Hey,
My mum is getting bored of her car. Not surprising as it is a ~12 year old Fiat Punto 55 S (ie the cheapest, crappiest model). On the plus side it's only done 25k miles and is in almost perfect condition. Good job really because its mine when she finally gets a new one! I wouldn't buy one, but I'm not saying no to a free car, especially as it would be my first!
Anyway, as I said, she is bored of it really. She is after a new car, something that is a little more fun to drive, ie something with an engine bigger than our washing machine! She doesn't have much money to spend, a few thousand at most, give or take. So she needs a car which is extremely reliable and in good enough condition to avoid any major maintenance over the next ~5 years which she will have it for.
Ideally she would prefer an automatic as she is getting lazy, and if possible something with power steering too. Decent fuel economy is also something she is keen to keep, as the Punto does like a billion MPG. Though any size car is game, I think a smaller car would be better, although she hasn't really commented I know she wouldn't want anything huge anyway. Everything else doesn't matter.
Her father used to own a garage where she used to work, so she knows her stuff generally. The car before the Punto was a BMW 318 (Not sure if E21 or E30). It had done ~150k miles and the engine practically died when we pulled into the dealers to pick up the Punto. Luckily they didn't notice
A lot to ask I know! Any ideas?
My mum is getting bored of her car. Not surprising as it is a ~12 year old Fiat Punto 55 S (ie the cheapest, crappiest model). On the plus side it's only done 25k miles and is in almost perfect condition. Good job really because its mine when she finally gets a new one! I wouldn't buy one, but I'm not saying no to a free car, especially as it would be my first!
Anyway, as I said, she is bored of it really. She is after a new car, something that is a little more fun to drive, ie something with an engine bigger than our washing machine! She doesn't have much money to spend, a few thousand at most, give or take. So she needs a car which is extremely reliable and in good enough condition to avoid any major maintenance over the next ~5 years which she will have it for.
Ideally she would prefer an automatic as she is getting lazy, and if possible something with power steering too. Decent fuel economy is also something she is keen to keep, as the Punto does like a billion MPG. Though any size car is game, I think a smaller car would be better, although she hasn't really commented I know she wouldn't want anything huge anyway. Everything else doesn't matter.
Her father used to own a garage where she used to work, so she knows her stuff generally. The car before the Punto was a BMW 318 (Not sure if E21 or E30). It had done ~150k miles and the engine practically died when we pulled into the dealers to pick up the Punto. Luckily they didn't notice
A lot to ask I know! Any ideas?
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