Any other car options?
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Hi all - you guys were great help on my last topic of how much work to do on a car I'm selling so thought I'd come to you again.
I'm trying to decide the best car for me and think I've considered all options, but curious if anyone has any more.
My budget tops out at about 600 a month / 8k down and as my name suggests, I do like my estates. I ideally want 0-60 in close to 6 seconds and it must be box fresh due to my own irrational and unfounded foibles for new cars.
This has basically narrowed me down to three choices:
1) the Skoda Superb Estate with the 265hp engine which I can have when the factory gets round to building it, but it's practically the top end of my budget. I call this the 'hurt my wallet' option.
2) a Focus Estate ST. I've had a previous Focus estate and it was OK, but my kids in their bulky child seats used to punt the back of my seat on the regular. It's a bit more squished than my current VW barge but it's certainly fast enough. The fact I'd be sacrificing some family quality makes this the 'hurt my head' option.
3) a slower Superb Estate. I can have a 200hp of these now but feel I'd be forever sighing as other cars literally munch me - it's a big step down from my 4.9 VW estate. This is the 'hurt my heart' option.
So I can either hurt my head, my heart or my wallet. I'm leaning towards punishing the wallet of course but is there anything I'm missing?
I've ruled out the faster German cars as they're all too expensive, as is the Kia and Hyundai options. The smaller VAG estates (Octavia, Golf, Leon etc) all seem to be the same slightly squishy side. But in order to wait for the big estate I need to get at least £500 work done on my current car to keep it road-worthy, as discussed on my previous topic, which is why even that isn't a great option.
I apologise if reading this post has depressed you a little bit - it's certainly depressed me. I've managed to take most of the fun out of something I historically enjoy doing!
I'm trying to decide the best car for me and think I've considered all options, but curious if anyone has any more.
My budget tops out at about 600 a month / 8k down and as my name suggests, I do like my estates. I ideally want 0-60 in close to 6 seconds and it must be box fresh due to my own irrational and unfounded foibles for new cars.
This has basically narrowed me down to three choices:
1) the Skoda Superb Estate with the 265hp engine which I can have when the factory gets round to building it, but it's practically the top end of my budget. I call this the 'hurt my wallet' option.
2) a Focus Estate ST. I've had a previous Focus estate and it was OK, but my kids in their bulky child seats used to punt the back of my seat on the regular. It's a bit more squished than my current VW barge but it's certainly fast enough. The fact I'd be sacrificing some family quality makes this the 'hurt my head' option.
3) a slower Superb Estate. I can have a 200hp of these now but feel I'd be forever sighing as other cars literally munch me - it's a big step down from my 4.9 VW estate. This is the 'hurt my heart' option.
So I can either hurt my head, my heart or my wallet. I'm leaning towards punishing the wallet of course but is there anything I'm missing?
I've ruled out the faster German cars as they're all too expensive, as is the Kia and Hyundai options. The smaller VAG estates (Octavia, Golf, Leon etc) all seem to be the same slightly squishy side. But in order to wait for the big estate I need to get at least £500 work done on my current car to keep it road-worthy, as discussed on my previous topic, which is why even that isn't a great option.
I apologise if reading this post has depressed you a little bit - it's certainly depressed me. I've managed to take most of the fun out of something I historically enjoy doing!
G70 Genesis in 2.0T form:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202507174...
Sport Engineered 508SW:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202506213...
DT e:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202506273...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202507174...
Sport Engineered 508SW:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202506213...
DT e:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202506273...
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