wife thinks i am mad - well whats new!
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So I have been a good boy and passed some exams to further my career. Its been a long painful process - partly my fault due to being a lazy sod.
So its reward time to myself for the effort I have put in. I've driven a 2.0 cdti astra for the past 4 years, the car is fine but I am bored, and the car requires about £1400 spent on it and is worth about £5k.
I want a automatic next - so no manuals.
Thinking a estate will be best as my daughter is 3 years old so has a bike now.
Prefer petrol but am open to diesel - I know the astra engine isn't the best but thinking 3.0 diesel wouldn't be the end of the world.
Not too old - current car is 11 plate - don't want anything older than this
Budget - well the wife is paying due to inheritance and I will pay her back - realistically £25k max - I have £4k saved plus astra trade in of £5k
I don't want another vauxhall
Not sure about SUV - have driven in america but think I want a estate
Currently do 7k miles a year but this is likely to increase with trips to south of france etc. I do 10 miles a day and then motorway etc at weekends.
Cars I have thought of / like
Jag XF sportbrake
Audi S4 Avant/A4 2.0 tfsi - don't want multitronic
Audi A6 - no multitronic
BMW 3 series
BMW 5 series
Citroen DS5
Merc CLS sportbrake thingy
Skoda Superb
Skoda Octavia (VRS)
Seat Cupra ST (yes I saw the lease thread already)
Ford Mondeo
Mazda6 estate
Think thats it - anyone had any experiance of these cars - care to chip in on any horror stories.
Or keep astra repair and go bonkers with a 5.2 v10 S6?
So its reward time to myself for the effort I have put in. I've driven a 2.0 cdti astra for the past 4 years, the car is fine but I am bored, and the car requires about £1400 spent on it and is worth about £5k.
I want a automatic next - so no manuals.
Thinking a estate will be best as my daughter is 3 years old so has a bike now.
Prefer petrol but am open to diesel - I know the astra engine isn't the best but thinking 3.0 diesel wouldn't be the end of the world.
Not too old - current car is 11 plate - don't want anything older than this
Budget - well the wife is paying due to inheritance and I will pay her back - realistically £25k max - I have £4k saved plus astra trade in of £5k
I don't want another vauxhall
Not sure about SUV - have driven in america but think I want a estate
Currently do 7k miles a year but this is likely to increase with trips to south of france etc. I do 10 miles a day and then motorway etc at weekends.
Cars I have thought of / like
Jag XF sportbrake
Audi S4 Avant/A4 2.0 tfsi - don't want multitronic
Audi A6 - no multitronic
BMW 3 series
BMW 5 series
Citroen DS5
Merc CLS sportbrake thingy
Skoda Superb
Skoda Octavia (VRS)
Seat Cupra ST (yes I saw the lease thread already)
Ford Mondeo
Mazda6 estate
Think thats it - anyone had any experiance of these cars - care to chip in on any horror stories.
Or keep astra repair and go bonkers with a 5.2 v10 S6?
JonnyTenny said:
I'd probably test drive a Ford Focus ST Estate and see what you think, 25k would get you a good 'un with all the toys if you go through Carwow/DTD etc. I understand it's got quite a different appeal (understatement!) Than the other cars you're looking at, but hey they're at least built in Germany, that's gotta count for something! 
I must admit the build in germany bit I am really not bothered about - I do buy what I like - it is just getting more and more difficult to get a car with a petrol - not impossible - the focus is out of the equation as pretty sure they aren't a automatic.Al;though the xf is a diesel it would only be the 3.0 v6 in terms of a diesel engine - I can't spend all this money on a 2.0 no matter how good it is (don't mind 2.0 petrol though)
You guys are far too sensible!
Our mortgage is about 50% of the value of our house (no willy waving here we have just been bloody careful to get to that position.)
The reason I do not want to pay off the mortgage is we have both lost our dads. My dad was 62, my wifes dad 64 and this has happened in the last two years. I just do not see the point in us paying shed loads back on the mortgage to have a happy retirement when I could pretty much go the same way as my dad. My dad put off so many things - and didn't make it to retirement.
Hence the reason of maybe getting a nicer car than I normally would.
My interest has always been cars - not to keep up with the joneses - my car history is Rover 25, Vauxhall Corsa, Vauxhall astra - nothing to write home about!
I have thought about delaying said car purchase for a year and getting something like a audi S6 estate (4.0 v8 twin turbo) prices are a bit high at the minute on audi used website.
I know a car is a car, I have done white goods motoring and if I am honest I am bored of being safe!
Maybe I should scratch that v8 itch now before they are all taken away from us and do a pistonheads salute in a amg!
Our mortgage is about 50% of the value of our house (no willy waving here we have just been bloody careful to get to that position.)
The reason I do not want to pay off the mortgage is we have both lost our dads. My dad was 62, my wifes dad 64 and this has happened in the last two years. I just do not see the point in us paying shed loads back on the mortgage to have a happy retirement when I could pretty much go the same way as my dad. My dad put off so many things - and didn't make it to retirement.
Hence the reason of maybe getting a nicer car than I normally would.
My interest has always been cars - not to keep up with the joneses - my car history is Rover 25, Vauxhall Corsa, Vauxhall astra - nothing to write home about!
I have thought about delaying said car purchase for a year and getting something like a audi S6 estate (4.0 v8 twin turbo) prices are a bit high at the minute on audi used website.
I know a car is a car, I have done white goods motoring and if I am honest I am bored of being safe!
