What Car? - Page 4

Zirax · 15-02-2010, 12:31

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Originally Posted by Pickers

Right - looking desperate now!
Brum Brum!

3 grand for a ragged chav mobile?

Granted my mates one handles well (with a rear strut brace) but it's pretty damn useless on motorways.

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Originally Posted by Burble

The Rover K series engine in those have quite fragile cooling systems and are prone to head gasket failures. Personally I'd steer clear of anything with a K series engine.

Agreed, 1.4 is ideal chav territory (my cousin also has one). I seem to remember 60k being a magic number for the HG issues to start (could be wrong though). It will have been driven hard. Avoid.

So your budget is now 3 grand?

Dimensions wise, if you can look at the size of a ZR, you can look at Focus's:-

MG ZR
4.01m * 1.9m

Focus
4.15m * 2m

Fabia
3.9m * 1.9m

Fiesta
3.9m * 1.9m

Clio
3.8 * 1.9m

All bar the MG above are good motors and I would have no problem running around in them. If you want something sporty then you may need to look at older cars. As long as you don't get a rust ridden wreck then they are unlikely to break. The other hand, something like a 1.6 Focus will feel like a rocket compared to your Micra.

Jingo · 15-02-2010, 13:11

I'm not sure on the newer models but our Clio is a great little brum brum- it's currently got 135k on the clock and still runs around fine all day long and through the cold cold nights up and down the country.

Cost us £5 at our last MOT for 3 bulbs and has cost us about £20 over the last year as an alternator went - but as a very popular car, the parts were sourced locally and cheaply due to large stocks

I think I'd rather our clio with the polyfillered roof than one of those MG/Rover mutant babies!

leowyatt · 15-02-2010, 13:21

he's off looking at a clio at the moment, well if he knows what's good for him he will be

Jingo · 15-02-2010, 13:38

How come?

leowyatt · 15-02-2010, 13:57

been helping him look for cars

Jingo · 15-02-2010, 14:06

No I was just curious as to why Clio's are off the looking list etc

Is it the classic 'poorly made french cars' thing or a visual preference or ?

leowyatt · 15-02-2010, 14:20

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Originally Posted by Jingo

No I was just curious as to why Clio's are off the looking list etc

sorry I'll rephrase that, he is current out looking at clios

Matblack · 15-02-2010, 14:31

I liked my 172 it was a good little, yes it rattled a bit and the dash was a bit hideous (especially the factory fit stereo (looked like it was designed by Fisher Price))

But all in all a good little car, fast too

MB

Pickers · 15-02-2010, 16:14

The Clio was in exeter, checked out a fiesta and a ford fusion today. Fusion looked good, wanted 2k for it tho. My budget is still 2k + micra part exchange, which could equate to 400 - 700 quid. Thanks for the warning about the mg! I think it's gonna be a polo, fiesta or Clio based on what I've seen. Would like a focus, but tax is too much I think. 1.4l can be 125, a Clio 1.2 or 1.1 will do too

Jingo · 15-02-2010, 16:29

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Originally Posted by leowyatt

sorry I'll rephrase that, he is current out looking at clios

oh right

I was going to say, don't listen to those stereotypes! Not everything French is going to fall to bits! (Check out Will's PB thread!

)

Hope you find something soon Pickers

15-02-2010, 13:11	#32
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	I'm not sure on the newer models but our Clio is a great little brum brum- it's currently got 135k on the clock and still runs around fine all day long and through the cold cold nights up and down the country. Cost us £5 at our last MOT for 3 bulbs and has cost us about £20 over the last year as an alternator went - but as a very popular car, the parts were sourced locally and cheaply due to large stocks I think I'd rather our clio with the polyfillered roof than one of those MG/Rover mutant babies! __________________

15-02-2010, 13:21	#33
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	he's off looking at a clio at the moment, well if he knows what's good for him he will be __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

15-02-2010, 13:38	#34
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	How come? __________________

15-02-2010, 13:57	#35
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	been helping him look for cars __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

15-02-2010, 14:06	#36
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	No I was just curious as to why Clio's are off the looking list etc Is it the classic 'poorly made french cars' thing or a visual preference or ? __________________

15-02-2010, 14:31	#38
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	I liked my 172 it was a good little, yes it rattled a bit and the dash was a bit hideous (especially the factory fit stereo (looked like it was designed by Fisher Price)) But all in all a good little car, fast too 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"

15-02-2010, 16:14	#39
Pickers Absinthe Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2,692	The Clio was in exeter, checked out a fiesta and a ford fusion today. Fusion looked good, wanted 2k for it tho. My budget is still 2k + micra part exchange, which could equate to 400 - 700 quid. Thanks for the warning about the mg! I think it's gonna be a polo, fiesta or Clio based on what I've seen. Would like a focus, but tax is too much I think. 1.4l can be 125, a Clio 1.2 or 1.1 will do too __________________ Pictures