23-06-2012, 05:27 PM
Hold your horses, it's not for me. I love the astor 
My mum's looking for a new car...she's currently got an A3 1.8T, it's a 2002 with tiptronic gearbox with just 56k on the clock. It's a lovely car, but she just wants something a bit newer. So...she's looking for a newer car, possibly more economic, or at worse on consumption. Must be fairly sporty, and also be an auto or semi-auto. Budget of up to 10k.
So far she's been to VW/Audi and has been in the 1.4 TSi Golf, and I think she quite enjoyed driving it. They're just pretty pricey really.
Took her to Mazda today to look at a 3...they're quite nice to look at, but they're nothing special to drive (not that I was expecting much). The car feels pretty solid, but the seats didn't really feel supportive or comfortable.
I've suggested the newer Megane, Volvo C30 (the 2.0 diesel is actually really nice), although I'm not keen on the shape I've also said the 1-series BMW as the M-Sport models are very nice to be in, also the 3-series too.
Anyone got any other suggestions? Oh, and I did try to get her to get a 306
I suggested getting a diesel, fitting a big blower to it and running it on veg, but it's not automatic unfortunately.
My mum's looking for a new car...she's currently got an A3 1.8T, it's a 2002 with tiptronic gearbox with just 56k on the clock. It's a lovely car, but she just wants something a bit newer. So...she's looking for a newer car, possibly more economic, or at worse on consumption. Must be fairly sporty, and also be an auto or semi-auto. Budget of up to 10k.
So far she's been to VW/Audi and has been in the 1.4 TSi Golf, and I think she quite enjoyed driving it. They're just pretty pricey really.
Took her to Mazda today to look at a 3...they're quite nice to look at, but they're nothing special to drive (not that I was expecting much). The car feels pretty solid, but the seats didn't really feel supportive or comfortable.
I've suggested the newer Megane, Volvo C30 (the 2.0 diesel is actually really nice), although I'm not keen on the shape I've also said the 1-series BMW as the M-Sport models are very nice to be in, also the 3-series too.
Anyone got any other suggestions? Oh, and I did try to get her to get a 306
I suggested getting a diesel, fitting a big blower to it and running it on veg, but it's not automatic unfortunately.