Maybe I should scratch that v8 itch now before they are all taken away from us and do a pistonheads salute in a amg!
I'll be honest I am a careful with money kind of guy. This is partly why I have never got anything nice previously!
Although its a mixed bag of estates on the list they are the ones I like.
Mondeo was on the list as we had fusion in america and liked it - 2.0 turbo petrol would be the one I would get.
DS5 I had a look at last night - seems the same in the back as my astra - so that maybe a no. Test drive hopefully booked for weekend.
I really don't know if I could stomach a amg merc - as much as I love hearing it etc, going to the south of france in one filling up about 3 times will become tiresome. Plus with my 10 miles a day town driving costing me nearly £4 to get to work. That makes me sound like I don't know what I want which is partly true I think.
Have thought about getting the astra fixed - its going to cost about 1500 and keeping that and getting something a bit special.
Part of me feels I have fallen out of love with driving a bit - but I think driving a diesel has partly done this. Test drove a type r (09 plate) and to be honest I felt alive for the first time in ages.
I think in generally I have just got a bit bored - think the v8 itch needs to be scratched - maybe with something like a audi s5 al;though being a coupe could run this next to the astra.
S2000 I am not keen on, same with cars like lotus etc -I will not get to drive them the way they should be driven - I do like a bit of comfort unfortunatly.
I do thank everyone for there response - some decent cars have been put in this thread that I had completely forgotten about!
Need a few days on Autotrader I think!
Although its a mixed bag of estates on the list they are the ones I like.
Mondeo was on the list as we had fusion in america and liked it - 2.0 turbo petrol would be the one I would get.
DS5 I had a look at last night - seems the same in the back as my astra - so that maybe a no. Test drive hopefully booked for weekend.
I really don't know if I could stomach a amg merc - as much as I love hearing it etc, going to the south of france in one filling up about 3 times will become tiresome. Plus with my 10 miles a day town driving costing me nearly £4 to get to work. That makes me sound like I don't know what I want which is partly true I think.
Have thought about getting the astra fixed - its going to cost about 1500 and keeping that and getting something a bit special.
Part of me feels I have fallen out of love with driving a bit - but I think driving a diesel has partly done this. Test drove a type r (09 plate) and to be honest I felt alive for the first time in ages.
I think in generally I have just got a bit bored - think the v8 itch needs to be scratched - maybe with something like a audi s5 al;though being a coupe could run this next to the astra.
S2000 I am not keen on, same with cars like lotus etc -I will not get to drive them the way they should be driven - I do like a bit of comfort unfortunatly.
I do thank everyone for there response - some decent cars have been put in this thread that I had completely forgotten about!
Need a few days on Autotrader I think!
think what I want is something that can be easy to drive, but then also something that could be driven a bit nuts if I wanted to.
I guess something like a M135i - being going to and from work easy to drive, but if I want a bit of fun its not the be all and end all in terms of rawness etc, but will still put a smile on your face.
Living in the south east its hard work driving.
Did test drive a 535i a few months back - the space is fine, its a big car, obviously its not going to be like a lotus due to it being huge, but was a little bit fun.
THink generally newer cars are getting a bit stale or maybe just a bit not exciting.
Or maybe its me not knowing what the hell I want!
I guess something like a M135i - being going to and from work easy to drive, but if I want a bit of fun its not the be all and end all in terms of rawness etc, but will still put a smile on your face.
Living in the south east its hard work driving.
Did test drive a 535i a few months back - the space is fine, its a big car, obviously its not going to be like a lotus due to it being huge, but was a little bit fun.
THink generally newer cars are getting a bit stale or maybe just a bit not exciting.
Or maybe its me not knowing what the hell I want!
I'm not a fan of hot hatches - well I don't mind them - but I think I am pretty sure I want a estate. If we end up with another kid it would just be easier - a hot hatch would have to have 5 doors, hence why I though the golf r estate, cupra etc.
Missus won't let me have a golf - shes not overly keen on bmw either. But then she did email earlier today telling me to buy a 15k supercharged range rover
horrible car in my opinion
Missus won't let me have a golf - shes not overly keen on bmw either. But then she did email earlier today telling me to buy a 15k supercharged range rover
horrible car in my opinioni must admit I have thought about the porsche cayman - obviously its not a estate. Maybe that will be worth a look - I do think I want petrol next which in this day and age seems a bit alien!
Wife isn't bothered about vw golf or bmw - as much as I like the golf r - i don't mean this horribly - but I think I would rather a big engined car - soemthing I have never had (largest 2.0 diesel!).
2.0 turbo etc will be around for a long time - a v8 or straight 6 (I guess even v6) won't be.
SUV do not appeal to me at all - not interested in range rovers, porsche cayenne etc - just not my cup of tea.
SHame v60 polester need a bit more to drop before I can afford one - starting to sound like I should maybe leave it a year and just get the astra repaired. Good things come to those who wait as they say!
Wife isn't bothered about vw golf or bmw - as much as I like the golf r - i don't mean this horribly - but I think I would rather a big engined car - soemthing I have never had (largest 2.0 diesel!).
2.0 turbo etc will be around for a long time - a v8 or straight 6 (I guess even v6) won't be.
SUV do not appeal to me at all - not interested in range rovers, porsche cayenne etc - just not my cup of tea.
SHame v60 polester need a bit more to drop before I can afford one - starting to sound like I should maybe leave it a year and just get the astra repaired. Good things come to those who wait as they say!
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