Which car?

[Citizen Smith]

To be honest VW reliability is so overated its unbelievable, which leads to most customer's expecting too much from the car from the start. Working on Fiat/Alfa then making the change to VW was such an eye opener as you listen to the ads etc about VW reliability and all they have is better PR personnel.

If you were considering a lower mileage Bora then it'll have to be a TDi 130/150 PD, except the interior will bore you to tears and doesn't hold up to much abuse to be fair and they are well expensive, don't handle as you expect and are not cheap to repair or buy parts for.

 

[pingu]

i would go 4 a 01 upwards corsa sxi. the 1.3 sxi turbo diesal. its nipy good on deisel and looks the part.

 

[Rich_65402]

i would go 4 a 01 upwards corsa sxi. the 1.3 sxi turbo diesal. its nipy good on deisel and looks the part.

lmao, vauxhall FTL!!!! love it when these crash.

 

[G Spag]

I voted for the civic. I nearly bought one before I settled on the HGT (Different league but oh well!)

Few people I know have Civics (EG and EK), not once heard anything bad about them. You don't get better reliability in my opinion. My bro's type R has been faultless, although that is a different car. He had a Mk 4 Golf and yes, the reliability seems to be a myth, which is why he sold it. In my experience anyway.

Good luck!

 

[dekx1/9]

Ive go a honda civic MK3 1400 that ticks all the boxs & im working on puting 2 engines in a x1/9 .The new civics are to slow :slayer:

 

[Diwiak]

i dont like skoda, lupo is very small, bora, civic, that's the cars

 

[Sonic74205]

Id say go for the bora. Also try and look for a diesel with a 6 speed box, they are reletivly cheap for what u get too.

Second choice would be the civic, nice and fun.

 

[FuzzyPanda]

Hey Bushboy, not seen you around these parts for a while, and normal thread practice seems to be abundant. Less said about that the better...

Only thing I can bring to the table is the Seat Arosa. We all know it's a Lupo underneath and you can get it in 1.4 petrol or diesel flavour for plenty less cash than a Lupo. Focus is top dynamically but of course hugely popular, but hey it gives you ultimate haggling power.

Avoid a 1.4 Civic, they're pretty dire, 1.5 is sort of semi-sporty and the 1.6 is more of a comfy option unless it's a VTEC (think there's two variants). You could probably afford a breadvan-shape Civic on your budget, enormously practical and rides loads better than the new Civic thanks to having proper rear suspension. Not as good round the bends, but competent for sure.

If I come up with anything else I'll let you know...

Edit: Ah yes, the Bora. I've done plenty of miles in a 130-horse diesel and they're ok if a bit, well, boring. Did have a nicely Euro styled blue one overtake me the other day, mind.

 

[dave]

Hey Bushboy, not seen you around these parts for a while, and normal thread practice seems to be abundant. Less said about that the better...

Only thing I can bring to the table is the Seat Arosa. We all know it's a Lupo underneath and you can get it in 1.4 petrol or diesel flavour for plenty less cash than a Lupo. Focus is top dynamically but of course hugely popular, but hey it gives you ultimate haggling power.

Avoid a 1.4 Civic, they're pretty dire, 1.5 is sort of semi-sporty and the 1.6 is more of a comfy option unless it's a VTEC (think there's two variants). You could probably afford a breadvan-shape Civic on your budget, enormously practical and rides loads better than the new Civic thanks to having proper rear suspension. Not as good round the bends, but competent for sure.

If I come up with anything else I'll let you know...

Edit: Ah yes, the Bora. I've done plenty of miles in a 130-horse diesel and they're ok if a bit, well, boring. Did have a nicely Euro styled blue one overtake me the other day, mind.

HE ALREADY BOUGHT A NEW CAR THAT WAS NONE OF THE ABOVE

 

[Captain Mike]

HE ALREADY BOUGHT A NEW CAR THAT WAS NONE OF THE ABOVE

go for a punto JTD


(haha Dave im joking dont hurt me)

(i bet someone posts a stupid reply after we have specifically told them its over)


wait for it....

 

[FuzzyPanda]

HE ALREADY BOUGHT A NEW CAR THAT WAS NONE OF THE ABOVE

No need to shout.

 

[dave]

just Making Sure Every One See, As Op Didn't Bother To Come Back To Thread An Tell Every One

 

[Focus Owner]

get none of them get a bike and a rope