03-01-2013, 03:03 PM
Thing is Tom, you're wanting to do what i've just done.
I've always driven under £1000 cars, my ph3 XUD was the best car i've ever had, it was a decent spec, decent power, looked nice & got fantastic MPG, but I still had the same idea as you.
I spent £3100 on a 54 plate Vectra SRI 150 & personally I don't regret it at all.
If you had my car, there would be threads up saying how shite it is, I can almost garuntee that.
My car is fairly big, it's an SRI CDTI 150 so its got a nice spec, it gets 54 MPG all day long & it ticks every box for me. Its now just shy of 200bhp and it handles really well, it sticks to the road, it fits everything I need in it & I also love the way it looks.
If you had it, you'd probably say it looks like every reps car on the road, its too common, boring to drive, MPG should be 60+.
I'm 21, got 4yrs NCB as of feb, my ELEPHANT renewal (NO discounts before you ask!) is £418 comp. The vectra is £93 for 6 months tax, as I said gets 54 MPG, and it's a nice place to be! Ideal car for you from where i'm sitting? Yet when I was going to buy it, you said you drove one & thought it was slow & horrible to drive. I welcome you to drive my car and say it's slow, & handles VERY well for a big car (In my experience of 37+ cars)
What ever car you have, you will want more, because your ideal car doesn't exist. If someone said to you, "Tom, what car do you WANT?" what would you say? Just straight outright what car on the market today ticks every box for you? If it's a car that gets 70+ MPG, you can pretty much rule out any good looking, quick, good handling car. Fact.
I've always driven under £1000 cars, my ph3 XUD was the best car i've ever had, it was a decent spec, decent power, looked nice & got fantastic MPG, but I still had the same idea as you.
I spent £3100 on a 54 plate Vectra SRI 150 & personally I don't regret it at all.
If you had my car, there would be threads up saying how shite it is, I can almost garuntee that.
My car is fairly big, it's an SRI CDTI 150 so its got a nice spec, it gets 54 MPG all day long & it ticks every box for me. Its now just shy of 200bhp and it handles really well, it sticks to the road, it fits everything I need in it & I also love the way it looks.
If you had it, you'd probably say it looks like every reps car on the road, its too common, boring to drive, MPG should be 60+.
I'm 21, got 4yrs NCB as of feb, my ELEPHANT renewal (NO discounts before you ask!) is £418 comp. The vectra is £93 for 6 months tax, as I said gets 54 MPG, and it's a nice place to be! Ideal car for you from where i'm sitting? Yet when I was going to buy it, you said you drove one & thought it was slow & horrible to drive. I welcome you to drive my car and say it's slow, & handles VERY well for a big car (In my experience of 37+ cars)
What ever car you have, you will want more, because your ideal car doesn't exist. If someone said to you, "Tom, what car do you WANT?" what would you say? Just straight outright what car on the market today ticks every box for you? If it's a car that gets 70+ MPG, you can pretty much rule out any good looking, quick, good handling car. Fact.