Moderns: What Would You Have?

[Hendry]

Just out of interest, for talking sake, if you had to buy a modern, what would you buy?

 

Criteria:

- Under £10,000

- Under 3 Years Old

 

Other than that, anything goes, just intrigued to see what you'd all be driving if you absolutely had to get a new car on the drip.

[Bren]

Mondeo petrol.

 

Superb car without all the diesel shite.

[derskine]

Very late Lada Riva.

[I_am_Diesel]

Deffo petrol, diesels are trouble with a capital T.

[Keymaster]

Not a Vauxhall, thats for sure! I quite like the idea of the citroen cactus. Lightweight body, small but lively petrol engines, most of the pointless nonsense removed. Sounds good to me.

[cms206]

Modern?

 

Errr... Proton Impian. Kia Magentis. Ford Focus estate. Struggling now...

[meshking]

Dacia duster. 2wd base spec, keep fit windows etc.

[Parky]

Seat Leon's are good, Kia's for the warranty, and Honda/Toyota for the fact they seem to give a crap about their customers.

 

I don't think I could touch anything French or Italian again willingly

[Rusty_Rocket]

I can genuinely say there is nothing I would want for £10k/ under 3yo.

 

Car manufacturers should be thoroughly ashamed of this- I'm in a prime target group (young enough to be persuaded by clever marketing- old enough to afford to buy a new car), yet still, I'm happy with a 106 diesel and a Mk3 Astra 

[Mr Lobster]

Timely thread, as I'm sort of half wondering about doing just that and can't really decide what to do if I do decide to do it.

 

Option 1 is the sensible option and is probably a new Dacia. Either Sandero Stepway or Duster in petrol flavour.

 

Option 2 is the more fun option. Can't decide on this but currently in my mind is Fabia vRS (in estate version for extra win), Clio RS or something else that fits the criteria (not massive, 5dr, quick). 

 

Option 3 is the odd one - Renault Zoe. Quite like the idea of electric and a bit of fleet reconfiguration and a 'leccy car could fit in nicely.

 

Heart says Fabia, head says Dacia. Reality says keep running the SEAT that I own and am very happy with another few years until / if something terminal goes wrong.

[gordonbennet]

Toyota Hybrid, if i'm forced into a modern car might as well be as reliable and economical for my use as possible.

[overrun]

A Cat C E93 330

[Justin Case]

Mrs Case's 17k mile Toyota Auris was comfortably less than £10k from a Toyota dealer, still had 2 1/2 years warranty, climate control, electric windows and RCL. Total costs so far in 18 months have been a £135 service and two MOTs. It's probably as good value as you would get for a modern in that class. It's no fun to drive, but then is a Dacia?

[Asimo]

I couldn't think of anything so I used the Autotrader filters to find 84423 cars for sale less than 3years / £10,000.

 

Possibilities?

Honda CRZ     I would like to try one but I wouldn't buy it.

Suzuki Vitara   I would like one of these for SWMBO as our daily, the 2.4 / 3 door variant. But I could save £9000 and buy a ten year old one. So no sale again.

 

Nope, nothing I want enough to spend my money on. I had looked forward for years to spending my pension lump sum on a new car. Just my luck that now I have the lump sum, there is nothing new to spend it on. (And no interest to be earned anywhere either)

 

If I was choosing a company car I think it would be a Lexus hybrid because I like the idea of the electric transmission and I have been told they are very quiet.

[Richard]

I wouldn't buy a nearly new car. If you're going to spunk that sort of money you might as well get something that isn't somebody's cast off. I'd probably go for the second bottom Dacia Sandero.

[Cavcraft]

Insignia CDTi

[RayMK]

1. The new Renault Twingo.  I like its rear engine though would prefer an automatic.

2. Tata Pixel if they decide to make it.

 

Note, I owned a Mitsubishi i 660 turbo automatic from 2007-2014 and would not play with one again.  Mitsubishi tried too hard to make it handle like a front drive car.  I prefer oversteer, having had several Skoda Rapids and Estelles over the years  .

[Guest Breadvan72]

Nothing.  I would rather walk.

[DVee8]

Skoda Octavia VRS Petrol kind of looking for one-ish at the moment.

 

Nissan X-Trail.

 

I went to look at a 530i petrol last week 08plate,everything in side was yellow

[Shep Shepherd]

I can't think of any post-2005 car that I'd want to own.

[DVee8]

Insignia CDTi

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Go on pull the other one hahahahaha

[mercrocker]

Do you know, I tried to answer this question properly.  You know, instead of my usual all-new-stuff-is-shite type of rant.  I can not.  I do not understand the modern motor car, do not want one can not even summon up the enthusiasm to look properly and every turn I take in order to try and do this with any degree of propriety is thwarted.  I really, really would rather fucking walk as well.   Lucky I am not doing this for real, then....

[Uncle Jimmy]

10 grand? You'll not get much for that. I'd have what I've got. A '59 plate Skoda Octavia estate. Does what it says on tin and I treat it like an item of industrial equipment.

[Stanky]

I'd go for a Subaru Legacy for about £10k, but it'd be a few years old now - No chance of one under 3 years for that price. I like the idea of how they are engineered, and built with the idea of maintenance in mind.

 

There are a few others I'd have, I mean if £10k appeared in my pocket It'd be nice to see what its actually like to live that sort of life. I imagine its very unfulfilling, but would be interesting to prove it. If I had to earn the £10k or it came out of something I'd otherwise have, then no. Not worth it to find out I'm right (probably)

[twosmoke300]

Prob a petrol Alfa or fiat of some sort.

[r.welfare]

In a way of sort-of answering the question I bought a '10 plate Qashqai for my wife last month. 1.6 petrol with 105k on the clock, ex Conde Nast Traveller lease car. Tekna model so no doubt lots to go wrong in the future. While it works all the fruit is very nice, though.

 

Aim is to run it until it drops and get the mileometer to at least 200k; should take between 6 and 7 years to reach that milestone. I have sold the stupid 18" alloys and put 16" steels on so that's a start. Hopefully by going for petrol the ills that seem to plague the modern diesel will be avoided. It is far from fast but smooth, and is averaging 37mpg.

 

Things I don't like so far - you have to dismantle the glovebox and all the heater ducting on the passenger side to change the pollen filter (which probably explains the fact the one I took out looked like the original, despite the full Nissan history); and the fact you have to remove the inlet manifold to change the spark plugs.

[Mr Lobster]

^ That was my theory with Mrs_L's Mazda.

 

Buy a decent capacity petrol and run it until forever. Was surprisingly cheap because nobody wants a big petrol (omg need diesel for economy even though I do 5k a year etc) and it should see 150k in our hands. Already managed 40k and apart from rear shocks and a £15 brake fluid pipe hasn't done anything wrong. Loads of kit, comfy and useful. Nice for long distance stuff too.

[babydriver]

Please may I have a Citroen DS3 or C5.

[DaveAspley]

I can't see a difference between my mk3 mondeo and a budget modern like an Octavia. Apart from a posh stereo and being subjected to £250 worth of bottom torture every 4 weeks. White goods , all of them. If it's not a challenger hellcat that is...

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There's a flat blue colour (could be metallic but looks flat) that new Kias can be had in, kind of greyish, almost like a primer (or Belzona if anyone knows what that is). I'd obviously rather spray some old shite in that hue but in the interests of the thread I'll have a Picanto in that colour please. Can't imagine there's a right lot to go tits up with them