StevieB
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 10:34 AM |
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Originally posted by Coose
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Originally posted by StevieB
Too expensive as well!
Have a look at Smart Roadsters - cheap to buy and run (50mpg) sporty but not fast (hence why I sold mine!) and built by mercedes, so good quality fit
and finish all round.
And they come complete with scissors, hair clips and perming solution! 
Words hurt 
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Coose
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 10:45 AM |
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Originally posted by StevieB
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Originally posted by Coose
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Originally posted by StevieB
Too expensive as well!
Have a look at Smart Roadsters - cheap to buy and run (50mpg) sporty but not fast (hence why I sold mine!) and built by mercedes, so good quality fit
and finish all round.
And they come complete with scissors, hair clips and perming solution!
Words hurt
What you really mean is 'harsh, but true'!
Spin 'er off Well...
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iank
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 10:48 AM |
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
I don't know about 'these days' - my daughter has a Golf GTi that's a few years old and I haven't been hugely impressed,
considering the huge difference in cost between that and my Yaris. Loads of niggly little design issues that annoy me (horrible coloured lights for
the dials, for example - blue numbers, red needles), lack of cubbyholes for the driver's stuff, and so on.
I also had to take the battery out last weekend as it was knackered - that was an entertaining task (NOT!) and I lost a fair bit of skin off my
knuckles in the process. I'm not looking forward to putting its replacement back in this weekend. 
If I was spending that sort of money, I wouldn't buy one of those...
David
Had one in Canada, quality can depend where it was built, (Germany or Mexico IIRC for the Golf at that stage) Quite liked the blue instrument glow,
but agree about the servicing - the bulbs on that model were a dealer fix for some reason, and they used to blow every 10k miles or thereabouts.
Quite fancy an Octavia TDi as the next car - lots and lots of miles have nearly killed the Rover 200.
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StevieB
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 10:57 AM |
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Originally posted by Coose
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Originally posted by StevieB
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Originally posted by Coose
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Originally posted by StevieB
Too expensive as well!
Have a look at Smart Roadsters - cheap to buy and run (50mpg) sporty but not fast (hence why I sold mine!) and built by mercedes, so good quality fit
and finish all round.
And they come complete with scissors, hair clips and perming solution!
Words hurt
What you really mean is 'harsh, but true'!
What I really mean is if I want your opinion, I'll give it to you! 
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chockymonster
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 11:09 AM |
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Originally posted by rjbrookes
i love her dearly and would fear for her life in a slightly sporty car.....good idea but not for her........thanks anyway...
i am favouring Yaris, Fabia or 307/206
russ
A 1.6 MX5 is a great little car, my wife had one for a year before we swapped it for a 1.8. It's a very rewarding car to drive if you push it
but also easy to drive slowly.
I'd avoid the 307 like the plague, the last firm I was at had 4 as company cars, one was off the road for 7 months with a clutch problem. They
all had unreliable electrics and were always going wrong. They were swapped for Focus TDcis and they were fantastic.
The MX5 is a perfectly safe car. My wife was rearended by a car doing 30, she was stationary. MX5 needed a new bumper and a rear wishbone, the car
that hit her (Yaris) just crumpled.
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chockymonster
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 11:09 AM |
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Originally posted by rjbrookes
i love her dearly and would fear for her life in a slightly sporty car.....good idea but not for her........thanks anyway...
i am favouring Yaris, Fabia or 307/206
russ
A 1.6 MX5 is a great little car, my wife had one for a year before we swapped it for a 1.8. It's a very rewarding car to drive if you push it
but also easy to drive slowly.
I'd avoid the 307 like the plague, the last firm I was at had 4 as company cars, one was off the road for 7 months with a clutch problem. They
all had unreliable electrics and were always going wrong. They were swapped for Focus TDcis and they were fantastic.
The MX5 is a perfectly safe car. My wife was rearended by a car doing 30, she was stationary. MX5 needed a new bumper and a rear wishbone, the car
that hit her (Yaris) just crumpled.
PLEASE NOTE - Responses on Forum Threads may contain Sarcasm and may not be suitable for the hard of Thinking.
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Coose
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 11:31 AM |
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Originally posted by StevieB
What I really mean is if I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!
Tee hee! I'm just grasping an open opportunity to prod with a pointy stick!
I'll second the 307 view - I had one as a company car for a couple of years and although generally I liked it, it had a few problems.
