Ford Escort 1.6GL (Y-1984)
- first car kept for a year
Ford Fiesta XR2 (B-1985)
- kept for 1 week as it was rubbish and slow for a not so hot hatch
Golf GTI Mk2 (A -1984)
- kept for 8 years
Peugeot 205 1.9 (H-1990)-
- kept it for 8 years. great fun but as robust as a newspaper in a bath full of water. nice and sensible stereo this time
Peugeot 1.4L (M-1995)
- wifes car, bought new. Then bought her the merc in 2005 it became the tip run car, then gave it to parents in 2007ish as their car packed up
Merc A class 1.4 elegance LWB (04-2004)
- wife likes it, I hate it. bought it at 10 months old
Peugeot 307xsi (52-2002)
-still have it, bought new
-been good, nice to drive, sporty but pretty slow, decent spec at the time (better std spec than audi a3 or vw golf gti at the time)
Fiesta 1.25 (R-1998)
- bought in feb this year off wifes friend for £300 - excellent condition and only 70K miles as a tip run/spare car
Audi S3 sportback (04-2014)
- I want it now!!
I test drove a few cars:
liked the b class amg sport for different reasons
then looked at the a class (A45 and A250) but felt it was too cramped
tried a jag xf but hated it
sat in the golf gti but hated the cheaper interior
liked the s3 saloon which is what drew me to audi then sat in an a3 saloon but didn't like the rear headroom / space
then sat in / drove the s3 sportback and after 30 secs and all i thought on the test drive was "I WANT THIS CAR!!"
lol, wife now wants an audi - but an audi tt - seen some cracking contract hire deals at the mo at £190ish. if we get that we'll have to have a 3rd car for the family
- first car kept for a year
Ford Fiesta XR2 (B-1985)
- kept for 1 week as it was rubbish and slow for a not so hot hatch
Golf GTI Mk2 (A -1984)
- kept for 8 years
Peugeot 205 1.9 (H-1990)-
- kept it for 8 years. great fun but as robust as a newspaper in a bath full of water. nice and sensible stereo this time
Peugeot 1.4L (M-1995)
- wifes car, bought new. Then bought her the merc in 2005 it became the tip run car, then gave it to parents in 2007ish as their car packed up
Merc A class 1.4 elegance LWB (04-2004)
- wife likes it, I hate it. bought it at 10 months old
Peugeot 307xsi (52-2002)
-still have it, bought new
-been good, nice to drive, sporty but pretty slow, decent spec at the time (better std spec than audi a3 or vw golf gti at the time)
Fiesta 1.25 (R-1998)
- bought in feb this year off wifes friend for £300 - excellent condition and only 70K miles as a tip run/spare car
Audi S3 sportback (04-2014)
- I want it now!!
I test drove a few cars:
liked the b class amg sport for different reasons
then looked at the a class (A45 and A250) but felt it was too cramped
tried a jag xf but hated it
sat in the golf gti but hated the cheaper interior
liked the s3 saloon which is what drew me to audi then sat in an a3 saloon but didn't like the rear headroom / space
then sat in / drove the s3 sportback and after 30 secs and all i thought on the test drive was "I WANT THIS CAR!!"
lol, wife now wants an audi - but an audi tt - seen some cracking contract hire deals at the mo at £190ish. if we get that we'll have to have a 3rd car for the family
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