Spec me a posh/sporty/comfy car for £5000

DM · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:20

My mum thinks anything with leather is posh, so when i got her Qashqai thing i treated her

chrisgt · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:20

DiamondMark said:
Miles dont matter, just buy the best condition and make sure the history is full and proper, not from Fred Blogs garage.

Dont discount the 2.5 either they go well too, the 2.1 are a bit pants though and you dont get 4 wheel drive on those.

Cheers. A lot seem to have Jaguar FSH!

PS. I'm 21 and insurance is £1k for the 3.0 X-Type SE. Not too bad, £400 for my Dturbo at the moment though! lol

[TW]Fox · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:21

Xez said:
I wouldn't call it a hot hatch personally...

It's hardly a warm hatch :confused:

DM · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:21

chrisgt said:
Cheers. A lot seem to have Jaguar FSH!

PS. I'm 21 and insurance is £1k for the 3.0 X-Type SE. Not too bad, £400 for my Dturbo at the moment though! lol

Good man for getting into the Jag fold so young!!

Dont bother to pay a premium for a sport either, the SE handles good and rides better.

chrisgt · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:23

[TW]Fox;17447521 said:
It's hardly a warm hatch

It is a hot hatch...

DiamondMark said:
Good man for getting into the Jag fold so young!!

The more I look at them, the more I want to go out and buy one now! Not good...must stave off the impulse buy! 22 next month, I don't think that will affect insurance much (if at all) but need to get viewing and reading up first!

mjt · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:24

It's unreal how much you get for your money with the X-Type.

Xez · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:26

[TW]Fox;17447521 said:
It's hardly a warm hatch

Comes down to how the person defines warm and hot. I think the S3 is just a bit too numb and dull...

chrisgt · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:28

Mmmmm...hello - http://pistonheads.com/sales/2035785.htm

[TW]Fox · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:29

Xez said:
Comes down to how the person defines warm and hot. I think the S3 is just a bit too numb and dull...

It's still a hot hatch, just not a particularly good one.

DM · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:31

chrisgt said:
Mmmmm...hello - http://pistonheads.com/sales/2035785.htm

Apart from half leather that is very cheap.

stulid · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:36

iaind said:
Can I recommend the Saab then?

am I right in remembering that you sold yours to help some old dog and her K9 out?

Scania · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:37

[TW]Fox;17447477 said:
To be fair people used to say 'this is posh!' when they got into my Mondeo because it had leather seats.

I quietly lol'd.

Reminds me of my old man, back in the day, he had an '85 Granada 2.8i Ghia with cloth seats.

he changed it in '88 for a 2.9i Scorpio, essentially the same car but with leather seats.

Everybody thought it posh.

Same thing happened when he swapped his '91 530i for his '94 530i - the later car was effectively the same, but with leather seats & everybody thought it was so much posher!

Must be something they put in the leather...........

mjt · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:40

chrisgt said:
Mmmmm...hello - http://pistonheads.com/sales/2035785.htm

Even though it'd very cheap, I'd still want leather and auto aircon.
Does that even have cruise control?

DM · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:41

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
Reminds me of my old man, back in the day, he had an '85 Granada 2.8i Ghia with cloth seats.

he changed it in '88 for a 2.9i Scorpio, essentially the same car but with leather seats.

Everybody thought it posh.

Same thing happened when he swapped his '91 530i for his '94 530i - the later car was effectively the same, but with leather seats & everybody thought it was so much posher!

Must be something they put in the leather...........

Im telling you its the smell

[TW]Fox · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:43

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
he changed it in '88 for a 2.9i Scorpio, essentially the same car but with leather seats.

Everybody thought it posh.

I'm sure I've said before about this one girl who, when I gave her a lift in my Dads then-new 530d, asked why I'd downgraded my car, simply because it had cloth seats.

Facepalm.

DM · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:45

mjt said:
Even though it'd very cheap, I'd still want leather and auto aircon.
Does that even have cruise control?

For that car with those miles at that money, if its as good as it looks, it would be an excellent buy, with or without cruise and climate.

If the OP is up for a sporty saloon, those things are not must haves in my opinion. Full leather would have been nice though.

Remember that car is 3.5k after a little bid, 3.5k **** me how much value is that.

Scania · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:49

Not as good value as the Mondeo which iirc its based on.....

mjt · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:53

DiamondMark said:
For that car with those miles at that money, if its as good as it looks, it would be an excellent buy, with or without cruise and climate.

If the OP is up for a sporty saloon, those things are not must haves in my opinion. Full leather would have been nice though.

Remember that car is 3.5k after a little bid, 3.5k **** me how much value is that.

This is true. But I'd personally spend more on another one.

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
Not as good value as the Mondeo which iirc its based on.....

But a Mondeo isn't posh

Scania · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:54

mjt said:
This is true. But I'd personally spend more on another one.

But a Mondeo isn't posh

Neither - to my mind - is a Mondeo in Jag drag.

DM · 25 Sep 2010 at 13:55

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
Not as good value as the Mondeo which iirc its based on.....

Completely different superior car in every single way, i dont know why people bother to even mention it.