Ideas for Citroen C2 replacement needed!
Discussion
Hi, new to this! Please refrain from telling me anything is better than a c2.. I know this!
Bought an '06 plate C2 1.6 VTR Sensodrive a few months back for the following reasons:-
You can fold the back seats down - which gives me the boot space i need
cheap insurance, grp 6 (i've got some history)
Reasonable fuel economy, with enough grunt to be ok on the motorways too
Small budget
Small enough to parellel park outside my house easily
and finally i stupidly thought they looked quite fun.
It's spent most of the past few months finding really expensive ways to try and kill me. So once I get it back from Citroen for the 3rd time, I'm going to bite the bullet and trade it in.
Anyone got any ideas? Something reliable but not boring, I'm only 30! Probably looking at £4.5k max budget.
Thanks :-)
Bought an '06 plate C2 1.6 VTR Sensodrive a few months back for the following reasons:-
You can fold the back seats down - which gives me the boot space i need
cheap insurance, grp 6 (i've got some history)
Reasonable fuel economy, with enough grunt to be ok on the motorways too
Small budget
Small enough to parellel park outside my house easily
and finally i stupidly thought they looked quite fun.
It's spent most of the past few months finding really expensive ways to try and kill me. So once I get it back from Citroen for the 3rd time, I'm going to bite the bullet and trade it in.
Anyone got any ideas? Something reliable but not boring, I'm only 30! Probably looking at £4.5k max budget.
Thanks :-)
Get a MINI... http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3439259.htm
Hated by the PH folks, but don't knock it until you have driven it.
If the Cooper is too lively on insurance, try the ONE, it's the same 1600cc engine and a £300 remap sorts out the power back to Cooper levels.
Hated by the PH folks, but don't knock it until you have driven it.
If the Cooper is too lively on insurance, try the ONE, it's the same 1600cc engine and a £300 remap sorts out the power back to Cooper levels.
I pontificated on this recently and came up with Fiat panda 100hp, Suzuki Swift Sport - both rare - and for half their budget, a Sportka (rust issues).
The best suggestion and compromise and way within your budget (the Swift Sport will tend to be outside it) was a Suzuki Ignis Sport which seems to have lots of fans and looks a little less girly than the other 3 (I cahnged my mind and kept my Mk 3 Golf GTI after seeing these cars "on the road" and how small they were). At least the Ignis is inoffensively chunky.
The best suggestion and compromise and way within your budget (the Swift Sport will tend to be outside it) was a Suzuki Ignis Sport which seems to have lots of fans and looks a little less girly than the other 3 (I cahnged my mind and kept my Mk 3 Golf GTI after seeing these cars "on the road" and how small they were). At least the Ignis is inoffensively chunky.
Dr Interceptor said:
If the Cooper is too lively on insurance, try the ONE, it's the same 1600cc engine and a £300 remap sorts out the power back to Cooper levels.
Except that would probably make the ONE more expensive to insure than a Cooper.Pistonheads: encouraging insurance fraud matters
furtive said:
Davebird said:
You can fold the back seats down - which gives me the boot space i need
And makes it go fasterSeat Ibiza FR TDI? Or Fabia vRS? Same car underneath - good boot and at 15k miles a year they'd be a good option perhaps. Think they're group 7 ins though but perhaps considering.
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