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RichR
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I hate my Jag; it drives well, it's sensible and doing between 400 and 1200miles a week it soaks up motorway miles; loads of toys and comfort but I look at it and feel a dick driving it!

I keep telling myself to hold onto it until the house is finished and then get the RR Sport or Elise that I'm hankering for but for the love of god, I hate the Jag and don't think I can wait that long

with a private sale of about £4,500 and not having any other spare cash to put towards something new what should I swap it for - I'm even considering a CTR
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clio 182?

although i'd probably just save up for the elise/rr.
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I'll do that when the house is finished but right now I just hate getting in the Jag so badly; I hate driving to work in it - because the seats don't fold flat, its actually less practical than the A3 so want to swap it for something that has:

- Hatchback (A3/CTR Size)
- folding rear seats
- smile factor
- toys, considering the mileage I do; comfy seats, electric stuff, cruise control ideally
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Doing the right thing. Act your age

I like CTR's Good prices now too.
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that's the point; I got out of it in a local town a few weeks ago and some random old 'uns asked me if I was enjoying driving my Dad's car. My mates rip the piss constantly and the fact the back seats don't fold down really is a problem with doing the house - wish I'd stuck with the Audi, it was immaculate
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It's not that bad is it??

I know I made a few old man commensurate but I was only joking

Keep I seems alot of car for the £
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Wondered how long before you said this

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And Ben you don't want a 182 for the motorway
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
It's not that bad is it??

I know I made a few old man commensurate but I was only joking

Keep I seems alot of car for the £


Seriously, I used to get pleasure out of driving; I have a brilliant run to work around Macclesfield/Buxton and all the B lanes home and used to go for a run up across the Cat and Fiddle probably once/twice a month just because I could but in this, well its just not fun - it doesn't make me smile - I don't have to do anything with it, it turns its own lights on, turns its own wipers on, heated windscreen so don't have to scrape the Ice off; I literally gdet in turn the key and the car takes over

So I'm thinking sell this and get either a CTR or S3
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Had a drive of my mates Type-R Civic Sat night. First time ive drove one, i honestly don't see what all the fuss is about. I'd have my old 182 over a Type-R any day.
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Hope you get a good allowance from work!
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182 wouldn't be big enough

First 300 or so miles was just commuting to and from work but when I was doing endless weeks at 1000-1200miles; I was at 40p per mile so 700-900miles - lets put it this way, after I took out my actual costs of fuel and tyres (I never count insurance or tax because I pay them anyway) I earned enough to keep my house when she buggered off!!

Which kind of comes back to this, the money I had been saving was for a bike, that would have bee nmy toy so the Jag would have been perfect but now I can't justify/afford both, I need a car that'll bring me some enjoyment back
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At least if it's boring you aren't tempted to cane it.

If you spunk the cash on a hot-hatch and have a heavy failure do you have a back-up for commuting/repairs?
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182s are fine on motorways.
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quote:
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At least if it's boring you aren't tempted to cane it.

If you spunk the cash on a hot-hatch and have a heavy failure do you have a back-up for commuting/repairs?


good point; used to have 4 cars between 2 of us; now I'm down to the one although work miles could be done in work's truck but I'd rather eat my own left testicle contents to be honest
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
182s are fine on motorways.


Too revvy!
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
182s are fine on motorways.


They work as such but it's not designed for mways. It has a short ratio gearbox with 5gears and a shit load of wind noise!

It's a town car
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not big enough either
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Get a big engine E46 even the dev version
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ctrs arent that good on motorway either
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A newish Vectra/Mondeo/A4? They all have seats that fold down?
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Don't want a sales rep type of car so no 3 series, A4, Vectra, Mondeo esque cars either. Oh, and my Jag is a Mondeo in tart's clothing so wouldn't make sense anyway.

Worried a £4.5k CTR or S3 are going to be dogs though??
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Corrado VR6 if your handy with spanners and can handle it being off the road for weeks at a time
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