04-01-2013, 11:17 AM
Just had a quick chat with him and he might raise his budget to £3k for the car and get the insurance policy on a monthly payment setup like many of us use.
I really need to get him to a garage forecourt or a car supermarket or something, but they're unlikely to have cars in his budget (not that I'd recommend he buy from one of those places).
He likes the Golf GT TDi's cos they have nice little gadgets on - his Micra is SPARSE in this respect, no CL and a tape deck!
I just think a 2.5-3k Golf is going to be a potential money-pit.
Tom the Focus didn't come with a TDCi 130, that was Mondeo only iirc, the MK2 Focus got a 2.0 TDCi 136 (which has HDi architecture I think). He does like them though and the Focus is common as muck.
My boss keeps recommending a Mitsubishi Carisma. What a shit-heap. Can someone tell me something awful about them that I can shut him up with?
I really need to get him to a garage forecourt or a car supermarket or something, but they're unlikely to have cars in his budget (not that I'd recommend he buy from one of those places).
He likes the Golf GT TDi's cos they have nice little gadgets on - his Micra is SPARSE in this respect, no CL and a tape deck!
I just think a 2.5-3k Golf is going to be a potential money-pit.
Tom the Focus didn't come with a TDCi 130, that was Mondeo only iirc, the MK2 Focus got a 2.0 TDCi 136 (which has HDi architecture I think). He does like them though and the Focus is common as muck.
My boss keeps recommending a Mitsubishi Carisma. What a shit-heap. Can someone tell me something awful about them that I can shut him up with?
Disclaimer: The above is not to be taken to heart and is probably a joke, grow up you big girl.