£4k what car, please help my gf is a nightmare!
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Right my gf needs a replacement for her 1.7 puma. Took a while to decide on that 3-4 years back as she's quite picky.
Her idea of what she wants isn't overly fixed, she doesn't like Seats or Vauxhalls really.
She wants something either exec-ish with comfort and not too expensive to run or something suitable for taking to country fairs that won't get stuck in the snow.
Top of my head was thinking 3 series BMW for exec
And something like Subaru legacy for countrysidey
Anyone got any other ideas,sub £4k exec cars are prolly easiest to focus on but any ideas welcome.
Her idea of what she wants isn't overly fixed, she doesn't like Seats or Vauxhalls really.
She wants something either exec-ish with comfort and not too expensive to run or something suitable for taking to country fairs that won't get stuck in the snow.
Top of my head was thinking 3 series BMW for exec
And something like Subaru legacy for countrysidey
Anyone got any other ideas,sub £4k exec cars are prolly easiest to focus on but any ideas welcome.
Don't just don't
No matter what you advise you will be wrong.
If she buys what you reccomend then even the slightest problem with the car is your fault. She drivs it into a shopping trolley its your fault, it breaks down its your fault, it needs petrol its your fault, the ashtray is full its your fault.
No matter what you advise you will be wrong.
If she buys what you reccomend then even the slightest problem with the car is your fault. She drivs it into a shopping trolley its your fault, it breaks down its your fault, it needs petrol its your fault, the ashtray is full its your fault.
thinfourth2 said:
Don't just don't
No matter what you advise you will be wrong.
If she buys what you reccomend then even the slightest problem with the car is your fault. She drivs it into a shopping trolley its your fault, it breaks down its your fault, it needs petrol its your fault, the ashtray is full its your fault.
+1No matter what you advise you will be wrong.
If she buys what you reccomend then even the slightest problem with the car is your fault. She drivs it into a shopping trolley its your fault, it breaks down its your fault, it needs petrol its your fault, the ashtray is full its your fault.
Tell her you'd buy a Caterham, and then refuse to discuss further.
Is she looking at getting two cars for £4k each, or £2k each? Or is she looking for 1 car for £4k and doesn't really know what she wants?
If she wants an Exec with 4WD then surely an Audi Quattro of some kind would fit the bill? There's a few options with varying mileages/engines etc
For example:
Quattro TT Roadster http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
Allroad http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
3.0 A4 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
Quattro A8 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011... (Not sure if this meets the running cost criteria!)
Quattro A6 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/featuredlistingad/adve...
If she wants an Exec with 4WD then surely an Audi Quattro of some kind would fit the bill? There's a few options with varying mileages/engines etc
For example:
Quattro TT Roadster http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
Allroad http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
3.0 A4 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
Quattro A8 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011... (Not sure if this meets the running cost criteria!)
Quattro A6 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/featuredlistingad/adve...
It's 1 car for £4k I think really she needs an exec car and she doesn't really do loads of miles, but I think the countryside thing comes from wanting a Defender to go to country fairs in and stuff. I think I'll just buy a series 3 Landy for her and do it up a bit, so let's focus on the exec stuff.
She does actualy value driving performance hence the puma as it was the best handling car in the price range she drove last time, hence my thought on BMW = exec, comfort and handling, however we drove in the worst weather of last year on the M42 towards Warwick and saw so many stuck and abandoned BMWs I think that's in the back of her mind.
I don't really know anything about Audi A4s, they sprung to mind because of the Quattro, does Quattro 4wd work well in snow?
She does actualy value driving performance hence the puma as it was the best handling car in the price range she drove last time, hence my thought on BMW = exec, comfort and handling, however we drove in the worst weather of last year on the M42 towards Warwick and saw so many stuck and abandoned BMWs I think that's in the back of her mind.
I don't really know anything about Audi A4s, they sprung to mind because of the Quattro, does Quattro 4wd work well in snow?
hornetrider said:
^^ This. Best quattro TT you can afford.
She's not your typical woman, and she hates mk1 TTs to look at. For example her first "car" was an American 1950s pickup because she just loved it and was quirky, I think if she had the money shed buy a defender because she thinks they are cool but she doesn't need one and could do with an exec car for work.
Edited by Somnophore on Tuesday 6th December 10:31
Somnophore said:
It's 1 car for £4k I think really she needs an exec car and she doesn't really do loads of miles, but I think the countryside thing comes from wanting a Defender to go to country fairs in and stuff. I think I'll just buy a series 3 Landy for her and do it up a bit, so let's focus on the exec stuff.
She does actualy value driving performance hence the puma as it was the best handling car in the price range she drove last time, hence my thought on BMW = exec, comfort and handling, however we drove in the worst weather of last year on the M42 towards Warwick and saw so many stuck and abandoned BMWs I think that's in the back of her mind.
I don't really know anything about Audi A4s, they sprung to mind because of the Quattro, does Quattro 4wd work well in snow?
An Audi A4 quattro will be better in snow than a BMW 3 series.She does actualy value driving performance hence the puma as it was the best handling car in the price range she drove last time, hence my thought on BMW = exec, comfort and handling, however we drove in the worst weather of last year on the M42 towards Warwick and saw so many stuck and abandoned BMWs I think that's in the back of her mind.
I don't really know anything about Audi A4s, they sprung to mind because of the Quattro, does Quattro 4wd work well in snow?
However I'd expect the BMW to be reasonable if you fitted proper winter tyres to it.
An A4 on winters will, of course, be better still than a BMW on winters.
The A4's are nice cars inside, decent for cruising in. I personally don't like the exterior styling and the 4WD will kill the handling a bit. So it's kind of a trade off, as for 11months of the year the BMW will be the better car, but it's a real bugger in that icy/snowy month unless you get the tyres for it. The Audi on the other hand will be reasonable for 11months, and in that 1 month of ice and snow it will cope better without winter tyres, and be almost unstoppable with them.
She should probably have a drive of some A4's and some 3 series' and see what she prefers as a package. No doubting the BMW will have the superior handling (except in winter!) but think about the overall package.
£4k will be a very good 4wd X type if she doesn't mind the 'tweedy' looks?
HJ rated the 2.0T quattro B7 A4 as a great drivers car - easily best of the range:
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/road-tests/audi/audi-a...
HJ rated the 2.0T quattro B7 A4 as a great drivers car - easily best of the range:
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/road-tests/audi/audi-a...
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