Hi all. My first ever car was a 95 tigra i picked up for £600. Then I later upgraded to my current car, a '99 VW Passat 1.8T which i picked up for 750.
3+ yrs down the line and the passat is absolutely on it's last legs now. It needs a new gearbox, new rad, new ac compressor.. endless list. It makes sense to look at buying something new and i have put aside for this £1500 (the most i've ever had for a car! lol) but I'm struggling to find a car that isnt either completely boring or a downgrade.
Things I like about passat:
SPACE. Its big, but quite sleek looking (esp with the spoiler cuz sports ed) - despite not looking like an ugly box i can still fill it up at ikea no problem. I do alot of camping so its great i have room for me, my wife and our stuff. We are also planning a family soon so space is defininately important.
Practical fun. For the most part it purrs along happily not drinking gallons of petrol and on the motorway i tend to pull about 36MPG. But thanks to that turbo if i choose to put my foot down and hoon it.. it goes. its fun. My mpg drops to 15 but its a laugh. It goes back to being sensible when i do.
I can afford to tax and insure it.
I was thinking of getting another passat, but there are NO good examples near me i can find on autotrader. I guess they are all dying like mine.
I was consider a lexus 200 sportscross but again, none really near me.
im strongly considering a mazda6, maybe a 1.8 or 2.0.
Any other thoughts what i should be looking for?
3+ yrs down the line and the passat is absolutely on it's last legs now. It needs a new gearbox, new rad, new ac compressor.. endless list. It makes sense to look at buying something new and i have put aside for this £1500 (the most i've ever had for a car! lol) but I'm struggling to find a car that isnt either completely boring or a downgrade.
Things I like about passat:
SPACE. Its big, but quite sleek looking (esp with the spoiler cuz sports ed) - despite not looking like an ugly box i can still fill it up at ikea no problem. I do alot of camping so its great i have room for me, my wife and our stuff. We are also planning a family soon so space is defininately important.
Practical fun. For the most part it purrs along happily not drinking gallons of petrol and on the motorway i tend to pull about 36MPG. But thanks to that turbo if i choose to put my foot down and hoon it.. it goes. its fun. My mpg drops to 15 but its a laugh. It goes back to being sensible when i do.
I can afford to tax and insure it.
I was thinking of getting another passat, but there are NO good examples near me i can find on autotrader. I guess they are all dying like mine.
I was consider a lexus 200 sportscross but again, none really near me.
im strongly considering a mazda6, maybe a 1.8 or 2.0.
Any other thoughts what i should be looking for?