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    What Car Should Letters Get?

    So, our Swift ( ) is on its last...wheels.
    The garage actually declared it dead but then upgraded it to alive, but it's not long for this world.

    What car should we get? Need a decent size boot, don't need anything too fancy.

    And...go.

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    What’s your budget?

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    Either a Ferrari GTC4 Lusso or a Kia Ceed.
    NOTE: The location of this post has been moved and the thread title (which was previously Wenger is Leaving) has been manipulated by a notorious pro-Wenger moderator. What was previously a message that contained no profanity and made a comment on a real life event has now been manipulated by a deliberately provocative title. An old and crude propaganda and censorship technique.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
    What’s your budget?
    Under £10,000.
    On Wednesday we are seeing a Nissan Note.
    2015, only about 9,000 miles on the clock. That’s about £8,000.

    One thing I’m finding frustrating is that each car model seems to have multiple versions so I’m finding it hard to compare like with like.

    I have no clue what I’m doing, our mechanic recommended the one we are looking at.
    Then last night MrsL WhatsApp’d me (I’m away with work) about some Ford Fiesta she’s seen.


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    i don't know what a Swift is but if a Fiesta's in the running you're probably in the same situation as i was about 3-4 years ago when i bought our car - ie you need a 'supermini' type thing which can do everyday about-town stuff but be fine for longer distances when needed?

    I did quite a bit of reading about Vauxhall, Ford, Nissan, VW etc and we ended up with a VW polo 1.4 with 4 doors - about 6 years old when we bought it but only 32k on the clock

    great car, really comfortable drive (the only downside of which is i keep nearly dropping off on the motorway), and no extra unneccessary crap to up the price or go wrong

    leaving aside all the stuff about VW diesel and what they did/didn't do wrong the petrol cars are still very reliable and just feel like quality
    Last edited by Mac76; 05-03-2019 at 09:55 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac76 View Post
    i don't know what a Swift is but if a Fiesta's in the running you're probably in the same situation as i was about 3-4 years ago when i bought our car - ie you need a 'supermini' type thing which can do everyday about-town stuff but be fine for longer distances when needed?
    Pretty much.

    Boot size is an issue for us at the moment so even if our car (it's a Suzuki Swift) wasn't dying we'd have needed a new one this year anyway.
    Will have a look at the one you suggested. Ta

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    with seats folded down you can get a lot in a polo too - and no i don't work for VW

    [sorry i wrote 'golf' to start with but was talking about a polo]
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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    Need a decent size boot, don't need anything too fancy.
    Isn't that how you found MrsL?
    Last edited by Shaqiri Is Boss; 05-03-2019 at 10:31 PM.

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    Now MrsL wants us to look at a Nissan Quasqai

    I don't know what I'm doing...

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    Qashqai is quite a bit bigger, but a good car.

    If you're looking for something of that size, check out the Hyundai Tucson and the Kia Sportage.
    NOTE: The location of this post has been moved and the thread title (which was previously Wenger is Leaving) has been manipulated by a notorious pro-Wenger moderator. What was previously a message that contained no profanity and made a comment on a real life event has now been manipulated by a deliberately provocative title. An old and crude propaganda and censorship technique.


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