Cool/alternative family car??
Cool/alternative family car??
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rickbrown74

Original Poster:

250 posts

273 months

Sunday 1st September 2013
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Hi all, Had my skoda Yeti for 3 years now and got the itch for something different. Always like to have something quirky around the house. We also have an A4 cabrio and a classic mini.

Whats the choices for about 18-20K? Personally, I like the thought of a 4 door Jeep Wrangler.

Open to suggestions on anything that could be termed practical and not a money pit!

browna

363 posts

214 months

Sunday 1st September 2013
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An ice-cream van? wink

clarkmagpie

3,710 posts

226 months

Sunday 1st September 2013
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Quattroporte?
Renault avantime thing?

RocketScience

6,128 posts

208 months

Sunday 1st September 2013
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Nissan Leaf.

slippery

14,093 posts

270 months

Sunday 1st September 2013
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An old but mint E Class estate.

pti

1,866 posts

175 months

Sunday 1st September 2013
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clarkmagpie said:
Renault avantime thing?
This. Hands down.

rickbrown74

Original Poster:

250 posts

273 months

Sunday 1st September 2013
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Ice cream van - certainly different, moving on....

Scared of big performance cars for the simple fact that in my mind I imagine if something goes wrong it will be very pricy, though that really is a top looking car that Quattroporte. Needs to be a little bit more efficient though. Avantime - never did like the look of those but yep, something left field like that is the sort of suggestion I like.

An older low mileage estate is a good idea! (off to search the classifieds)

Dont think Electric cars are just there yet to have a the family wagon - good suggestion though

C8LNJ

2,229 posts

208 months

Sunday 1st September 2013
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Dodge Ram

wemorgan

3,583 posts

209 months

Sunday 1st September 2013
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rickbrown74 said:
Hi all, Had my skoda Yeti for 3 years now and got the itch for something different. Always like to have something quirky around the house. We also have an A4 cabrio and a classic mini.

Whats the choices for about 18-20K? Personally, I like the thought of a 4 door Jeep Wrangler.

Open to suggestions on anything that could be termed practical and not a money pit!
How much depreciation and other running costs are you willing to suffer over the next 3 years in this car?

rickbrown74

Original Poster:

250 posts

273 months

Sunday 1st September 2013
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Well I've never had any real expensive motors before - the Yeti has only depreciated 6K over 3 years from new and does 45mpg.

Worked out a Wrangler depending on age etc.. depreciation 3k per annum and about 30mpg - something like that would be acceptable - obviously if the mpg was better I could suffer more depreciation etc.. - all just ballpark figures.