Possibly time for a new car

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Well my golf seems to be getting more and more ill lately, i think the current problem is new shocks on the back which is just another thing to add to the list.

So i am seriously considering getting a new car but i'm not sure of the best way to do it. People have told me that buying a 'new' car these days is one of the best options because the finance options are so good, but i'm not really clued up on that kind of stuff so a little bit of advice would go a long way.

Car wise, it needs to be fairly sporty looking, good economy but i dont want to sacrifice performance by worrying about mpg's. Aslong as its more than 35mpg i'll be happy.

My golf is IG6 and ive had a look on parkers and noticed that the citroen C2 GT is IG6 which i found odd as its a 1.6 but i had a look at the stats and noticed that its only 110bhp and 9.2secs to 60 which isn't quick enough if i'm honest.

I don't really know what kind of cars i should be looking at but price wise i reckon around £5/6k would be faily easy on my bank account if i go with finance.

Also i've been thinking about diesels but again, i'm stumped on whats good and whats bad.

Would anyone be able to throw me some suggestions?
 
IG10 is a fairly respectable limit i reckon.

I'm 20 atm, 21 in may. 1 years NCB, 3 points and 1 claim.

I pay £770 TPFT for my 1.4i mk3 golf at the mo.

I dont really want to be spending too much a month but i dont know enough about finance to give a limit on cash, as i said in my first post 5/6k is just a guess.
 
Excellent post scott, thank you for that.

I hadn't really considered getting a bank loan, are the % rates generally better or worse than finance from a dealer?

I may even be able to borrow the cash from my dad @ 0% but thats lucky thinking.

Just had a little look on autotrader, leon 1.8T or a3 1.8T are looking rather good at the moment.

I know parkers says 35mpg or whatever for those 2, but is it easy to get more than that? like driving off the boost, will that increase it by much?

I was also thinking about a Bora diesel?
 
1048 on insurance, a3 it is then :D

same engine, 2 insurance groups lower, £700 difference in insurance, go figure.
 
adwhitworth said:
Audi Servicing etc will always be considerably more expensive than say a Ford or Vauxhall etc so bear it in mind.
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I can get it done at the same place i get my vw done, the joys of VAG. :)

dad is loaning me the money, so we shall see how this pans out.

any other suggestions?
 
Does the high mileage affect much? I'm looking at spending around £5/5.5k which seems to get me 85k climate control, eleccy everything and i've spotted one with full beige leather but its light green!
 
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