What small automatic with some character?
Discussion
My mum (you can tell this is going to be worth reading, can't you? 
) is looking to replace her 15 year old Golf automatic and before she goes out and gets another Golf I thought I'd ask here.
She mostly does shortish local trips with the odd long motorway journey, and doesn't need fast. She's got used to a wheezy 1.6 mated to a lazy gearbox in a stodgy old bus...
I've discounted plug in hybrids as unnecessary, and there's no point her getting a diesel.
So what's out there? What's good, what's not? It's not a segment I have any knowledge about so any advice will he helpful.
(And as she's almost 70 and had a few health issues this year, it could do with being something you wouldn't mind inheriting.
)
) is looking to replace her 15 year old Golf automatic and before she goes out and gets another Golf I thought I'd ask here.She mostly does shortish local trips with the odd long motorway journey, and doesn't need fast. She's got used to a wheezy 1.6 mated to a lazy gearbox in a stodgy old bus...
I've discounted plug in hybrids as unnecessary, and there's no point her getting a diesel.
So what's out there? What's good, what's not? It's not a segment I have any knowledge about so any advice will he helpful.
(And as she's almost 70 and had a few health issues this year, it could do with being something you wouldn't mind inheriting.
)
Bill said:
(And as she's almost 70 and had a few health issues this year, it could do with being something you wouldn't mind inheriting. )
Blimey!! )M135i and get it coded for the traction off at all times, you might get it sooner than you hoped!
Has she said what she fancies?
Maybe a good way to spend some time with here doing something fun? Loads of test drives.
Bill said:
(And as she's almost 70 and had a few health issues this year, it could do with being something you wouldn't mind inheriting. )
That has to be one of the most self centered sentences I have read on here in a long time.)Hope she gets a LaFerrari and then donates it to charity .... whilst you get the clapped out Kia Rio from 1986.
Not the beetle, although I'm wondering about a Cactus or Cube which aren't that dissimilar in concept. Not keen on the 1 series for nor real reason aside from reduced practicality due to the rwd. I'd cheerfully have a 130, but she won't.
TBH I'm not sure what after, but I'm hoping someone will come up with a suggestion with a gem of an (small
) engine. Or something.
TBH I'm not sure what after, but I'm hoping someone will come up with a suggestion with a gem of an (small
) engine. Or something. Gandahar said:
That has to be one of the most self centered sentences I have read on here in a long time.
Hope she gets a LaFerrari and then donates it to charity .... whilst you get the clapped out Kia Rio from 1986.
Oh shush, I'll grant you it's morbid but I'm just being realistic. Her last car has done her 15 years, and with the best will in the world she is unlikely to see 85. Twice this year we've thought she was unlikely to leave hospital and that has very much brought her mortality to the forefront.Hope she gets a LaFerrari and then donates it to charity .... whilst you get the clapped out Kia Rio from 1986.
gizlaroc said:
Bill said:
(And as she's almost 70 and had a few health issues this year, it could do with being something you wouldn't mind inheriting. )
Blimey!! )M135i and get it coded for the traction off at all times, you might get it sooner than you hoped!
rallycross said:
Get her to test drive a Swift 1.5 auto.
They drive really well and have amazing reliability and are good value vs the usual choice of Jazz/Polo/etc.
Nothing fancy about them it's just an old fashioned 4 speed auto, after an old Golf it will seem very good to drive.
This is the answer to your question - my parents are on their second - they are excellent for what you're looking for.They drive really well and have amazing reliability and are good value vs the usual choice of Jazz/Polo/etc.
Nothing fancy about them it's just an old fashioned 4 speed auto, after an old Golf it will seem very good to drive.
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