car recommendation needed "value for money" £3000 MAX
Turbo Mini Forums

Peugeot or Citreon you get alot of equipment for the money. What about Seat? Its a VW/Audi at a cheaper price. :)

i like the seat as you say, its a vw with a decent interiour that is'nt as drab as a vw/audi

never liked peugeots newer than the 205, never felt as well built to me!

i'm tempted to get her a rover2.0TD,kia RIO 13 ESTATE, VW polo estate, seat ibiza/cordoba 1.9 tdi

i just wont buy anything above 50k & have all the toys

Edited by clubminiflip on 5th Feb, 2010.

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/default.asp

A man without a project is like a like a woman without a shopping list.

what's the reason for the low mileage being so important too?

I'd feel much happier in a 100k audi than a 40k rover......

Still, as you say, if you can get VAG quality with everything you want, the seat or the polo just make sense

Mr. Prawn, the friendly Crustacean- slowly making steps towards forced induction.

i think i'm a bit oldschool, on the whole i would'nt touch a car with mor than 50k due to reale value, wear n tear, the car has already done its lifes work at 100k, bushes.dampers, pumps, wiring has aged, owners that thrape the arse out of thier cars

my old man has proboly instilled this in me

i prefer an older car with lower milage i can fix, than spending big rip off bucks at a garage

come on any car does'nt feel as tight at 100k as it did new! & your not far off new at 20,30,40 thousend miles

in nine years my moms 1997 starlet has need a battery, cambelt, one set of pads/shoes, & oil n filters & it drove as new!

i dont want my mom to have a car that needs dampers, water pumps etc etc work at MOT time, & a low milage car will go along way towards that

i have had/have one car personally that has 102,000miles which is my nissan silvia 1988 s12, other than the turbo seals its perfect but the guy that owned it was an elderly man that never went above 4000rpm had loads of work done at a dealers & i have recipts for over £4000 odd pounds, so he did'nt skimp looking after it! thats why i bought it but as a rule i would walk away! but i was blinded by performance & RWD lol

i'd never knock a rover they are'nt that bad to be honest in comparison

i was suprised how simular the golf 7 mondeo interiours are today!

alot of cars are a bit much of a muchness, keep up with the jones's baby-wagons & my saloon is the faster new version of yours sort of thing

ooohh its a hard decision this time around!

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

To be honest that is bollocks these days. My Audi has done 140k, but if you didn't know this, I'd challenge you to find any part of it that gives it away. Seats are in perfect condition. Gearchange is as tight as a new car. ETC ETC ETC.

OK years ago in the realms of crappy Montegos and pinto engined Sierras, yes they were shagged at 100k. But not any more. If you really want low mileage then you simply pay through the nose for it. I'd rather have a newer car with more miles on, so long as it has service history.

As for a Kia, fucking hell I'd rather buy a pushbike. Korean crap.

Get your mother in the newest thing you can possibly afford for your budget is my advice.

The amount of miles goes out the window with diesels...its getting oil both ends remember! Less wear!

My A4 ticked onto 120k this week, still drives fine

I'd rather buy a car that had done 100k up and down motorways, than a 20k mile car that never got any further than the supermarket.

seat leon
the two we have had have been brilliant

right i'm gutted i missed out on a seat ibiza tdi sport 130bhp BBBAAAAASSSSSTTTTAAAARRDDD!

next inline is a local mgzs turbo diesel with all the toys & its cheap 30thousend miles 1 previous owner & its cheap, 2005 115bhp

sorry chaps i just believe high milers are'nt worth the thousends ppl buy them for! put it this wayif a modern tdi is showing its age 7 getting a bit rough at 200k then at 100-120ish-k its still done hallf its work & is the wrong end of feeling fresh!

i think i'm pretty oldschool are'nt i! anywho i cant be conviced, i'd prefer to change a clutch on an ex granny car than spending bucks on waater pumps heads etc etc on ex motorway mile munchers that have had the arse flogged out of um, thats me though!

i dont discount the vag tdi though!!!! good engines! very good, abit loud but good!

i went in a top spec 2008 KIA ceed 140bhp tdci & they are'nt to be sniffed at if reliabuilty is good! it was rapid! & very quiet for a derv burner!
are'nt kia in the WRC now? that'll bring them up

look at what happended to subaru a number of years back, went from a discounted farmers car to the car everybody wants!!!

KIA are coming up, they have a factory in the US so they are a hungry company building a rep!!! just like toyota & datsun did years ago & everybody slagged them off & who are the biggest companys now with leading market share, japs!

where the uk cars? clarkson & other jeournos etc slagging off our own motors helped put the publics nail in rovers/tvr's + others coffin

rovers were'nt even that bad in the end when rover put all the extras on them! should have had the toys on as standard! same as ldv's TRANSIT ENGINES IN THEM I THINK?

Gone on a bit of a rant their sorry, i've had a magners or several LOL

i wont rush into getting a car i'll defo hold on for the right motor my mom deserves!

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

Cheers, Andrew

______________________________________________________
Little car Little power........... For now That is!!!!!

1983 mini down paid, must collect soon and get welding!
______________________________________________________

If your wife wants to learn to drive, don't stand in her way.

