Morning all!


Ill be buying a new [used] car in a few months and I need some suggestions!

Below is my stricccct criteria


Diesel [Turbo - Must be >120BHP as that is what my current car has and "once youve popped you cant stop" and all that...]

<70,000 miles

10 years old max

budget: Ã,£4K max.


Other stuff: I love my gadgets/electrics etc so the more the better! Also I do quite a lot of driving on long trips and I have a medium sized dog to get in the car too. I need to be able to pack the car up full of 3 big suitcases and still have room for the dog... an estate/touring perhaps??


Let the suggestions commence!


Ta in advance

Your criteria are too high for that budget !

What bit is too high

Mileage is flexible as long as its a reliable car :]

you could get a Rover 75 with all the trimmings for under Ã,£4k if you looked hard enough, you might be looking 80kmiles + tho.

The CDTis have 135hp and the CDTs have 115hp, but they have exactly the smae engine and can be chipped to 160hp+

The engines are very strong aswell(BMW made) and do 250,000 easily.

Shame the rest of the car dies by 10k

Quote from: soopahflyShame the rest of the car dies by 10k

never heard that before

Well if it wasnt true, you wouldnt have heard it more than once.

Quote from: soopahflyWell if it wasnt true, you wouldnt have heard it more than once.

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lol good response. i cant see the pic tho coz i am in college and it is blocked.

you are wrong tho the 75 is a good car and would suit moony nicely by the sounds of it.

Quick scout of autotrader reveals Vectras, Xsaras, Berlingos, 406s and a couple of people carriers.  All within the criteria.

Nothing good has left the rover factory since BMW Abandoned with the best bits.  Mini and Land Rover.  The rest is left to rot and rightly so.

The Rover 75. Girlfriends dad has one and loves it, does a lot of long journeys with a dog and suitcases etc Pritty much like you said...

So I back the choice on that. But then again its still pritty poor compared to over avaliable cars

Golf ?

Jaimz

Quote from: JaimzGolf 130bhp tdi? perhaps an early octavia estate?!

Jaimz

I dont think a golf has the size needed.

doubt ud get 1 for 4k either