What car for the wife

[thinfourth2]

Budget 4 grand

Needs to be an estate for 3 large dogs
Not diesel
Quick
manual gearbox
Not diesel
Reliable (unlike her Honda accord diesel but thats another story)
Cheap and easy to fix as i have to fix it when it goes wrong
Not economical (If she has a car that does 40Mpg she will use that instead of the 55mpg snottier of a micro she has just bought so sub 30Mpg would be good)
Not diesel
Manual gearbox


4x4 preferable

Oh and no modern common rail i'm going to wrong because i feel like it diesels

[Uhura fighter]

Volvo.

[Baffled Spoon]

Subaru Legacy
Mitsubishi Galant
BMW 540i (most are auto, but that is countered by having a v8)

[Regiment]

Why would you want her to use the lIttlo micro thing if she can get an estate car thats going to meet all demands?

[thinfourth2]

Baffled Spoon said:

BMW 540i (most are auto, but that is countered by having a v8)

She completely refuses to have an auto

Its for old people apparently

[SD1992]

Discovery V8 maybe? I assume the 3 large dogs won't fit in an E39 estate?

Edit to remove link - bloody auto advertised as manual!!

Edited by SD1992 on Saturday 6th August 13:19

[dtmpower]

Why is being a manual so important ?

[thinfourth2]

Regiment said:

Why would you want her to use the lIttlo micro thing if she can get an estate car thats going to meet all demands?

She bought a nice 5 year old honda accord diesel estate to do that and it burped the turbo and its going to cost about £1700 to get it fixed

So while it is getting fixed i bought her a £700 snotter micra to keep her mobile and she loves it as she can park it anywhere, batter along our road without worrying about the pimping alloys, she doesn't care if it goes pop basically she has seen the light of snotters. if it expires in a heap of steam she will get it recovered home and we bin it and buy another

I run a snotter of a focus and it is too small for 3 huge dogs.

So we are going to sell the Honda and buy something big for long runs and dog moving that will do a couple of thousand miles a year if that. Also when a snotter dies we still have a car.

[thinfourth2]

dtmpower said:

Why is being a manual so important ?

She is a an ex biker and believes they are the devils work

I tend to agree

[jbi]

Ex biker?

Sounds like the type of girl who would appreciate a military V8 defender?

[Baffled Spoon]

thinfourth2 said:

Baffled Spoon said:

BMW 540i (most are auto, but that is countered by having a v8)

She completely refuses to have an auto

Its for old people apparently

Is injuring her clutch foot not an option then?

Mondeo ST220 or a v6 engined vectra could also be a thirsty and inexpensive doggy wagon.

[Gaspowered]

MX5? (get it in before someone else does)

[Kiltox]

How about an auto diesel Mondeo?

[martin84]

Pah! Women huh!?

[Jw Vw]

Volvo V70?

[thinfourth2]

jbi said:

Ex biker?

Sounds like the type of girl who would appreciate a military V8 defender?

We already two modified defenders and a Unimog

So no more silly offroaders

[thinfourth2]

Gaspowered said:

MX5? (get it in before someone else does)

She gets one in the summer and i get the Micra

So close but no cigar

[Kiltox]

thinfourth2 said:

Not diesel
Quick
manual gearbox
Not diesel
Not economical
Not diesel
Manual gearbox
Oh and no diesels

Most PH requirements list ever?

[Jw Vw]

Kiltox said:

thinfourth2 said:

Not diesel
Quick
manual gearbox
Not diesel
Not economical
Not diesel
Manual gearbox
Oh and no diesels

Most PH requirements list ever?

Especially that 'manual gearbox' has been listed twice and 'not diesel' four times

[thinfourth2]

I hadn't considered a Volvo

As to a disco V8 its not reliable, its not fast and you can't put 3 dogs in the boot