Moving from 128ti to family car with a fun side-suggestions? - Page 1 - Car Buying

I'd be looking at the F Pace or Stelvio as suggested.

ZX10R NIN always has great suggestions on threads like this.

Would an estate not work though? A M340i touring will probably drive better than the X3.

scot_aln

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Josemartinez said:

Would an estate not work though? A M340i touring will probably drive better than the X3.

The dog will thank you for that suggestion. There's many a dog that needs some lifting up into SUVs.

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Probably not on the radar for you, but I've been tasked with looking for a car for the relative of a friend, and have stumbled across the Hyundai Kona. The smallest engined one fits the bill for her requirements, but there's a couple of larger engined options and the reviews, both of reliability and driving experience of the 1.6 are encouraging. The 2.0 sounds like one to avoid unless the problems apparent on the early ones have been addressed on the latest model.

ZX10R NIN

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swisscheese said:

Thank you all for your replies and ZX10R NIN thank you for the list, it is much appreciated smile

JLR car insurance prices are ridiculous atm unfortunately and to my knowledge out of warranty repairs prices on newish JLR s are too frown

Re. Mercedes options - they do indeed tick all the boxes in Premium Plus trim, but for some reason I couldn t really get along with my previous c300 although gear stalk was a nice feature.

Did consider an m340i touring too, but ultimately the ride height increase is needed, safer and better visibility on long trips, and I ve scraped creeping slowly too many times on trips out, especially at night with later complementary Christmas lights on the dash (looking at you, my old e92 335i)

Great point on the dog lifting, trying to slowly incorporate dog ramp right now. Keen to test drive Tiguan R to see if suspension is too crashy but haven t seen leather seats on those yet.