What car for wife??? (Sorry another What car thread!)
Discussion
Thinking about changing the wifes Merc for something with a bit more about it, needs to be an occasional 4 seater for small kids in the back, new or nearly new, budget say £40k and she hates convertibles.
So I'm thinking either BMW 335 coupe or a used M3 coupe or an Audi S5
I realise this is a biased place to ask, but any views?
Is one any more practical than the other?
Any other suggestions I have missed?
Thanks
So I'm thinking either BMW 335 coupe or a used M3 coupe or an Audi S5
I realise this is a biased place to ask, but any views?
Is one any more practical than the other?
Any other suggestions I have missed?
Thanks
Tame Technician said:
Vauxhall VXR8 (order holden Lion badge to replace VX one on grille) if she wont have a vauxhall.
Save the rest of the money for:- advanced driving course for the Mrs (keep her and children safe), introduction to drifting course for you, fuel and tyres.
+1Save the rest of the money for:- advanced driving course for the Mrs (keep her and children safe), introduction to drifting course for you, fuel and tyres.
I've driven loads of these and the experience is totally unique and cannot be compared with, my personal choice would be a Bathurst, or one similar to the one below;
Thanks for replies....
Aston V8 - Too expensive, only 2 seats.
Merc C63 - Too boring, don't need 4 doors, want some style, not a well off pensioner look.
Porsche 997 - Too expensive
Vauxhall - never gonna fly, it's a vauxhall, albeit one withe a very large engine.
Let me recap the requirements...
Style, comfort, prestige, company car so new or under a year old, occasional seater but not necessary a 4 door.
Aston V8 - Too expensive, only 2 seats.
Merc C63 - Too boring, don't need 4 doors, want some style, not a well off pensioner look.
Porsche 997 - Too expensive
Vauxhall - never gonna fly, it's a vauxhall, albeit one withe a very large engine.
Let me recap the requirements...
Style, comfort, prestige, company car so new or under a year old, occasional seater but not necessary a 4 door.
S5 (with the V8) is better than new S4 (V6 supercharged) But you can have 7 speed S-tronic flappy padle gearbox with new S4.
335BMW very similar looking and performance to S5, but slightly more involving to drive I would say. If the ability to drive sidways isnt required the quatro system on the S5 makes for safer faster driving, and you can actually use it if it snows next winter, which you probably cant with the 335.
The interior in the Audi is significantly nicer. I personally think MMI is a better system than I drive.
But you have done the silly thing and you ignored the best car based on the Badge. Despite the fact thats its got 4 doors, big boot, fun to drive, very fast, made in Austrailia (not great but better than bedford). It couldnt really have much less to do with Vauxhall if it tried. I always think its strange people with £40k to spend on a car have to ask what to buy, those of us who work on and drive lots of different cars for a living, know what we would have, but will never have that money.
335BMW very similar looking and performance to S5, but slightly more involving to drive I would say. If the ability to drive sidways isnt required the quatro system on the S5 makes for safer faster driving, and you can actually use it if it snows next winter, which you probably cant with the 335.
The interior in the Audi is significantly nicer. I personally think MMI is a better system than I drive.
But you have done the silly thing and you ignored the best car based on the Badge. Despite the fact thats its got 4 doors, big boot, fun to drive, very fast, made in Austrailia (not great but better than bedford). It couldnt really have much less to do with Vauxhall if it tried. I always think its strange people with £40k to spend on a car have to ask what to buy, those of us who work on and drive lots of different cars for a living, know what we would have, but will never have that money.
Rightly or wrongly in your eyes I'm afriad the big griffin is a big no!
Or as she put it..."It looks like something Kev with a skinhead would drive. Tell them I want to maintain some dignity and am not about to start wearing fake fur jackets and denim mini skirts."
I think that's a no then.
Or as she put it..."It looks like something Kev with a skinhead would drive. Tell them I want to maintain some dignity and am not about to start wearing fake fur jackets and denim mini skirts."
I think that's a no then.
Oh I see, Fair doo's
Sounds like she want a jaguar XF.
Top of the range 5.0L supercharged R is £60k, but 3.0TDCI is like £36k and I think they still do a 4.0V8 in the midle.
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results...
Sounds like she want a jaguar XF.
Top of the range 5.0L supercharged R is £60k, but 3.0TDCI is like £36k and I think they still do a 4.0V8 in the midle.
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Drives/Search-Results...
Tame Technician said:
Coupe. All convertables shake vibrate and are noisey + they dont go round corners if there is the slightest bump in them.
I'm guessing from your profile you've driven A5 cab's plenty so this is interesting.Can you seriously tell that much differance?
I had an A4 3.0 cab a while back and loved it, how does the A5 compare? I would have thought it was a lot stiffer than the A4?
Maybe I'm being to negative, the A5 is significatnly better the the A4 cab was. You must have noticed the scutle shake/creeky roof, vibration through the steering wheel etc on that?
When you work on cars for a living you often get to drive similar cars back to back. I drove an RS4 avant and RS4 cab back to back last summer couldnt believe how much the stiff RS4 suspention showed up the lack of stregth in the Cab body, didnt feel right at all.
The body is just never as stiff when its not got a roof, cars are slower because of the additional bracing to get some of the stregth back (weight), just not a nice to drive as the hard tops.
But if you really want a cabriolet, then a coupe just isnt going to be a rewarding for you to own, you might find your self all summer wishing you could take the top down. If you didnt notice any of the problems i mentioned with your old A4 cab then you deffinately wont with the A5, I get paid to find things wrong with cars, I notice everything.
When you work on cars for a living you often get to drive similar cars back to back. I drove an RS4 avant and RS4 cab back to back last summer couldnt believe how much the stiff RS4 suspention showed up the lack of stregth in the Cab body, didnt feel right at all.
The body is just never as stiff when its not got a roof, cars are slower because of the additional bracing to get some of the stregth back (weight), just not a nice to drive as the hard tops.
But if you really want a cabriolet, then a coupe just isnt going to be a rewarding for you to own, you might find your self all summer wishing you could take the top down. If you didnt notice any of the problems i mentioned with your old A4 cab then you deffinately wont with the A5, I get paid to find things wrong with cars, I notice everything.
I can believe what you're saying on the RS4 with a very stiff setup.
I had a Gallardo Coupe before the Spyder and whilst yes you can just about detect a differance, the rest more than makes up for it.
The A5 is more luxury GT that pants on fire blaster, one of the reasons I've erred now towards the 3.0tdi rather than the S5, and on this basis I thought the differance wouldn't really be that noticable?
I had a Gallardo Coupe before the Spyder and whilst yes you can just about detect a differance, the rest more than makes up for it.
The A5 is more luxury GT that pants on fire blaster, one of the reasons I've erred now towards the 3.0tdi rather than the S5, and on this basis I thought the differance wouldn't really be that noticable?
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