Posted by sudstah @ 19:46 CDT, 25 April 2009 - iMsg
Hello guys, im looking to buy a used car for about £6000 and I can't make my mind up for the life of me, good cars that are nice and come into this price range, any ideas people what cars to consider buying?
they arent a wreck, they are selling for 6k because nobody wants them because they are so expensive to run, look at any category of car and you will find the highest litres coming out with the lowest milage and cheapest price.
of course u can, this is the 1st car to come up on the search, I saw a quality black one at a dealership the other day too, I would buy it for looks but not fore MPG fuel and servicing! plus insurance
The best thing car companies ever did was market cars as something that isn't entirely fucking practical. The only reason you should put more money into a car than you need to is if you have money to piss away.
Or I guess maybe if you're really into it, whatever, we all have things we're into.
Buying an impreza just to go to work and take the kids to school is like using a sledgehammer to swat a fly. An impreza isn't meant to get you just from point A to point B, it's meant to get you there in style.
Subaru obviously
Golf GT TDI 150 - performance and economy
Audi A4 Convertible - Expensive to run unless I get a TDI, i am willing to push to 10k if i find 1 with nice colour and milage ( very unlikely seen 1 or 2)
BMW 318i nice looking but MPG and performance is lack luster.
Astra VXR considered not sure
if you are looking both at the golf and the A4 you should really consider an A3, especially if you are looking for a good mileage. A3 mileages It's a German site but I think everything should be fairly obvious.
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also sorry for only promoting German cars, but I know most about them and other manufacturers are covered by other people :)
BMW 3 e46 (98-2004) :
2.0 (100-110kw) litre diesel (5 litres out of city , 7 in city ) 0-100 / ~9.5s
3.0 (135-150 kw) litre diesel (6 litres out of city , 8-9 in city) 0-100 / ~7.5s
3.0 (170kw) petrol (8 litres out of city , 12-14 in city) 0-100 / ~6.5s
ps. for 3L diesel you can set (~ +200 euros ) tiuningbox (chip) for extra 35 hp and extra 70 nM. AAAAAAAAND diesel will be even more low (if you wont push all time). with chipped 3L diesel you can own most on road too :D
ps.#2 but dont buy crapy f*cked bmw - look for ~150 000 km , not 350 000 km. coz repair bmw is expencive! buuut if you will take good one, you wont need to think about repairing, bmw`s are not bad cars as you know.