New car opinions

Twingo and Panda are no gos - tried them already :)

The Pug dealer gave us £550 off straightaway and reckoned the 106 should get at least £500 trade in, which is a good start. If went went for the Pug it'd be the one above the basic version probably (the Urban I think it was) so it has leccy windows, remote locking etc. But I'd want a Rev Counter too (only £30), maybe the interior trim kit (£100) and a few other bits and bobs, so I'll be telling him all this on saturday to see what he comes up with.

Pug or Citroen didn't seem to offer that. But the first service is free and the next one is at 20k miles and is £130. That'll be it for the whole 3 years apparently. Better than the 4-5k intervals I do on the 106 :)

However VW and I think Hyundai too do the free servicing deal as part of their finance package at the mo.

I don't think I would want to buy from those supermarkets TBH for the exact kind of problems your mates Dad had. But as you say, their prices can make a useful bargaining tool.

Yea they are doing quite well. It's because, as you've explained, they're mega cheap to run - hell give it a few more months of media hysteria and they'll probably start appreciating!

Did the 107 Sport have all the stickers on :-) ? Our local dealer had one a few months ago that was fully liveried up - and still only a 1.0 hehe. Although I did kind've think that if I was still 17, I'd be loving that.

Do you have a Citroen garage near you at all? The C1 is a few hundred quid cheaper I do beleive, I wasn't sure but AutoExpress seems to agree with me -

- The OTR cheapest one according to the Citroen website is £6.2k iirc as they have a cash back offer going. The glowing report that they give the Citroens interior is quite a nice surprise as the only new Citroen model I've been in, aside from just sitting there at the motorshow etc was a C2 GT that belonged to my mates mrs and it was truely minging. Or if you can blag one of these - for cheap, they sound pretty nice spec wise.

It had the twin 'Viper' stripes, alloys and some other tat. Nat loved it. I told her no :)

Out of all of them I like the sporting bits the Aygo gets - centre exhaust and obviously a revised rear splitter, lowered suspension etc. Looks quite smart. But pointless in the grand scheme of things!!

Citroen, Hyundai and Skoda all share the same site in Southampton so we're off there tomorrow. Seems to be different prices floating about everywhere for the C1 so were just gonna go get the info direct from the dealer. As you say they seem to be the cheapest out the 3, so it's the one I'll be pushing for if we decide we're buying new :)

Saw the Code on the website yesterday. I'm hoping they'll have one in stock to have a nose around

i was lucky with my mini cos i'm staff they managed to get me on the 5% APR and i only had to borrow bout £4k i think it was so wasn't to bad :) with only 23k on the clock and a couple of TLC vouchers left the mini should last me a while i'm loving it, newest car i've had!

In the opinion of anyone who has ever driven a number of 4x4s, rather than simply reacting with their anti-Ford prejudice. OTOH, anyone who would consider a Peugeot (nice pepper mills, but that's it) doesn't really have much of a basis for comparison.

Amusing that you can sneer at my opinion while expressing your own arrogant clap-trap, innit?

Nearly new (12-15months old) facelift Focus 1.6 TDCi 110. £35 /yr tax. mpg. Very sweet PSA engine (chips to 135bhp) Fun to drive. Out-handles more or less everything.

Or a Fiesta 1.4 tdci if you can find one, if the Focus is too big.

Tim..

They do the 1.6 TDCi in the Fiesta as well.

I'd have thought that would be the best of all worlds.

Actually I've got nothing against Ford, I was just following your arrogant clap trap with some of my own.

And unlike some people stuck in their own little marque ballons I'm willing to give anything a try rather than believe the drivel sad old bastards like you put out on here.

HTH

A sensible suggestion. Thank you Tim. I will check them out, but can't see Nat going for them. We had a look at a Fabia today and it was deemed too big so I suspect it may be the same for the Focus and maybe the Fiesta. Apparently the ones we're looking at are considered 'City Cars'.

What about a Kia Ceed or Pro-ceed, are they within budget?

And it all becomes clear.

Stop letting your c*ck make buying decisions for you and tell her that if she wants a French shopping trolley that she'll have to find and finance it herself.

It sounds like she's got you right where she wants you on this one.

funny enough i was considering a fiesta diesel, and some how ended up with a mini but huh way it goes i suppose. bit like a few years back (well 6 actually) when i had the cavalier, was looking at GSI's and SRI's and some how ended up with a 1984 MK1 MR2? WTF? :)

WTF??

Nat is financing it herself, but I'm helping her to find the right car. It'll be hers to get to work in, I have no interest in owning my own C1/107 or anything else that underpowered. That's why I've got my own car, with a V8.

After comments like that I guess you don't have a very good relationship with your wife. Is that why you work away so much? Bit of a dragon is she? Sleep in seperate beds when she allows you to come home?

If she wants a French shopping trolley, let her find her own.

Quite the opposite.

Better than that, though, she knows what makes a good car and we buy them together, because they're cars for both of us.

She knows that crappy little underpowered city cars are only any good when you're a kid who can't afford to insure a proper car.

She also knows much better than to suggest buying a new car to me ;-)

your a c*ck

what's wrong with Carl helping his girl find something decent? ok it maybe a shopping trolley but why leave her to herself? after all a relationship is team work? (or all for themselves in steve's house by the sounds of it)

you'd never buy a new car because you even moved to wales to save money, that's extreme!

Well, I've got a Xantia Activa (currently on the road but MOT due soon) and a Mk2 Golf GiT (PeteM's old one) which needs a fair bit doing to get it back on the road, but worth rescuing iMHO, and I'm having vague thoughts about getting a S80 T6.......

You're all heart.

LOL, funniest thing you've said in ages. IIRC correctly you give your wife your cast offs. Lets face it, the shitty, dodgy, repmobile Alfas you buy are worth f*ck all after you finish with them so you palm them off to your other half, who clearly doesn't know better. Nice little setup. Nat's not so gullable though.

That's weird, because I thought the £35 a year tax, 60mpg and group 1 insurance meant it was ideal for those on a budget.

My proper car will be happily sat in the garage. And when the wedding expense is all over we'll probably be saving for another proper car that we've been talking about for years - ideally a TVR for us both to own and both to enjoy, although there are a few other options. Unlike you we don't want to be boring 30-somethings with a driveway full of boredom.

Obviously she knows you're too tight.

And a Ducati in the garage.

Stop thinking vaguely and be positive.