My what car thread (£7k hot)- reliability the key...opinion?

[Agoogy]

R53 Mini Cooper S (£6500) 28k miles 05'
Megane R26 230 (£6900) 55k miles 07'
Astra VXR (£7000)55k miles 55'


which and why in your opinion

Don't want alternatives, I've been through that....these are my top 3.

[okie592]

any car can be reliable and every car can go totally wrong. Astra will be the cheapest if it goes wrong but the megane will be the best to drive.

i personally dont like astras or minis so that would leave me with the megane

[JonathanLegard]

Get the Megane. There's genius there.

[vescaegg]

Megane

Edited by vescaegg on Friday 13th July 20:33

[greggy50]

The meganne from those three although personally I would be sat inside a 130i for 7k...

[irocfan]

greggy50 said:

The meganne from those three although personally I would be sat inside a 130i for 7k...

personally on the looks side I'd rather chew my own testes than be sat in a 130i, of the car the OP posited each has got flaws but I suspect it's between the Renault and mini - coin toss time

[rb5er]

Renault. But I'd much rather a focus st or mk1 focus RS.

[nottyash]

I would probably go Impreza STi 55 plate (Saloon), the mini is slow, and a decent JCW will exceed your budget, The VXR is a Vauxhall and the Renault is st.

[Schuey M]

Of the 3 you listed it has to be the mini. The other two are just crap.

My choice would be a vw golf r32.

[Schuey M]

JonathanLegard said:

Get the Megane. There's genius there.

One mans idea of genius is anothers madness. I'd rather walk than drive a megane.

[McHaggis]

Schuey M said:

One mans idea of genius is anothers madness. I'd rather walk than drive a megane.

Agree 100% for regular Meganes.

Have you actually driven an R26?

[Jw Vw]

Another vote for the Megane. Wouldn't even consider the Mini personally.

[NadiR]

1. Megane
2. Mini
3. Astra

[sidekickdmr]

I've had 2 R26's and they were great!

Never missed a beat!

[DanielJames]

None of those will be amazingly reliable... go VAG if you want that

Megane all the way...

[philmots]

Megane

[SSBB]

DanielJames said:

None of those will be amazingly reliable... go VAG if you want that

Megane all the way...

never ceases to amaze me that VAG have such a rep for reliability, when they are soundly beaten by all the japanese makes.

[Deerfoot]

SSBB said:

never ceases to amaze me that VAG have such a rep for reliability, when they are soundly beaten by all the japanese makes.

I think he was comparing them (VAG) to the MINI, Renault and the Vauxhall rather than anything Japanese.

Oh, 130i or MK5 GTI for me.

[Fleckers]

never driven any of them

in my view in looks only its

mini
vrx
r26

[rb5er]

DanielJames said:

None of those will be amazingly reliable... go VAG if you want that

Such an amazingly untrue statement.