Speak to me personally like that ever again and I will ban you.

went to look for a couple of cars for me today both 106's same age different milage. . . but one felt much nicer than the other to drive. . . . .one belonged to a teenager. . .the other belonged to a milf that wanted a people carrier lol

which one do you think was best >_<

LOL!

Well i managed to find a car for my mom peeps

I went to view it today & bought it!
i collect it at the weekend so will sort some pics then!

i managed to get her a late 2005 mg zs+ 115bhp & some serious torque!

vents in the front wings, bodykit, lowered suspension as standard, 17" rims, all the electric toys in it including aircon etc, its sweet! for a rover!!! & best of all i did'nt go too far over my moms 3k budget, ok it was a little bit over 3.5k but just less than 4k but even so, who says you cant get a decent motor with all the toys & low milage for this sorta money hey???????????

i hpi'd it before i left the house & its come up no accidents, genuine milage etc etc etc

my mom is the true 2nd owner so thats a good thing!

its had a new cambelt/tensioner kit at 33,000 &

its now on 42,000miles from new on a 2.0 turbo diesel & its £125 to tax, not bad i think! which is the same tax class as her old toyota starlet so she's happy there!

its silver so an ageless colour too!

known probs with these cars are the intercooler hoses splitting & maf sensors going tits up, other than that they can see 200,000miles with no major work if looked after, some have seen 400,000miles (ex-taxi)
cambelts are simple to do so i can do it at home! nice-one!

the l-series turbo diesel motor is a decent turbo diesel motor that is well proven to be a good one! 10 years or more in production & based on the older pirkins prima, not a bad engine itself!

it'll defo be more than enough for my mom! & i wont be embarressed to drive it P

i know i know rovers are'nt most peoples cup of tea but i like them & my mom is happy with it & thats the main thing, what she likes about them being 5ft1" the same as me is the high driving position & low dashboard! you can see down the bonnet

which you cant on most modern cars!!!!!

my dad has a red k-reg rover 414 saloon proper grandaddy spec, wind up windows the lot but its only done a genuine!!!!!! 7,200miles from new but myself & my old man have put a tomcat turbo motor in it running a t28 & saab intercooler, LSD & it has tomcat turbo disks all round too, slammed on the deck on OE rover gti 5spoke gti rrims on matt black so it looks like an old rover lowered on OE alloys D he has pissed of a fair few of the cough cough young lads in thier scoobys/skylines etc LOL
he puts his thick decorating glass's on & a flat cap & go's to & from work porshe baiting! silly sod he's 62 ffs!!!

we have kept the 7,200 mile k-series engine & box in the attic P


so now we have my mom in her 05 mg zs td
my dad in a sleeper rover 414 shnidey turbo
me in my mg metro turbo daily

then the mini 998 turbo build in the garage + various other projects

without realising it i think were restarting the longbridge plant at out gaff LOL D

i'm not looking for approveal but when i get a pic of the car up i hope you chaps like what i managed to get for my mom at the price i got it for & the spec!!!

i'm afaid i have looked at it thinking of little mods to do on it to make it a lil better such as
silicone hoses intercooler & boost/vacume pipes in blue
parking sensers
tomtom sat-nav
de-badge it
fit mg emblem seat covers to protect the half leather interiour
paint the underside of the car & inject it with rustproofing wax
add polished stainless mesh behind the grill & front bumper to protect the rad & intercooler
referb the alloys, possibly a different colour
maybe a bit of colour-coding of bodywork items, we'll see

so there ya go pics to follow to end the thread......

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

I'm 100% sure that the Korean's make better cars than the French or Italians. Just imagine you could buy a 5 year old car with 2 years warrenty still on it.

Sure your're not gong to pull the birds and you'll look like a taxi driver, but I'd have one on my list If I only had £3k to spend and wanted a reliable daily hack.

Much like long gone are the days of cars falling appart at 100k miles, long gone are the days of Korea building shit cars.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

The quality might be OK, but every time I'd go for a drive I'd be sucidal...I've never driven such crap as Hyuidnay or whatever and KIA.

It such pieces of shit. I'd much rather drive a ten year old Golf and visit the garage every other week.

On pure reliability, I would guess that the Korean's might have it, but 'better' is far to subjective. Case in point your Fiat 500, I bet there is a Korean car out there that is 'better' then that for the same price.

Ultimately we are all prejudice to the cars we choose and probably for valid reasons.

CMF it looks like you got what you wanted, as did I with my 2006 C5 Estate, so we are all winners.

http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/default.asp

A man without a project is like a like a woman without a shopping list.

I had a Kia C'eed as a hire car. It was way better than the usual Euro box shit we get. It handled properly, was comfy, felt as well built if not better than Vauxhalls or Citroens/Peugeots we usually get. The engine was amazing compared so some TDis I've driven. Couldn't fault it.

I guess it's the attitude that persists from the first load of shit they produced (Kia Pride, remember that hunk of crap, or the Hyundai Pony- total bollocks) that's holding them back.

However skoda managed to become respectable (again).

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

sdi fabia estate would be perfect, just a polo in disguise

TTFN Pete