Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Changing my car, what should I go for?
- Thread starter glasgowcyclist
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
That's ridiculous .... I'd go Ariel Atom V8
I've driven one, feckin orrible - not the V8, that would put you through 10 hedges.
D
Deleted member 26715
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Bearing in mind these use VW ECU's so we numbers shown are 100% accurate & verified, but seriously if it's only done 86812 miles it's barely run in, if it suits your needs I wouldn't be changing it.
Jameshow
Veteran
Or a Bentley turbo ...
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I think this. You've had the car long term, know it well, presumably have maintained it sensibly, so why change?
Motoring is in a state of flux and making the financial commitment for a new set of wheels for the sake of it might not make sense over the long term, and with thr rise of alternative "fuels" like electricity and volatility in the fuel market (thanks OPEC) you could end up with something that might conceivably be difficult or expensive to fuel, or very quickly worth a lot less than you paid if market conditions go bad...and eventually that is the onky way they're going to go for ICE cars, it's just a matter of when.
So in your position id stick. If you merely want or simply fancy a change then do so, but otherwise you current car is liable to easily survive another 5 or more years without major outlay if you keep up the maintenance, by which time the worst of the transition and any resultant car market or oil market upsets will be long past.
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Wise words & let's face it if it does need a new DM flywheel & clutch, many sensibly driven cars don't, then it's £1K which is a lot less what it will cost you to change. Of course unless that 'I want a change' mindset has already worked it's way in, then there's little to be done.
In our own instance we didn't buy our car until it had done 93K it's coming up on 150K now, it does everything we want/need it to do, it's a shame it's not an auto, but I'm not prepared to spend £15k+ to get an auto, probably going to jinx it now, but we have had 8 years of virtually trouble free running, tyres, brakes, an alternator, a fuel filler pipe, I think that's it. Oh it does need heater plugs once I work out which ones are fitted.
Jody
Stubborn git
I'll be the one who says keep the Fabia and run it into the floor.
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If I was in the market for a new car, then I'd be seriously looking at the MG4, it appears to be a cloned VW but 30% cheaper, just can't justify the expenditure.There’s an electric MG estate, but much bigger than the Fabia (I have the VRS) and you need to get past the China state ownership thing
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
It is a 2014 and I bought it in Nov 2021. Not quite 70mpg (more like 60 on a run) but it is a 2.0 Litre. The 1.6 would get more.
mustang1
Legendary Member
- Location
- London, UK
Wow, now that is really good.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
Do the former. Seriously, as ano said, it'll do the miles & the years.
If you really must though, and you want reliable, quiet, economical, auto, big boot and so on, then get a late (2018/19) one of these:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...ox279bn&sort=relevance&year-from=2018&fromsra
(And before you ask, 507 litres
)
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Do the former. Seriously, as ano said, it'll do the miles & the years.
If you really must though, and you want reliable, quiet, economical, auto, big boot and so on, then get a late (2018/19) one of these:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304086089887?advertising-location=at_cars&body-type=Estate&fuel-type=Petrol Hybrid&include-delivery-option=on&make=Toyota&model=Auris&postcode=ox279bn&sort=relevance&year-from=2018&fromsra
(And before you ask, 507 litres
That looks really nice, but that is a LOT of money for a 5 year old car, maybe I'm just losing the grasp of inflation
