Giant
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Replacement Musings 2...My Girlfriend is after a new car. She currently has an X plate Passat estate, 1.8T.
Rules:
1 £5k max
2 Must be an estate, or at least capable of carrying a Bernese Mountain dog in the boot.
3 Must have a bit of go, at least as powerful as current car
4 No bigger than current car.
5 No MPV's
Currently no rules on manufacturer etc but I'm sure they will develop as suggestions come along.
We won't have the cash together until approx Christmas/January time so it's currently just to gather ideas, my immediate, default choice is 330i but I'm sure you can all be more imaginitive...
I put this in the Classified section originally by mistake, Dr Hrrrffrhrrfrrf has suggested 325i 330i X-type, 156 sportwagon or Mondeo ST220
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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Obviously the X Type should be a 4wd 2.5 or 3.0. I wonder if you could get a 156 GTA for that money ...
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TimR
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr wrote: | | I wonder if you could get a 156 GTA for that money ... |
Prices have firmed up in the last few months so the answer is no unless it's got a dodgy past.
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Clunes
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Im not sure which passat you have but the 3 series/ A4 boot size may be significantly smaller and easily fillable by a large dog
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Giant
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| Clunes wrote: | | Im not sure which passat you have but the 3 series/ A4 boot size may be significantly smaller and easily fillable by a large dog |
Although he is a large dog, he is quite happy in a relatively small boot, as long as he can lay down. When he does lay down he likes to lean against something anyway so he doesn't need acres.
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Guitar Zero
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Is this the bird with the bin lids who was doing your fruit in a few months ago ?
We never got closure on that episode - last I heard the forum wimmin had declared her rebuttal as some kind of worthiness challenge - a bit like the crusades but more crap and less religious
Oh - erm - Skoda Octavia VRS - can't see you getting an X-type estate for that kind of money, at least not one you would actually want to own.
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Guitar Zero
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To be honest, I'm amazed that people actually buy cars on the basis of dog capacity.
Have you all got spazzy dogs that can't walk ??
I recommend trading the dog in for a fish or a hamster and then buying a decent saloon.
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Martin
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It will be the previous model. I had one a few years ago and it's definately bigger than a 3 series/A4/X Type etc. It's very square backed, so is a good space. If you're putting a dog in the back I'd guess the distance between the wheelarches and between the seat backs and rear window are the most important dimensions, not actual capacity?
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Martin
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| Guitar Zero wrote: | To be honest, I'm amazed that people actually buy cars on the basis of dog capacity.
Have you all got spazzy dogs that can't walk ??
I recommend trading the dog in for a fish or a hamster and then buying a decent saloon. |
Mrs M wanted a dog and I compromised by letting her have a cat. Much simpler!
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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| Martin wrote: | | Mrs M wanted a dog and I compromised by letting her have a cat. Much simpler! |
Just as well - a dog might have been a squeeze in the back of the Clubperson, or even the Surprisingly Roomy 1-series (TM).
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Martin
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr wrote: | | Martin wrote: | | Mrs M wanted a dog and I compromised by letting her have a cat. Much simpler! |
Just as well - a dog might have been a squeeze in the back of the Clubperson, or even the Surprisingly Roomy 1-series (TM). |
Exactly, it would have stopped me getting two great cars  
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SpecB
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| Guitar Zero wrote: | To be honest, I'm amazed that people actually buy cars on the basis of dog capacity.
Have you all got spazzy dogs that can't walk ??
I recommend trading the dog in for a fish or a hamster and then buying a decent saloon. |
I only need the estate for the dogs and occasional load lugging really - I would have had a Boxster or an S2000 otherwise.
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franki68
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| Guitar Zero wrote: | To be honest, I'm amazed that people actually buy cars on the basis of dog capacity.
Have you all got spazzy dogs that can't walk ??
I recommend trading the dog in for a fish or a hamster and then buying a decent saloon. |
or train the dog to drive.
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Gooner
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An Octavia VRS would be the previous model and based on the mk4 Golf so surely that would be a step down? Though a later model might still fit the bill.
What about an E39 530d estate, they got a lot of go and will probably be no thirstier than her passat.
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