What car should I get? - Page 3

Desmo · 25-07-2006, 15:05

Looking nice MB. I like the S3 and I LOVE that colour

leowyatt · 25-07-2006, 15:10

Looks like a tasty S3 there, I'd love one myself

Go on you know you want to buy it

Matblack · 25-07-2006, 15:31

http://users.autoexposure.co.uk/clas...V547530_1a.jpg

This is the one

Blackstar · 25-07-2006, 15:45

That blue is nice but the car is the wrong shape to pull it off IMO.

Black or silver with multispokes for the win if you are getting that shape S3

I know you dont like BMWs, but have you considered an Alpina B10? Great cars and with Alpina on the back you dont get the same level of BMW-ness. They go like stink too, and an absolutely immaculate one can be had for your budget

EDIT: *MUST* check who is signed in at the top of the page before I hit post! - its DRZ here

Burble · 25-07-2006, 22:16

Having picked up a shiny new Golf R32 hirecar in Munich yesterday I'm even more sure that I want one. I want one now. Right now!

I'm going to have a proper look at finances in the next few weeks then go shopping.

Matblack · 26-07-2006, 22:28

Oh Dear

I went and sat in an S3 today a silver one with black and cream alacantara seats and it was really nice. The quaility is so evident when you close the door, it weighs a ton and make a really satisfying clunk.

However I also spend a good few miles caining the 172 and I'm really torn

. Driven hard in the twistys the 172 is amazingly fun and just holds and holds and holds. I let a colleauge drive it (she has a 1.4 Ibiza) and she was scared of the power and had a massive smile on her face through the whole drive.

I just don't know what to do, the S3 is great and well built the Clio is great fun and a rattletrap but will cost me nothing to keep (unless of course it blows up) :undecided:

MB

Flibster · 27-07-2006, 08:40

Clio 192?

The looks are growing on me - at first I thought yuch...
Now, I kind of like it.

Simon/~Flibster

Matblack · 27-07-2006, 10:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flibster

Clio 192?

The looks are growing on me - at first I thought yuch...
Now, I kind of like it.

Simon/~Flibster

192 isn't much faster, heavier (so the 20PS is just absorbed) and still as bloody rattly and badly built as the 172, some people are saying it isn't as much fun as the 172. Effectively its the same engine that I've been taking to the redline in every gear in the 172 and know like the back of my hand. Its a good car but if you want to increase the BHP it needs throttle bodies and that a £2000+ job

I need style and class and speed and quieter ride on the motorway for going down to Wales and coming to meets, the 172 is a chore to drive to Alton Towers for example.

I suppose I am unltimate candidate for a BMW too, they have what I require and a 3l petrol or deisel would be ideal, but I just don't like them and neither does H its a stupid prejudice that I just can't shake :undecided:

MB

MB

Flibster · 27-07-2006, 11:54

Don't blame you - BMW's are revolting things tbh.
Hate them with a passion.

Only BMW I'd ever consider owning is a 2002 CSL

Thought about the new Mazda 3 MPS?
Not a bad looking car and reliable as well. Built on the new Focus chassis too.

Can't really think of much else at the moment.

Simon/~Flibster

Matblack · 27-07-2006, 12:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flibster

Don't blame you - BMW's are revolting things tbh.
Hate them with a passion.

Only BMW I'd ever consider owning is a 2002 CSL

Thought about the new Mazda 3 MPS?
Not a bad looking car and reliable as well. Built on the new Focus chassis too.

Can't really think of much else at the moment.

Simon/~Flibster

Interesting suggestion, I wonder what prices will be like when its released I don't think its out till 2007

I have two S3 test drives booked for the weekend one in a Silver 03 with 30k and in in a Blue 02 with 17k, we shall see what happens.

If the S3 doesn't excite me I think I'm stuffed as I can't find anything else I would consider a good swap for the 172.

MB

25-07-2006, 15:05	#21
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Looking nice MB. I like the S3 and I LOVE that colour __________________

25-07-2006, 15:10	#22
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Looks like a tasty S3 there, I'd love one myself Go on you know you want to buy it __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

25-07-2006, 15:31	#23
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	http://users.autoexposure.co.uk/clas...V547530_1a.jpg This is the one __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

25-07-2006, 15:45	#24
Blackstar Ambassador of Awesome Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edinburger Posts: 3,676	That blue is nice but the car is the wrong shape to pull it off IMO. Black or silver with multispokes for the win if you are getting that shape S3 I know you dont like BMWs, but have you considered an Alpina B10? Great cars and with Alpina on the back you dont get the same level of BMW-ness. They go like stink too, and an absolutely immaculate one can be had for your budget EDIT: MUST check who is signed in at the top of the page before I hit post! - its DRZ here __________________ Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen

26-07-2006, 22:28	#26
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Oh Dear I went and sat in an S3 today a silver one with black and cream alacantara seats and it was really nice. The quaility is so evident when you close the door, it weighs a ton and make a really satisfying clunk. However I also spend a good few miles caining the 172 and I'm really torn . Driven hard in the twistys the 172 is amazingly fun and just holds and holds and holds. I let a colleauge drive it (she has a 1.4 Ibiza) and she was scared of the power and had a massive smile on her face through the whole drive. I just don't know what to do, the S3 is great and well built the Clio is great fun and a rattletrap but will cost me nothing to keep (unless of course it blows up) :undecided: MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

25-07-2006, 22:16	#25
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Having picked up a shiny new Golf R32 hirecar in Munich yesterday I'm even more sure that I want one. I want one now. Right now! I'm going to have a proper look at finances in the next few weeks then go shopping.

27-07-2006, 08:40	#27
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	Clio 192? The looks are growing on me - at first I thought yuch... Now, I kind of like it. Simon/~Flibster __________________

27-07-2006, 11:54	#29
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	Don't blame you - BMW's are revolting things tbh. Hate them with a passion. Only BMW I'd ever consider owning is a 2002 CSL Thought about the new Mazda 3 MPS? Not a bad looking car and reliable as well. Built on the new Focus chassis too. Can't really think of much else at the moment. Simon/~Flibster __________________