Will Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 So I really need to get a car to give myself some freedom, but as we’re trying to buy a house right now I need to be a bit careful about it. I do like something with a bit of performance and plan to buy a Mini Clubman JCW later in the year: Test drove one a few weeks ago and it was pretty damn awesome, way better than I expected. Until we have all our finances sorted out I'm just going to buy something much cheaper to keep us going. Max budget is around £5k or so. I went to have a look at a Mk2 Audi TT yesterday: But the guy at the dealership seemed incredibly unkeen to sell it. Actually seemed quite nice and I'd probably have taken it if he'd been a bit more forthcoming with information. So what are you guys driving? Any tips on cars I could look at? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sméagol Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I was going to check how long I've had my driver's license, and as it happens I've gotten a letter regarding renewing it a few days ago, just found out. I've had my driver's license for practically 20 years. I've not driven a car for probably more than 20 years. I hate driving, I hate cars. In general. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goafer Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 08/01/2022 at 2:59 PM, Will said: So I really need to get a car to give myself some freedom, but as we’re trying to buy a house right now I need to be a bit careful about it. I do like something with a bit of performance and plan to buy a Mini Clubman JCW later in the year: Test drove one a few weeks ago and it was pretty damn awesome, way better than I expected. Until we have all our finances sorted out I'm just going to buy something much cheaper to keep us going. Max budget is around £5k or so. I went to have a look at a Mk2 Audi TT yesterday: But the guy at the dealership seemed incredibly unkeen to sell it. Actually seemed quite nice and I'd probably have taken it if he'd been a bit more forthcoming with information. So what are you guys driving? Any tips on cars I could look at? From what I remember from when I looked at similar aged Audi S3s a while back, Audis (and most modern German cars) are great, but complicated and expensive to repair when they do start going wrong. I always found my 2005 Fiesta ST to be a good mix of practicality, performance, comfort and reliability. Things got VERY expensive at around 125k miles though and eventually the engine gave up. Flawless up until that point though, so a low mileage one that's been well maintained should be a safe bet. Just watch for rust, as Fords are awful for it, especially underneath. As for me, I bloody love cars. Currently have a VW Passat estate and a 1991 VW Scirocco. A compilation of all the cars I've owned over the years (in the order I owned them): 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 11:51 AM, Goafer said: From what I remember from when I looked at similar aged Audi S3s a while back, Audis (and most modern German cars) are great, but complicated and expensive to repair when they do start going wrong. Yeah, that’s a good point, some of the repairs I was looking at for the Audi were definitely on the steep side. I’ve seen a few other TTs and I think it’s definitely a nice mix of practical and fun. Similar to my issues with housing it seems as if nobody actually wants to sell anything. I test drove a car last week which had a few very obvious niggles, but was otherwise pretty great. I said I’d be keen if they were fixed, they said they were on their list of things to sort. I said give me a call when it’s done and I’ll come down and buy it if they’re all good. Did I ever get a call? Of course not. It’s just sat on the website and the other sales places waiting. Another one I was due to view today looked perfect but unfortunately, someone snapped it up before I got there. So the search continues, maybe I’ll just put the deposit down on an Emira and hibernate until it’s available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 Thinking of a new contender, a Subaru BRZ: Seems like a good bit of fun and is just practical enough for the day-to-day stuff I need to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 Test drove the BRZ today, it’s brilliant. A lot more fun than I was expecting and WAY more practical than I thought it would be. Tentatively made a reservation awaiting the results of my mortgage stuff going through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 It’s bought! Will be picking this guy up on Saturday, maybe before if everything goes through OK. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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