2 seaters + kids conundrum

[Legend83]

Gad-Westy said:

Have to agree on this. The other half and I always had a big sensible car for longer haul journeys and tried for a little while to cling onto something fun as a second car for occasional kid transport. Tried a 996 and a 3dr Golf GTi. The 996 was lovely but it was heart breaking watching the kids clamber over the back of the folded seat to get in and in fairness to them there wasn't an easy way to avoid doing so. And they were pretty cramped in the back once the novelty factor had worn off. It was a fun experiment but didn't really work. Same with a 3 door hot hatch really. You can manage of course but it's a bit of a pain, particularly with younger kids that might need some help. Have very much come to a scenario of having horses for courses. Fun cars for weekend fun (rare but it's nice to have the option) and 2x 4/5 door cars for the daily duties.

Fortunately I have checked and my tallest kid fits ok in the TT...for now.

If it wasn't for the fact I can count on one hand the number of times I have taken more than one person out in the run-around, I would be following your sound advice - actually I wouldn't because we don't have a drive/garage or space for three cars, so I would be buying a Focus and saying FML .

[Legend83]

Agreed a deal for asking price, subject to:

a) cambelt / waterpump replacement with OEM parts and photos to prove
b) Magride suspension workshop inspection (I'll get this done again anyway but wanted some photos)
c) new radiator fitted as they spotted a small leak when they moved it out the storage facility today
d) 12 month MOT

Don't feel short-changed to be fair when I compare to other prices I have seen on Auto-trader (mostly private sales) - what I don't have to do in the above goes towards retro-fit PDC for the wife .

Dealer has been excellent would highly recommend, from letting me spend over an hour with the car by myself, no hard-sell or add-ons, open and honest about what was the limit they could do on price while also doing the above.

All being well, I'll be doing a new readers cars thread in the near future!

Thanks for all the advice, I'm sure there will be many more questions to come...