City Dwellers: What runabout for petrolheads?

City Dwellers: What runabout for petrolheads?

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DonkeyApple

54,923 posts

168 months

Wednesday 10th February 2016
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Get the BMW and save some money by eBaying the indicator bulbs and mirrors. wink

jimmybell

Original Poster:

583 posts

116 months

Wednesday 10th February 2016
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DonkeyApple said:
Get the BMW and save some money by eBaying the indicator bulbs and mirrors. wink
They should theoretically fold in - thus reducing the risk of them being smashed off when parked up!

Shaoxter

4,048 posts

123 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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jimmybell said:
DonkeyApple said:
Get the BMW and save some money by eBaying the indicator bulbs and mirrors. wink
They should theoretically fold in - thus reducing the risk of them being smashed off when parked up!
Don't think you quite got the joke there...

jimmybell

Original Poster:

583 posts

116 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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Shaoxter said:
Don't think you quite got the joke there...
BMW drivers.. yadda yadda

(I already have one, the Audi would complete my set and elevate me to full roadtard)

EDIT: Auto folding mirrors are genuinely a requirement tongue out

EnglishTony

2,552 posts

98 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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I live near the centre of Berlin & because I'm a tad mental I want 1 of those Minis with a Fireblade engine.

hufggfg

654 posts

192 months

Sunday 14th February 2016
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jimmybell said:
Whilst we'd all love to do this in a V12 fezza, or the most favoured 911 GT3, this isn't the most practical and eventually you might want to carry something other than yourself - What's the best car for this job?
I realise I'm not really helping here, but this is the list of cars I have had as my "city car":
Megane R26
Exige
Merc Vito van (with track bike always in back)
Megane R26.R
Caterham R400
C63 Estate
911 GT3
BMW 135i (by far my least favourite)

I think I do actually have a point here, the awesome thing about living in the city is that you actually don't need a car for almost any practical reason. Using Uber back from the occasional Ikea (or Sainsburys) run, getting groceries delivered etc are in many ways much easier than having your own car to do it anyway, and it means you don't need to compromise your car.

Go buy something awesome, and screw all the practicalities. There aren't many cars that can't fit golf clubs in the boot (I'm pretty sure my GT3 can across where the back seats aren't) and worst case scenario you can put them on the passenger seat, and you can put a bike on the roof of almost anything with a SeaSucker.