Lol, having some issues cutting the quote on the phone. 
You've added some criteria in there lol, I don't want handling, just grip, in fact the worse handling the better as it's more likely to have a comfortable ride...Vectra for example lol! And doesn't everyone want value for money? I have had to add some criteria that I wasn't expecting before, things like the comfortable ride, and sensible overtaking power (not that I think ~12s to 60 should be difficult anyway!).
But main criteria is:
£30 tax (or less)
60mpg avg book figure (or more)
Ride comfort
Sensible power (going on around 12s to 60 book figure, same as std HDi)
Some spec, particularly for future longer journeys (air con is a must)
Reliability (as few major common faults as possible)
Distance - MUST be within my travelling distance, which is roughly sod all currently which is causing the most issues here
While I like 5 doors and a load of spec, I'm already compromising on that. I don't need space either, though it seems I need a slightly larger car for the ride comfort.
I know the car I need doesn't exist...and the ones that do are always slightly too far away or slightly above budget. But that's ALWAYS the same, and I always end up massively compromising which is probably the reason I end up buying shitters and get quickly bored of them for whatever reason (usually a reason that I'd already expected to be an issue but compromised on, 3dr's is the one that springs to mind, probably would still have the silver Golf now if it'd had enough doors to be useful at the time).
I seem to be royally arse f*cked from every angle atm, with not coping at home, struggling with going out and car problems as well.... I know somethings gotta give...just get the feeling it's gonna be my sanity before anything else lol.
You've added some criteria in there lol, I don't want handling, just grip, in fact the worse handling the better as it's more likely to have a comfortable ride...Vectra for example lol! And doesn't everyone want value for money? I have had to add some criteria that I wasn't expecting before, things like the comfortable ride, and sensible overtaking power (not that I think ~12s to 60 should be difficult anyway!).
But main criteria is:
£30 tax (or less)
60mpg avg book figure (or more)
Ride comfort
Sensible power (going on around 12s to 60 book figure, same as std HDi)
Some spec, particularly for future longer journeys (air con is a must)
Reliability (as few major common faults as possible)
Distance - MUST be within my travelling distance, which is roughly sod all currently which is causing the most issues here
While I like 5 doors and a load of spec, I'm already compromising on that. I don't need space either, though it seems I need a slightly larger car for the ride comfort.
I know the car I need doesn't exist...and the ones that do are always slightly too far away or slightly above budget. But that's ALWAYS the same, and I always end up massively compromising which is probably the reason I end up buying shitters and get quickly bored of them for whatever reason (usually a reason that I'd already expected to be an issue but compromised on, 3dr's is the one that springs to mind, probably would still have the silver Golf now if it'd had enough doors to be useful at the time).
I seem to be royally arse f*cked from every angle atm, with not coping at home, struggling with going out and car problems as well.... I know somethings gotta give...just get the feeling it's gonna be my sanity before anything else lol.