Doesn’t sport mode adjust your suspension at all?
Got paddles on my car and it is fun when you fancy changing driving style for a bit.
VW’s DSG has impressed me.
An M touring has always been my dream car.
That grill is unacceptable mind.
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That CLA looks gangster as fuck Mick, we bought the bog standard CLS only complaint was the seat used to make my arse ache. Never had it in any other car. Weird.
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Sore arse or car?
Had an old E46 325 which was constantly broken so I bought an Octavia VRS, which is constantly broken.
Bollocks. We’re getting a dog and I’ve leveraged that into “well I need a bigger car, definitely an estate, to carry all the dog bits.” Fast estates are my biggest lust car-wise and the Octavia VRS is about the only one that meets my spec/budget/niceness demands. What in particular is wrong with it? My current Astra is an absolute dog in terms of always needing this sensor or that switch replacing. I was tempted by 3-Series estates and C-Class estates but they’re out of my budget, and the Focus ST estate isn’t as nice or as big as the Octavia.
Any other recommendations folks?
Hmm. Will have to clear that by the wife! She’s quite satisfied with the Skoda and I’ve read good things from Top Gear, Auto Express etc about them. I’m buying 2nd hand too because she won’t allow anything on finance so buying outright, so I can’t see myself having the discipline to hold on to the extra cash for long enough, for the sole reason at the minute that I genuinely would be over the moon if my car was nicked, absolutely hate the damn thing. It’s latest and worst issue is that, for some reason, the screen wash bottle absolutely stinks of rotten eggs. It’s clean as a whistle so I can’t figure it out. It’s gutless and boring to drive, but not even massively comfortable to balance that out. And from the back quarter which is how it catches my eye the most from my drive, it looks like a Chevrolet Lacetti hatchback. It’s not objectively the worst car I’ve owned, but it’s the one I like the least.
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Get exactly the car you want otherwise you’ll settle for the lesser one and still want to scratch that itch.
Also YOLO
Gonna give myself 5 year time limit to get an RS6, even if it’s a 20 year old shitheap
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To be honest I think mines just a bit of a shitter. It’s not been very well looked after in the past and needs some TLC. It’s massive and pretty quick though so should tick those boxes. I’ve got the petrol one.
Seeing as 95% mortgages are out the window now our chances of buying a house in the next 18 months have gone out the window, we’ve decided to get the car we wanted after buying a house. Looking at vw caravelles but they hold thier value really really well. It’s hard buying a car when you actually have a choice rather then buying the cheapest car with MOT and 4 wheels
Drove a Caravelle in France for a bit. Loved it.
I’ve got a TT RS and an A4 Allroad… I’d love to be able to mash the two together. They’d sort of make an RS6.
I’ve been thinking of looking at the RS 6 for the next car as the TT doesn’t get much of a look in now we have a dog. I also have a 17 year old Land Rover that has just under 40k on the clock and that I’m keeping forever, so that would tick the shitty weather/rough ground box and the RS 6 would be good for scaring the shit out of myself every now again.
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RS7 surely? I’d love one. They’re so cool.
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If you had 4 to 5k to spare on a good, reliable, not-tiny car what would you get?
I’ll be in the market soon, but unfortunately I’m saving for a house so it needs to be something shit and boring. I’m a bit sad about it.
Needs to last me 3 ish years, be able to fit a dog in the back, and maybe a kid eventually.
Trusty old Volvo estate? They seem to go forever if they’ve been looked after a bit. I think Spanky knows his stuff, see what he says…
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Honda Jazz 1.2 crashed it twice still good.
Not proper crashes like.
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There’s a P Redge Volvo at someone’s house near my Mums so must run pretty decent.
I vaguely remember the lady that has it, always blipping around.
Still kicking myself for passing on one this time last year.
