I've had a Corolla T-Sport from New 54plate just done 80,000 miles in it...
The powerband is quite small 6200-8500rpm.
But the beauty of this is pretty good fuel consumption i average 35-40mpg for around town use.
its nice to drive slowly and awesome when pushed, comes with a good spec as standard.
Its as quick as a type R (raced a few) and a Clio 172 Cup (mate owns one regularly have a dice on the way to Afan) can fit 2 poeple and 2 bikes in the back, poss 3 with a squeeze...
And since Sept 2004 and 80,000 miles other than tyres and brake pads nothing has gone wrong or needed doing, best car i've owned by a country mile...
Someone bumped it about 8 months ago while it was in getting a new rear bumper i was given a 2.0Ltr focus Turbo Diesel which to be honest i hated, gutless below the turbo kicking in and then when it did it was pretty rapid until it should start to go then just died.
Guess its what your used too but i ride motorbikes too and for me the more you rev the quicker the thing should go, and the T-Sport is exactly that.
performance when you want it, economy and pretty quite/pleasant when you don't...
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Goalposts have been moved for me-needs to be able to fit a pushchair in and have 5 doors. Excellent news. RS4 avant it is then
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needs to be able to fit a pushchair
Forget an RS4 avant then, they are tiny on the inside.
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R32 does come as a 5 door - I have fitted a pushchair in one. But if you can get an RS4 then GET ONE!!
I looked at them but none were under £35k even a few years old. Amazing motors though.
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It's the excuse I need. A practical family wagon that can take bikes albeit fckn quickly ! Almost got one before but baulked at the price. Might need to do some negotiation to get this one across the line methinks. Company car though
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Seriously the RS4s are tiny on the inside. We looked at one when our nippers were born.
Had an old RS6 for a year, great motor and a load bigger. Wouldn't mind one of the new V10 versions.
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Yes the RS4s are smaller than many big estates but there's still room in there. Our Bimmer is very slightly bigger and we fit tonnes of clobber in it. Anything that doesn't fit goes on the roofrack!
RS4 is a lot lighter and more "fun" than an RS6 - yes the 6 is ultra fast but it's very heavy. They struggle on twisty stuff - I know because I annoyed the hell out of one in my mk4 R32 Golf - RS6 is MUCH quicker in a straight line but this was windey B roads where it was as agile as an oil tanker. The RS4 is a much better drivers car.
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Renault Clio V6
no rear seets so the lack of an extra 2 doors to get at them isn't an issue, leave the kid at home :-p
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Mk5 Golf GT Sport 1.4TSI
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The RS4 is a much better drivers car
Completely agree on that.
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So its ok to annoy the hell out of RS6 drivers but you can not annoy BMW drivers if you are in a T5
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He was trying to keep up with me on the road to Newton Ferrers - I wasn't driving up his ar5e pretending my van was a supercar...
A van on this road would be all over the place anyway
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Nah don't fancy an rs6 especially the extra 40 grand ! Too big as well. Skoda vrs is a cheaper alternative albeit inferior in many ways
This is to replace my T5 which has been quite frankly utterly sh1te-spent more time in the garage than out and just not good enough for me every day.
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Right well after some exhausting research its like this, the RS4 is probably out on budget grounds (100K basically), RS6 is min 140K, i can maybe do 50K which means Skoda VRS td thing, S3 is in there, R32, not many other hatches I like. No alfas thanks, no scoobs either, we have one already. Could get away with a golf or a S3 probably as can chuck bike in back. Mazda MPS could the outside bet but would pref 4wd/awd as it will be going up some steep unsealed roads quite a lot.
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I think you'd enjoy an S3/R32 a lot more than a vRS which is FWD.
How about a powerfulish non RS or S Audi? The 3.0TDI or a biggish petrol?
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Leaning towards a manual 2008 s3
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