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Hi All,
second hand Car shopping for the mrs at the minute.
Got around 5K to spend, maybe a little more.
Shes currently got a corsa D. we are looking at things like audi a3, audi tt, mini cooper s and now we have run out of ideas..
just wondering if anyone has any recommendations or what your mrs drives as we want something fairly low mileage and not too old.
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You want something:
-Safe
-Well built
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It fits your budget of 'maybe a little more than 5k', and I would thoroughly recommend it.
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+ 1 for the batmobile thing 
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(16-04-2014, 08:31 PM)j_carter Wrote: Hi All,
second hand Car shopping for the mrs at the minute.
Got around 5K to spend, maybe a little more.
Shes currently got a corsa D. we are looking at things like audi a3, audi tt, mini cooper s and now we have run out of ideas..
just wondering if anyone has any recommendations or what your mrs drives as we want something fairly low mileage and not too old.
James
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(17-04-2014, 07:48 PM)Poodle Wrote: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Z3-1-9-Roa...3f33998075
Really? I think that is possibly the worlds ugliest car! lol
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Z3s are beautiful IMO, they've aged badly though. I always thought the 1.9 was a 4 cylinder though? That advert says it's a 6.
Mini Cooper IMO. Skip the Cooper S and benefit slightly cheaper insurance for something a bit newer (and hopefully better built)...
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Z3 is a terrible car all round!
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(17-04-2014, 08:08 PM)JJ0063 Wrote: Z3 is a terrible car all round!
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What you on about. Thats beautiful :p
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I didn't say it was pretty lol.
(17-04-2014, 08:08 PM)JJ0063 Wrote: Z3 is a terrible car all round!
How on earth did you work that out? E36 chassis with less weight, only two seats and more toys, what's not to like?
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They handle shite, 1.9 is too slow, 2.8/3.0 is too big of an engine in a little car. Ugly too.
330ci handles & drives way better!
Would still have an mx5 though!
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They drive just fine with a bit of tweaking, the 6 pots are awesome engines too. Too big lol, what's that? :p
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well you lot are bloody helpful buggers arent you! haha.
Think the cooper s is looking more favourable, Batmobile is the wrong colour 
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