Right I am sure that many of you have been in this situation. Somehow I have been part of a sting by SWMBO and Daughter 1 and find myself in a position where I am buying her a car!!!!

Have tried all the LR product routes but not interested. She would like something sporty but economical, budget £2500.

She is 24 with good insurance history.

I have no clue about these kind of cars

Any ideas

Thanks in advance

congats on your 1000 th post Rosco..

the ford 'ka' seems to be popular with young ladies and can be picked up cheaply.. ... - .- -.




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Yep, Ka are a good car, my daughter had one for several years but has just bought a Smart Roadster, cheaper on insurance, less road tax, 50+mpg (Ka did mid 30's) faster and a right hoot to drive, convertible or hardtop... and supposedly a future classic according to 5th gear....

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also there's quite a few 2002/3 mini's about at that price.. ... - .- -.




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Cheers guys, didnt realise I had hit the milestone of 1000 posts, I was thinking Mini. Smart looks great but will be well over budget

Yes well done in getting to the 1000 club

Now getting to cars....Not a green oval ....she knows too much about them already

Cant go wrong with Ford any of them or Toyota Whats on her list ?

The Mrs took home a Suzuki sx4, it was a customers car and in fairness wasn't to bad out of price range though , boot too small too. NOW I must stress my mrs is a petrol head and doesn't give credit to some cars out there....


Edited for the model car Mrs took home. If it dont work.......burn it!

If the IId tool cant fix it.......burn the FF.

If the FF cant be fixed......buy a Land Cruiser!

If the LC cant be fixed..............................................BUY a horse !!

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Rosco wrote:

... something sporty but economical, budget £2500...

Yes her idea of sporty is unknown, has no preference and has said 'anything as long as its nice' , bloody women

4.0 XJ just £1250 you know it makes sense....

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/adv...?logcode=p

Seriously, don't get into green oval at that budget. It would be a freelander 1 and they are not a safe vehicle looking at crash data.
Have you put max budget into the autotrader site and seen what it brings up? There is loads of choice. Previously..
Vogue SE TD6
Defender 90 2.4
Defender 110 TD5
Vogue 3.5 EFI

Gary, makes sense to me but not her have done the autotrader search and sifting through them

As my second car was a Nova 1.2 then went to SR model, that's a quick little motor, of course that car is obsolete, hows the corsa range, cheap on insurance too. If it dont work.......burn it!

If the IId tool cant fix it.......burn the FF.

If the FF cant be fixed......buy a Land Cruiser!

If the LC cant be fixed..............................................BUY a horse !!

"Sporty" ... and in budget and 'reasonably' economical

BMW 318/320 coupe or might even find an E36 cabrio at this time of year
150 bhp 2WD TT
Mini
MX5
Honda Civic (dull old one though)
MR2 and Celica if you dare
First shape Merc SLK

? Graham

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Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey

Thanks Graham, has extended my search, like the idea of an e36 or a tt

Fiat Panda 100hp . . . superb giggle & bullet proof

 Where do you go after one of these . . . ?