Had a shufti at sorting the sills on the Ovlov this afternoon, and discovered that the right hand side one has reverted to Iron Oxide. Anyone got any ideas for what car I should get next, on the following criteria: Should manage 30mpg or so in the real world (what my Ka and this Volvo seem to average). 20mpg with me piloting it and in a very big hurry. Needs to do 0-60 in a reasonable time, handle either well, or in an amusingly sideways fashion. Something that won't rust. Ever. Like how Audi 80s never rust. Less than < £500 or so to buy. It'd be very nice if I could fit a mountain bike in the back with the front wheel on. I also want to be able to get 4 people in it without them a) having to be midgets and b) the car becoming enormously slow. Needs to be pretty reliable too. As in, dies due to me thrashing the life out of it less than once every 10 thousand miles. And comfy. Even the Volvo has comfy seats.
Current thoughts are along the lines of Audi 80 / 90, SAAB 900i (possibly a bit rusty for my liking, but they do look great), VW Golf MK2 (insurance was
*very* fierce when I got quotes for a GTi a while back), and perhaps something along the lines of a Mondeo (rust? bits falling off (they did in my Ka)?), 405 or Xantia (hydropneumatic stuff? bits falling off? both french, both might have decent diseasels?). Any comments on these or ideas for other cars? Nothing Fester / Micra sized, hideously overpriced and I don't much like the amount of noise on the motorway.