Cooper S v TT Coupe TFSI 197 v Gol GTI vs 325i Cab all 08-10
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The Z4MC has gone, and the OH is looking for her next car. Replacement woud be the wrong word, as it was epic.
The Z sold very quickly, and we've sort of been caught short on what to buy next.
All she knows is -
Fun
More practical than the Z ( easy one)
Leather, not a chavvy hot hatch - (as she's knocking on 50 but looks about 35)
Sunroof/Pano roof and Nav as nice to haves.
less than 75k
Oh, and it's got to be black.
The budget is 8.5k
The shortlist is:
10 Cooper S with the N18
08 TT Tfsi Coupe 197
08 325i (218) cabrio
Golf Gti.
They've all got their strengths and weaknesses, but are we missing anything that would do what one of these do better?
Alternatively tell us which one she should buy
The Z sold very quickly, and we've sort of been caught short on what to buy next.
All she knows is -
Fun
More practical than the Z ( easy one)
Leather, not a chavvy hot hatch - (as she's knocking on 50 but looks about 35)
Sunroof/Pano roof and Nav as nice to haves.
less than 75k
Oh, and it's got to be black.
The budget is 8.5k
The shortlist is:
10 Cooper S with the N18
08 TT Tfsi Coupe 197
08 325i (218) cabrio
Golf Gti.
They've all got their strengths and weaknesses, but are we missing anything that would do what one of these do better?
Alternatively tell us which one she should buy
Wow! Lots of love for the MCS, which was the first thought that she had.
Funny that the MK5 Golf Gti got raved about when released, but not a great deal of love for it so far.
Is it the ubiquity of 300hp 4wd hot hatches that makes the idea of a fwd 200bhp hot hatch that size a bit old hat?
Funny that the MK5 Golf Gti got raved about when released, but not a great deal of love for it so far.
Is it the ubiquity of 300hp 4wd hot hatches that makes the idea of a fwd 200bhp hot hatch that size a bit old hat?
ZX10R NIN said:
A good alternative to the Golf GTI & TT is the R32 Golf the engine just adds a bit of character as well as a nice exhaust note.
My gran recently sold her one she had hers 6 years with no issues & it was a good drive.
addsMy gran recently sold her one she had hers 6 years with no issues & it was a good drive.
"wants to get away from £520 a year tax"
to the list......
ZX10R NIN said:
Volvo C30 T5 R Design but the boot might be a bit small.
Good shout. She liked the focus ST but thought the image a bit chavvy. This may work.ZX10R NIN said:
I'm not sure if you regard this one as to garish:
Mazda3 MPS
Shows her car you linked to.Mazda3 MPS
"Don't want a Mazda"
Predictably random.
Well, that was a surprise...
So I suggest that we look at a local Mini Cooper S and drive it to see if she likes them having never driven one before.
No - That would be too easy. Lets go to look at that one 1 3/4 hours away to see if I like it.
Stop to look at a 325 on the way. It's sold.
Get there - car looks good, take it out for a test drive.
"Don't like the way that it drives or the dashboard. Don't want a Mini"
Go and look at a TT roadster on the way back, on my insistence - despite the fact she prefers the one 200 miles in the other direction better from the advert.
"Boot too small, think I need the TT Coupe"
Go to look at a TT Coupe - "Oh, the boot's not much bigger, just a different shape" A roadster might be ok. But I still like the Coupe.
What about this coupe
"Don't like the colour"
216 miles later we get back home.
Going for a curry with friends tonight.
She is driving as I need a drink.And then another. And Another.
So I suggest that we look at a local Mini Cooper S and drive it to see if she likes them having never driven one before.
No - That would be too easy. Lets go to look at that one 1 3/4 hours away to see if I like it.
Stop to look at a 325 on the way. It's sold.
Get there - car looks good, take it out for a test drive.
"Don't like the way that it drives or the dashboard. Don't want a Mini"
Go and look at a TT roadster on the way back, on my insistence - despite the fact she prefers the one 200 miles in the other direction better from the advert.
"Boot too small, think I need the TT Coupe"
Go to look at a TT Coupe - "Oh, the boot's not much bigger, just a different shape" A roadster might be ok. But I still like the Coupe.
What about this coupe
"Don't like the colour"
216 miles later we get back home.
Going for a curry with friends tonight.
She is driving as I need a drink.And then another. And Another.
40 mile (each way) trip to see an 09 TT cab on very low mileage. MOTs stack up for the low mileage and it’s got nice coloured heated leather
Get there and it looks a lot more used than the mileage would suggest. Leather on the steering wheel looks uneven, like it’s been retrimmed, seats and centre console scratched.
(And I missed the fact it was dark blue and not black)
Get there and it looks a lot more used than the mileage would suggest. Leather on the steering wheel looks uneven, like it’s been retrimmed, seats and centre console scratched.
(And I missed the fact it was dark blue and not black)
Edited by talksthetorque on Sunday 26th November 22:12
Update 2 : Having driven the Mini, TT, Golf, and an S3, it's looking like it's going to be a Golf Gti.
