Jasper
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 02:49 PM |
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Recommend me a car - again!!
So a collegue of mine is after another car. Here's what she wants:
Up to £7k
Smaller is better - sub compact or compact
3 door is fine
Engaging/fun to drive
Cheap insurance and maintenance
Already sat in a Fiesta and didn't find it comfortable. Likes Mini's, thought about a Twingo, I suggested the Suzuki Swift, any other
contenders?
BTW - I ended up with a Ford Focus ST3 after asking you guys on here and am totally loving it, especially with a better map!
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 02:57 PM |
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fiat 500
obvious choice 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 03:04 PM |
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MX5, they're tiny!
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britishtrident
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 03:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
fiat 500
obvious choice
Unless it is twin air guzzler.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Tiger Super Six
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 03:23 PM |
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I have a friend that's selling an 09 fiat 500
Mark
Tiger Avon
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britishtrident
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 03:26 PM |
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I have seen pictures of relatively recent Suzuki model that had rust problems in the front suspension reaction tie bar mountings, the sheet
metal bracket collects water and rusts through. The car it had occurred on was an otherwise immaculate well below average miler (as many of
these cars are) and the lack of running may have been a factor in the failure. A very easy problem to spot and the fix would have been
relatively easy and cheap. A large dollop of waxoyl would prevent it happening.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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coozer
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 03:45 PM |
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Riot R1, no doors though.... or boot and 2 seats.. looks mint though mind you...
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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britishtrident
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 03:45 PM |
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Not as cute to look at as the FIAT but it is worth having a look and the Hyundai i10 or i20 great town car and they are really nice to
drive and easy to park same goes for the Kia Picanto or Rio a brand New one is almost in budget Kia has 7 year warranty Hyundai 5 years
http://www.hyundai-car.co.uk/newCars/offers/
http://www.kia.co.uk/new-cars/range/compact-cars/new-picanto/offers/customer%20savings.aspx
[Edited on 8/5/12 by britishtrident]
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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morcus
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 04:37 PM |
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Get her to have a look at the Panda as well. You could probably get a new one for the budget with some haggling.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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perksy
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 04:59 PM |
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Mazda 2 ?
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 05:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
fiat 500
obvious choice
Unless it is twin air guzzler.
Is there something bad about the twin air? I drove on and was pleasantly surprised.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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ed1max
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 05:32 PM |
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Lupo GTI
quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
So a collegue of mine is after another car. Here's what she wants:
Up to £7k
Smaller is better - sub compact or compact
3 door is fine
Engaging/fun to drive
Cheap insurance and maintenance
Already sat in a Fiesta and didn't find it comfortable. Likes Mini's, thought about a Twingo, I suggested the Suzuki Swift, any other
contenders?
BTW - I ended up with a Ford Focus ST3 after asking you guys on here and am totally loving it, especially with a better map!
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britishtrident
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| posted on 8/5/12 at 06:23 PM |
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The TwinAir has a controversy surrounding its' fuel consumption the official figures say the consumption is so good it should
practically never need to be refueled, but most owners find it is returning considerably worse consumption than previous comparable performance small
Fiats and few are finding it is swallowing fuel at a rate that would embarrass a Jag.
The issue is a lot to do with car being engineered to give exceptional MPG in official tests but in the real with real roads and driving
styles,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
[Edited on 8/5/12 by britishtrident]
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Jasper
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 10:21 AM |
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That's great thanks chaps, I'll send them the link to this thread.
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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