 1.4.
It's falling apart, as expected but keeps on going!
She had a 2002 Suzuki Swift before that, the really old ones with a 3 pot lawn mower engine
It's falling apart, as expected but keeps on going!
She had a 2002 Suzuki Swift before that, the really old ones with a 3 pot lawn mower engine
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It was cheap is good on fuel and fits 4 with ease. It’s only used for short runs and wife going to work and in 4 years has been faultless. Does everything needed of a small run around. It’s no luxury car but does the job it was intended for.
Mines a mk5 Golf GTI and hers is the newest Polo GTI both are pretty much like for like but her Polo definitely feels a lot more eager to push on.
Expecting our first child in June which has worked well with her lease ending in July, we are thinking M140i or a Golf R for her, unfortunately we think the choice is probably already made as the 1 series boot space is a bit pitiful.
Expecting our first child in June which has worked well with her lease ending in July, we are thinking M140i or a Golf R for her, unfortunately we think the choice is probably already made as the 1 series boot space is a bit pitiful.
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The wife drives a "Countrypolitan Yellow" 2012 Fiat 500 1.2 Lounge that I had bought from new and is currently on 50k miles.
Other than the lack of power (terrible throttle mapping) and the fact that it was a model that came with a gearbox input shaft bearing that destroys itself, it has been a half decent and reliable car for pootling around town in.
Other than the lack of power (terrible throttle mapping) and the fact that it was a model that came with a gearbox input shaft bearing that destroys itself, it has been a half decent and reliable car for pootling around town in.
Car was bought new. It's highly unlikely anything would go wrong, and if it did, trying to pin that on a tuning box would be difficult.
Caporegime
Discovery, had it over a year now took ages to find the one she wanted with the options, few niggles but very happy with it.
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My wife took my old Octavia VRS Diesel when I changed cars she was happy to ditch her C3.
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Bathtub curve, new cars are far from reliable.
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2012 Ford Fiesta zetec, 1.4. She does about 4k miles a year and has owned it for 5 years, and its been pretty reliable for her.
Well yeah, I know what you mean, I wouldnt do anything to something brand new in case it's a lemon. My Civic is standard except intake and intercooler at the moment.
That is the current thinking as I will also likely be looking to upgrade towards the end of the year/new year so already thinking of whether it works best to coordinate longer term car buys. I will likely also maintain a variety of old Saabs to play with but also thinking if it makes sense to buy a proper toy and get her the utility vehicle.
Severe lack of Audi TT's, 1 series BMW's or Evoques in this thread which seem to be very popular around here for all these kept women. If she is happy enough with a beater as I am then all the better but think longer term it's more than likely her head will be turned by a nicer/newer car than ones I'm happy to keep.
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Drives me mad
Yeah, I'd sacrifice my own new car first to make sure wife and kids have a new car to drive around in when im at work. I know we can't all afford a new car, but that's my priority is at least. I picked a Touran because i've not found something that's as safe, practical and spacious but also easy to drive and manoeuvre. All while being a car i'm not too precious about because it takes a beating both inside and out. Oh, and it works out a pretty good deal on finance.
Absolutely, and I would be happier with her in a newer car for those very reasons although I am happy picking up maintenance and repair of them as necessary. I suspect my enthusiasm would wane on this solution working on a car I wouldn't much care for hence Saab preferences if we went down that route. She is in NHS so may be a option for her to explore their salary sacrifice lease options too for peace of mind where she gets new car, maintenance and insurance etc all in one package. Likewise I will hopefully be in similar position end of year with company car scheme available too potentially offering further options for us.
Never know, she may well catch car bug or simply maintain the attitude of it being an object of utility but it is interesting to see other household arrangements in these situations.