After trying a few mk5s, we have also looked at a mk6 and have had to up the budget, as in her opinion, it's a nicer place to be and from thinking she'd keep it for a couple of years and see where we are then, she's thinking that the MK6 will keep her going for 4 or 5 years.
So I'm left waiting for her to make her mind up on the one we've seen, which probably means another couple of weeks of procrastination involving several days of comments like
"What about this one. No hang on it's not got leather"
"What about this one. No, it's done too many miles"
"What about - oh hang on it's in Inverness/Tenby/Newquay/Timbuktu."
etc etc. A serious contender for the "why do women faff about so much" thread.
It's just not necessaryu. When choosing my last car I simply researched the market for two years and simply ordered it.
After trying a few mk5s, we have also looked at a mk6 and have had to up the budget, as in her opinion, it's a nicer place to be and from thinking she'd keep it for a couple of years and see where we are then, she's thinking that the MK6 will keep her going for 4 or 5 years.
So I'm left waiting for her to make her mind up on the one we've seen, which probably means another couple of weeks of procrastination involving several days of comments like
"What about this one. No hang on it's not got leather"
"What about this one. No, it's done too many miles"
"What about - oh hang on it's in Inverness/Tenby/Newquay/Timbuktu."
etc etc. A serious contender for the "why do women faff about so much" thread.
It's just not necessaryu. When choosing my last car I simply researched the market for two years and simply ordered it.
Someone whispered Scirocco. I have already dodged that bullet.
She sat in one at a dealers where we were looking at the Golf and preferred the higher roofline of the Golf.
I have also pointed out that the dog crate we have would have to be disassembled and reassembled to get it in the back of a three door.
This dog crate would fold up with two poles removed, but to her it is like completing a Rubiks cube with 169 squares on each side blindfold and underwater with boxing gloves on.
Luckily I got this to sink in before the suggested trip to South Wales from the East Midlands was actually made.
She sat in one at a dealers where we were looking at the Golf and preferred the higher roofline of the Golf.
I have also pointed out that the dog crate we have would have to be disassembled and reassembled to get it in the back of a three door.
This dog crate would fold up with two poles removed, but to her it is like completing a Rubiks cube with 169 squares on each side blindfold and underwater with boxing gloves on.
Luckily I got this to sink in before the suggested trip to South Wales from the East Midlands was actually made.
Edited by talksthetorque on Monday 4th December 17:52
Finally, despite the scirocco incident- you swines 
- and staring to browse Caymans on ebay last night - swiftly discounted by asking where she would put 400 Litres of Bark Chips - we're over the line and the trigger/bullet/kumquat has been pulled/bitten/fisted.
Deposit down on the 5dr red Mk6 Golf GTI we saw at the weekend.
All boxes ticked on the wish list except black ( sorry Carparkno1, but rest assured any blue was a definite no) and a sunroof, but after seeing the roof she wasn't that fussed, and liked the red as it stands out in a good way, much like her.
FSH
Heated Leather
DSG
Built in nav to shout at and punch when she knows better than it does, despite having the geo-awareness of a washing up bowl.
First jobs will be to check the camchain tensioner has been upgraded, replace if necessary, and to keep an eye on the oil.
It may need disks and pads which were an advisory on the last MOT 6 months ago
Fingers crossed they might have been done - I know - I should have checked
The garage offered to do them for £100 on top of the selling price, fitted.
I was a bit sceptical of the quality that that kind of offer might have got me , so asked for another ton off to buy some decent ones and save them the hassle, hoping that if they were offering to do it for £100 that they'd checked and it had in fact already been done before they got it.
They agreed, so we're off to pick it up in the morning!
Thanks for all the advice which was ( not entirely unexpectedly) completely ignored by the OH, I think she liked the grown up-ness of the golf and she has just told me that she always wanted a golf ever since
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- and staring to browse Caymans on ebay last night - swiftly discounted by asking where she would put 400 Litres of Bark Chips - we're over the line and the trigger/bullet/kumquat has been pulled/bitten/fisted.Deposit down on the 5dr red Mk6 Golf GTI we saw at the weekend.
All boxes ticked on the wish list except black ( sorry Carparkno1, but rest assured any blue was a definite no) and a sunroof, but after seeing the roof she wasn't that fussed, and liked the red as it stands out in a good way, much like her.
FSH
Heated Leather
DSG
Built in nav to shout at and punch when she knows better than it does, despite having the geo-awareness of a washing up bowl.
First jobs will be to check the camchain tensioner has been upgraded, replace if necessary, and to keep an eye on the oil.
It may need disks and pads which were an advisory on the last MOT 6 months ago
Fingers crossed they might have been done - I know - I should have checked
The garage offered to do them for £100 on top of the selling price, fitted.
I was a bit sceptical of the quality that that kind of offer might have got me , so asked for another ton off to buy some decent ones and save them the hassle, hoping that if they were offering to do it for £100 that they'd checked and it had in fact already been done before they got it.
They agreed, so we're off to pick it up in the morning!
Thanks for all the advice which was ( not entirely unexpectedly) completely ignored by the OH, I think she liked the grown up-ness of the golf and she has just told me that she always wanted a golf ever since
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