what 3k car, 5 door, bit of poke, safe, reliable?

[Castrol Craig]

the wife had her impreza vandalised last week, insurance have paid out, so we are left searching for a new family motor.

budget is 3k.

we have 5 year old and 15 day old children so must be good for them.

nothing old (she says nothing older than 2000)

has to have a bit of poke, but derv or petrol is fine.

5 door, saloon or estate

nothing french.


she does like her audi's, and was looking at a4/a6 tdi quattro, also jap cars are always a fave.

i throw the floor open to you, the PH Collective.

[neil_bolton]

A Seat something with a 1.8T engine in it. You get Audiability, but cheaper and a bit more sporty. It doesn't drink that much either.

[Jonny_693]

Another Impreza?

[Bill]

Jonny_693 said:

Another Impreza?

That was my thought from the thread title

[tog]

Saab 9-5 estate?

[djt100]

GF used to have a Seat Toledo, Boring as hell, but couldn't really failt it, Comfy and good on a run,loads of room and a huge boot. 2003 20v SE model, 60k and paid £2200 for it, realy can't be sniffed at, kept it for a year and sold it for exactly the same money with an extra 8k on it.

[Bill]

How badly vandalised was it? Presumably it needs a respray, but would £10 on touch up pots be sufficient if you really didn't care how it looked?

[Castrol Craig]

Bill said:

How badly vandalised was it? Presumably it needs a respray, but would £10 on touch up pots be sufficient if you really didn't care how it looked?

every panel wrecked and fuel system contaminated.

[Old Gregg]

A year older than a 2000, but worth a look:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1847579.htm

[Castrol Craig]

doogz said:

Bill said:

Jonny_693 said:

Another Impreza?

That was my thought from the thread title

Me too.

Saab with a 2.0T or 2.3T, or a Volvo of some description. Volvo's are obviously very strong cars, nice attribute if you're ferrying the kids about imo.

hate the saab's, and we had a fairly high spec s40 t4 before the impreza.

to the suggestion of another impreza, dont fancy another one, not really that quick in standard trim and uber expensive to run & maintain.

[Bill]

Castrol Craig said:

Bill said:

How badly vandalised was it? Presumably it needs a respray, but would £10 on touch up pots be sufficient if you really didn't care how it looked?

every panel wrecked and fuel system contaminated.

Any idea why?

[Jgtv]

High Spec Volvo.

If some little tt smashed up the old one I wouldn't like to take my chances with something like a 5 series( my first thought) or a half decent Audi.
Volvos might just blend into obscurity.

[Castrol Craig]

Bill said:

Castrol Craig said:

Bill said:

How badly vandalised was it? Presumably it needs a respray, but would £10 on touch up pots be sufficient if you really didn't care how it looked?

every panel wrecked and fuel system contaminated.

Any idea why?

happened the night england got wooped by ze germans

[Bill]

Mouthbreathing fkwits.

[nottyash]

The Crack Fox said:

Octavia VRs, or maybe a Fabia VRs ?

Show me a Fabia VRS for £3000???
I bought a Nissan Almera 2.2 DCI in that budget, but it actualy has a French engine!

[farrendahl]

What about a Mazda 6? 2.3 sport should just about fall in budget - albeit high mileage

[farrendahl]

Scrap the high mileage, tasty one on autotrader with only 73000 miles on it for £2995

[Zad]

If your local scrotes are that bad, I suspect an Audi would be as prone to vandalism as the Scoobie. Something like this would be much more stealthy, and a better driver than the Audis:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1811234.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1832739.htm

[12joe340]

alfa ?

http://pistonheads.com/sales/1809114.htm

[impmo]

Any 'R' spec volvo would be a hoot but could be too old, then again they are very safe for your kids... How about a Integra Type R or 3 series...E39 5 series M-Sport as well....many options! Good luck!
Integra's are probably too expensive....I thought 5k budget for some reason....

Edited by impmo on Friday 9th July 22:52