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sc0ott

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26th Oct 10 at 12:01

Remember, according to CS statistics every car nowadays have gearboxes made from cheese or chocolate.

Id go for a DC2

Tom

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26th Oct 10 at 12:01

quote:
Originally posted by Fonz
hot hatch myself

Fiesta ST £5300

Clio

Corolla - a lot of car for the money imo

or maybe something larger,

Bora

Something completely different

As much as i'd love the Jag I fear too many Phil Mitchell Jibes

Corrola is alot of car for the money, quite nice but not the sort of thing i'm after (per the clio, ST, and bora too).l

3CorsaMeal

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26th Oct 10 at 12:04

RX8 or a BMW imo

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2061674.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2186803.htm

bit of change left over

NovaGTE2

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26th Oct 10 at 12:04

quote:
Originally posted by Tom

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Originally posted by NovaGTE2
You might be able to get a nice 1 series for that; or just a little more. I had a 120d ES and that really nice to drive, cheap to run and went well! Was an 05 plate with 80 and sold for £6100

That's not a bad shout actually. Would feel a bit less risky than an 02 plate 330ci too, are they quite relaible the 1 series (and not too costly to maintain)?

Not keen on that shape Ibiza John and defo not looking for a FRP

When i did some research i didnt see to many horror stories; and as for running they are more than a ford for parts servicing etc but if you go to inidi then then megga bucks!

If it was big enough for the dog and baby i would have kept it over my 325i sport Touring as was IMO a complete car for everyday use. was getting mid to late 40's MPG aswell which is always good. Re-mapped i think they see near 190BHP and like you say a nice set of wheels (OEM M-sport in my opinion) and you will have a good car.

Tom

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26th Oct 10 at 12:11

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Originally posted by NovaGTE2

quote:
Originally posted by Tom

quote:
Originally posted by NovaGTE2
You might be able to get a nice 1 series for that; or just a little more. I had a 120d ES and that really nice to drive, cheap to run and went well! Was an 05 plate with 80 and sold for £6100

That's not a bad shout actually. Would feel a bit less risky than an 02 plate 330ci too, are they quite relaible the 1 series (and not too costly to maintain)?

Not keen on that shape Ibiza John and defo not looking for a FRP

When i did some research i didnt see to many horror stories; and as for running they are more than a ford for parts servicing etc but if you go to inidi then then megga bucks!

If it was big enough for the dog and baby i would have kept it over my 325i sport Touring as was IMO a complete car for everyday use. was getting mid to late 40's MPG aswell which is always good. Re-mapped i think they see near 190BHP and like you say a nice set of wheels (OEM M-sport in my opinion) and you will have a good car.

That's positive, i've only ever hear good things about 1 series (admitedly most of that is from the lad on here who's just bought the audi

) but yeah I wouldn't be adverse to decent MPG if it went ok. I'd be after the wheels they have on the business edition 3 series.

Possibly try and see a few.

John_C

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26th Oct 10 at 12:14

fabia vrs - cheap to run, cruiser and bit of poke with remap
octavia vrs - bit more poke and petrol

3CorsaMeal

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26th Oct 10 at 12:16

mid to late fortys in a 325i petrol estate?

my mates BMW is slower than my car and gets worst mpg, low to mid 20's, i gets low 30's

late 40's? are you sure about that?

Tom

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26th Oct 10 at 12:20

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
mid to late fortys in a 325i petrol estate?

my mates BMW is slower than my car and gets worst mpg, low to mid 20's, i gets low 30's

late 40's? are you sure about that?

He's referring to his 120d Jim

3CorsaMeal

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26th Oct 10 at 12:21

quote:
Originally posted by Tom

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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
mid to late fortys in a 325i petrol estate?

my mates BMW is slower than my car and gets worst mpg, low to mid 20's, i gets low 30's

late 40's? are you sure about that?

He's referring to his 120d Jim

i see

Gary

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26th Oct 10 at 12:22

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
mid to late fortys in a 325i petrol estate?

late 40's? are you sure about that?

My 323 would struggle to get the mid 30's.

Dad had 40 average once on a run in his 325 but he drives like a OAP, 60mph on the M-way kinda thing.

Gary

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26th Oct 10 at 12:22

I'll shut up as well then

CORSA NUT

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26th Oct 10 at 12:31

RX8 or any big engined BMW Petrol

= Shit MPG

Nath

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26th Oct 10 at 12:32

I'd save up another £1210 and buy a slightly bumped 2010 Focus RS.

CORSA NUT

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26th Oct 10 at 12:32

Tom

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26th Oct 10 at 12:32

Never liked RX8's and they drink oil as well as petrol.

CORSA NUT

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26th Oct 10 at 12:33

They do indeed Tom....

You any closer on what you want yet?

Tom

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26th Oct 10 at 12:34

quote:
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I'd save up another £1210 and buy a slightly bumped 2010 Focus RS.

I suppose I could sell mine and my families and friends camera's and mobile phones (with camera's) to fund that

3CorsaMeal

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26th Oct 10 at 12:39

diesel vauxhall, you know you want too

Tom

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26th Oct 10 at 12:41

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Originally posted by CORSA NUT
They do indeed Tom....

You any closer on what you want yet?

I've got plenty of time to decide while I manage to convince the missus that it's a good idea and wait for my christmas bonus

The arguement goes that i'm currently driving an old vectra which owes me nothing but it's MOT is due in Apr and I'd prefer to sell it with a few months MOT left and get a few quid back and upgrade (rather than pay for it to get through an MOT and it still be worth peanuts).

But i've narrowed it down to a 1 Series or an A3 I think.

Ash_EP3

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26th Oct 10 at 12:48

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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
diesel vauxhall, you know you want too

Astra 1.9 CDTI SRI 150ps with tuning box / remap should see it to 190bhp and still return 40-45 mpg

3CorsaMeal

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26th Oct 10 at 12:51

exactly, almost too good to be true are these astras

Scotty C

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26th Oct 10 at 12:51

Me, i'd go for a CTR.

Baskey

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26th Oct 10 at 13:02

Saff cossie

NovaGTE2

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26th Oct 10 at 13:09

quote:
Originally posted by Tom

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
mid to late fortys in a 325i petrol estate?

my mates BMW is slower than my car and gets worst mpg, low to mid 20's, i gets low 30's

late 40's? are you sure about that?

He's referring to his 120d Jim

Yeah the 1 series was getting 48MPG if i remember and in the 325 i get 29.5MPG

Tom

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26th Oct 10 at 13:22

quote:
Originally posted by Ash_EP3

quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
diesel vauxhall, you know you want too

Astra 1.9 CDTI SRI 150ps with tuning box / remap should see it to 190bhp and still return 40-45 mpg

How much are they going for? I thought a sport hatch 1.9 cdti would still be going for more than £5.5k? They are ok but still a bit plasticy.

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