They're reknowned for the indicator stalk breaking, but the worst one was whilst driving through a ford that wasn't even halfway up the
wheels I hydraulic locked it! Mr Peugeot thought it would be a great idea to put the air intake at the bottom of the bumper, so drive through a deep
puddle and that's it, game over!!!! It was off the road for 10 weeks and I dread to think how much it cost to fix..... 
Spin 'er off Well...
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StevieB
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 11:39 AM |
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I had a 307 that was made of spit and bus tickets - soggy to drive, leaked like a seive (cabrio version) and was so impressive I kept it for a toal of
3 months before finally losing my rag and getting rid of it!
All rench cars are bad because they try and sell better than BMW levels of kit for less than Ford prices - something has to give way, and it seems to
be the overall quality - plenty of shiney toys, but they all break too quickly!
You have to go German or Japanese if you want well engineerd cars that will last the course (my step mum had a bad crash in a Toyota Corrolla which
totalled the car, but she was absolutely fine because of the safety cell and crumple zone engineering put into the design)
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Marcus
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 02:02 PM |
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"Look at a 12 month old Toyota Aygo - excellent cars, great MPG (even as petrol) and they're Toyota's so will never break
Don't get a French car - "
But aren't they French anyway? - Peugeot 107, Citroen C1 etc....
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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StevieB
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 02:08 PM |
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True, but I'm fairly sure Toyota were the lead in the design, since they were the ones who made a big deal about how they've constructed
the car so uniquel, and the French cars just sort of slipped quietly onto the market.
I might be wrong though
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 02:09 PM |
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Sadly, Toyota Yaris's of 'X'-reg and onwards are likely to be French as well (apart from the 'specials' like the
T-sport).
David
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JackNco
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 02:09 PM |
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what about one of the new VW beetles? VW - So german reliability
beetle - so she will love it
get a black one n u wont look like a complete ass driving one
n i bet u wont los e much on depreciation?
What u think?
John
Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1989), Holidays in hell. London (Picador)
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StevieB
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 03:11 PM |
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Originally posted by JackNco
what about one of the new VW beetles? VW - So german reliability
beetle - so she will love it
get a black one n u wont look like a complete ass driving one
n i bet u wont los e much on depreciation?
What u think?
John
Any car with a flower vase built into the dash cannot be driven by a man!
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JackNco
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 03:14 PM |
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lol thats what i always said about it. but it is gonna be ur GFs car, i asume u have ur own car?
maybe if u get a pink one with flowers ?
Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1989), Holidays in hell. London (Picador)
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mawmaw
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| posted on 29/9/06 at 05:32 PM |
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we have a fabia vrs, goes like stink and does 45 mpg, slightly over your price range but more lowly models are fab value and v cmfy on a run as well
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coozer
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| posted on 30/9/06 at 10:27 AM |
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Brand new Punto at Stoneacre, no deposit, 5 years interest free.
Cracking deal. Interest free on all thier second hand cars as well.
Failing that get her a bus pass or a push bike.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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rjbrookes
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| posted on 30/9/06 at 11:18 AM |
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Originally posted by StevieB
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Originally posted by JackNco
what about one of the new VW beetles? VW - So german reliability
beetle - so she will love it
get a black one n u wont look like a complete ass driving one
n i bet u wont los e much on depreciation?
What u think?
John
Any car with a flower vase built into the dash cannot be driven by a man!
Very true! ............
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rjbrookes
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| posted on 30/9/06 at 11:20 AM |
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Originally posted by coozer
Failing that get her a bus pass or a push bike.
trust me...........she is a lot safer in a car then on a push bike! (even if it was french!)
russ
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rjbrookes
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| posted on 2/10/06 at 10:26 AM |
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looks like it will be a Peugeot 1007, 1.4HDI slightly over budget (7.5k) but she likes it so what can you say! 05/55 plate, blue with 6k miles.
I personally think that its the right car for her, seems to fit all the criteria, only bad thing is its over her budget.
thanks
russ
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iank
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| posted on 2/10/06 at 10:32 AM |
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+50% is only slightly over budget
Hope she likes it.
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rjbrookes
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| posted on 2/10/06 at 12:28 PM |
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Originally posted by iank
+50% is only slightly over budget
Hope she likes it.
when i spend slightly over budget....ie on kit car... she moans!
they all walk on water this female lot!
Russ
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