Four seater convertibles?

[Caractacus]

Hi All,

With summer just around the corner (uh huh...) I'm thinking of a sub £10k family convertible.

All I can think of off the top of my thinning hair line are as follows -

Audi S4
BMW M3
Merc CLK

The noisier/faster the better, of course :-)

Any other suggestions?

TIA,

C.

[JONSCZ]

You'd do well to remember the Clarkson quote....
"The only person ever to look good in the back of a convertible was Hitler"
HTH...!
eta, if you want 'different', then these are not your 'run of the mill' Germanic offerings -

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/c...

and if you can stretch a to a bit more, then this - well it is Pistonheads....
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

Edited by JONSCZ on Saturday 1st February 17:35

[msduk]

Volvo c70

[Mr Happy]

C70 T5 with all of it's silencers removed? I think Ferrita make a suitably raucous exhaust for it...

[markymarkthree]

Dont bother with all that foreign built rubbish.
Get a homegrown convertible and there is room for five.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271388715215?ssPageName=...

[HumbleJim]

markymarkthree said:

Dont bother with all that foreign built rubbish.
Get a homegrown convertible and there is room for five.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271388715215?ssPageName=...

That's going to be a wobbly as a wobbly thing.

[aberdeeneuan]

You could easily get a 2.8v6 Saab 93 convertible for that kind of money. Not up there with your first three, but easily in budget and still a pretty good looking car.

[markymarkthree]

HumbleJim said:

That's going to be a wobbly as a wobbly thing.

Why.

[g3org3y]

Has the 6 Series come down to sub 10k prices yet?

[0a]

g3org3y said:

Has the 6 Series come down to sub 10k prices yet?

645 for under £8k here... good call. http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[shambollic]

There was an Escort Cabriolet featured.........

[wemorgan]

markymarkthree said:

HumbleJim said:

That's going to be a wobbly as a wobbly thing.

Why.

Cutting the roof off a car reduces its torsional stiffness.

[deltashad]

0a said:

g3org3y said:

Has the 6 Series come down to sub 10k prices yet?

645 for under £8k here... good call. http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Thats a lot of car for the cash! My cousing had a 645ci, it was very special

[markymarkthree]

wemorgan said:

Cutting the roof off a car reduces its torsional stiffness.

Well having owned one i dont recall any wobbly problems other than the normal Cortina ones. If there was a problem i dont think they would have been sold through Ford dealerships.

[Hol]

RS4

S5

M6

[daemon]

0a said:

g3org3y said:

Has the 6 Series come down to sub 10k prices yet?

645 for under £8k here... good call. http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

I'm not normally a fan of four seat convertibles but that really looks the business.

[wemorgan]

markymarkthree said:

If there was a problem i dont think they would have been sold through Ford dealerships.

It's not to say there's a problem as such, but it was asked why convertibles are less stiff than hard-tops and the answer was given

[Mr Happy]

Hol said:

RS4

S5

M6

For under £10k?!?

[jonnM]

Mr Happy said:

Hol said:

RS4

S5

M6

For under £10k?!?

Not a chance

[markymarkthree]

wemorgan said:

markymarkthree said:

If there was a problem i dont think they would have been sold through Ford dealerships.

It's not to say there's a problem as such, but it was asked why convertibles are less stiff than hard-tops and the answer was given

Ahh thankyou, i just wondered why HUMBLEJIM felt the Crayford would be wobbly and not the other convertibles.