So when i say most popular i meant to say 9nth most popular but only because the people buying the top 8 have no imagination.
http://www.motoringspy.co.uk/1087/top-10-best-selling-uk-cars-aug-2011/
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What Car...? Focus Size, Petrol, Near New. Recomendations?
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Fiesta is a good car, feels cheap in some parts but I was pleasantly surprised. I bet it isn't far off the interior space of a mk1 focus either.
Its well overpriced though.
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So when i say most popular i meant to say 9nth most popular but only because the people buying the top 8 have no imagination.
Ha ha...well possibly no-one buying a popular car is using much imagination?!
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Oi! Stop arguing at the back...
This threads about my dotty wife and her bad clutch habits... I hear all the calls that it must be the operator, it's just a bit wierd that the operator (same types of shoes, same legs, same technique etc) hasn't had any issues in the past.
I hadn't thought of too high a gear. She doesn't drive around in top like a minicab driver but I don't know just how marginal the clutch is in our fire breathing Focus... Might be a relatively torquey engine mated to a bit too much high gear work, I dunno.
I think that reference to the Nonda clutch issue was the 2.2 diesel? High torque engine again?
Anyway, I'm almost mated to a 1.8 vtec, just haggling over the last few £££'s.
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If it's your first diesel it could be the torque thing, if she's plonking her foot down habitually whilst at low revs all the time. I've driven with quite a few people who did this.
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Dunno Moly, we've had diesel donkey's for ~25 years (and loads of petrols in that time). None with a clutch issue... I had a 2.5 Omega from new to 140k miles ... nada a 2.5 v6 passat to 100k same etc etc...
I don't 'get it'... I'm just putting it down to experience.
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Then I go back to my original idea of an alignment issue or some other fundamental thing with that particular car.
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I've given up on the 'why me?!' sobbing and moaning and reverted to solving the issue with the application of cash
For anyone interested (Guys? GUYS?
), I'll share our post negotiation findings about the Civic (assuming we get that far). Is this the first car bought by STW consensus?
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Good choice. Hope you like it. If you get it from Honda I reckon you will get good sales service and a good product.
The Ford shouldn't have given you so many issue's even if your wife isn't the best driver. Durability testing should take account of poor technique and a lot more so the thing is robust.
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Over on the Honda Forum as of today. Petrol faults forum 197 messages, Diesel faults Forum 3755 replies (clutches, turbo's, DPF, DMF). A 1.8 Civic seems very sensible to me.
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1.8 vtec
Nice car.
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Update for anyone interested...
April '11 Nonda Civic 1.8 vtec SE with ~7k on.... Now part of the Boblo stable for £7k and a wonky Focus. I'm a happy bunny and Mrs Boblo will hopefull shower me with sexual favours to show her grattitude
Thanks everyone for their input, makes a nice change from arguing about coffee makers
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Earlier this week, Whatcar Magazine announced the 2012 Best Small Family Car of the year, as the Volkswagen Golf 1.4 TSI Match
http://www.whatcar.com/awards/small-family-cars/volkswagen-golf-award-winner.html
The Golf seems to fit the OP's requirements. 122bhp, less than £20K and they also do the DSG gearboxes. That might save your clutch!
Volkswagen also won the 2012 Whatcar Car of the Year Award for the Volkswagen Up. Although I suspect you wouldn't get a mountain bike in one of those!
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