What new (to me) car.....
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Currently stuck for ideas on what to change the ageing BMW E36 328i Sport to...
Had it about 6 years as the daily (although daily is a bit of a stretch as I cycle to work) but it's slowly crumbling away and displaying an ever increasing array of warning lights.
It only does about 4000 miles a year on 'family ' duties as it's the most practical car in the fleet, so I'm not interested in fuel economy in the slightest, the bigger the petrol engine the better.
The obvious choice is an E46 330Ci Sport or maybe a touring, saloon is out unless it has the rare folding seat option, I need to transport a push bike in it on a regular basis.
Although rear wheel drive would be nice I could lower myself to front wheel drive, and haven't ruled out 4 wheel drive.
After watching the BTCC at the weekend BMW 1 Series had a brief appeal but it would appear no one bought one with a proper engine.
Quite like the MINI Cooper S, but it's a bit 'camp', budget is ideally less than £5k
Currently running out of ideas and can't find a 330 or MINI in a spec I like, anything 'interesting' I've overlooked?
........or do I use the cash as deposit and the first few months payments on a new euro box like everyone else on the street.
Had it about 6 years as the daily (although daily is a bit of a stretch as I cycle to work) but it's slowly crumbling away and displaying an ever increasing array of warning lights.
It only does about 4000 miles a year on 'family ' duties as it's the most practical car in the fleet, so I'm not interested in fuel economy in the slightest, the bigger the petrol engine the better.
The obvious choice is an E46 330Ci Sport or maybe a touring, saloon is out unless it has the rare folding seat option, I need to transport a push bike in it on a regular basis.
Although rear wheel drive would be nice I could lower myself to front wheel drive, and haven't ruled out 4 wheel drive.
After watching the BTCC at the weekend BMW 1 Series had a brief appeal but it would appear no one bought one with a proper engine.
Quite like the MINI Cooper S, but it's a bit 'camp', budget is ideally less than £5k
Currently running out of ideas and can't find a 330 or MINI in a spec I like, anything 'interesting' I've overlooked?
........or do I use the cash as deposit and the first few months payments on a new euro box like everyone else on the street.
We'll kick started the search for a replacement by actually putting the E36 328i Sport coupe up for sale, and quite a few buyers lined up to view it over the weekend which is going to make me have to pull my finger out and decide/find a replacement, really can't see beyond a 330ci at the moment.....
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