[Closed] What car for £25k?

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Checks all your boxes. And mine too.

Oooh yeah.. never think of Volvos...

EDIT: hmm only a basic model for that price though.

We spent a bit more than that on a second hand Freelander2 HSE. It's mint, we love it and haven't got bored of it a year on.

If I didn't have kids and a wife, I'd probably wax it all on a Caterham 7

Transporter/Caravelle/Vito?

Mmm yeah possibly a tricked out van.. don't really like driving them a long way though.

Get an old Rolls Royce!

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And when your neighbours see it, you can say 'yeah, check pon it. [i]Rolls Royce[/i]. So shut up!'

And with £25k, you'll have more than enough to buy one, fix it up and insure it for a few years. And have a bit left over for petrol.

And it'll look a darn sight better than any piece of crap Volvo or other modern junk, like the boring soulless mundane-mobile in the very next post...

New or second hand?
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Seat exeo ST. for 25K you could get the petrol engine, or the most fruity oilburner, or the (recommended) mid-powered and efficient oil burner and lots of whistles and bells.

I'm thinking this will be my next car

(its a rebadged Audi A4 B7 Avant BTW)

Couldn't bring myself to pay 25K for a car unless it was someone elses cash, and even then I'd try to avoid it.

(its a rebadged Audi A4 B7 Avant BTW)

And it shows that it's a 10 year old design. A few folk at work have them and they feel pretty dated.

Well exactly, CK. This is a bit of a hypothetical exercise 🙂

If second hand is an option you could get a fleet

Merc?
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I think this one has had a bit of an AMG upgrade, but not too sure. Be careful as carpark jealousy could affect the atmosphere in the office.

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What's the point of that staircase? Goes up then just comes down again. Bloody stupid. 😐

U is jus jelus

How on Earth can I be jelus of a preposteration of a staircase what goes up, then just comes down again? 😯

Well, we have a Freelander 2, and it's great. I wouldn't see the point of one in the UK though...

Elfin, there is a 'get off point' at the top. Not even posh people are that preoccupied to get back to the start, scratch their head and wonder what went wrong.

When did cars become so expensive?? My (lease) car is up for replacement at the end of the year and it seems like anything bigger than a fiesta with a decent spec is over £20K!

So much for getting a replacement car and saving some cash each month.

Mind you I don't subscribe to the whole "I don't understand whay anyone would spend X on a car" thing. If you have the money to buy it or make the payments then fairynuff.

If I was posh I'd probbly have a staircase what went up, then just came down again without any purpose.

I'm not posh though which is probbly why don't understand the concept. 🙁

The only thing that would ever tempt me to get a new car would be the option of speccing it how you want it.

You don't want a poxy Freelander, you want a proper offroader.
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How about a Prius plug in? They're out in the new year, will cost about £25k once the £5k government grant is applied, has hardly any benefit in kind tax and does about 170 miles to the gallon. You know the rest. Looks like that will be where my lease money goes in 2012.

i'd get something like this...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sprinter-Motorhome-Mercedes-Campervan-Conversion-/120740727285

Are they out then? Tempting 🙂 Couldn't find any specs last time I looked.

EDIT: 14 miles in electric mode isn't that great though, the Ampera can do 40 supposedly.

And it'll look a darn sight better than any piece of crap Volvo or other modern junk, like the boring soulless mundane-mobile in the very next post...

And the very next post was.... a pic of an Audi.... on a GOLF COURSE! (Volvo owner 😳 ).

I rest my case. 😉

[fears doing a John Terry]

And when your neighbours see it, you can say 'yeah, check pon it. Rolls Royce. So shut up!'

Never spoken to the guy, but there's a very dapper dressed black guy drives a green Roller just like that in Manchester - usually saw him on the Parkway going through Moss Side.

Man has style - always wears a hat (trilby in winter, Panama in summer).

I aim to please.

Ah, that'll be Binners! 😀

skoda superb
mondeo is a highly capable car

Seat exeo ST. for 25K you blah blah blah

Or buy a 10 year old Audi; same thing

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merc C220 estate 1 year old. if you look you can get one with all the toys, lane tracking, autobrake etc etc

You could buy a fleet of 160k mile, 52' diesel Mondeo's.

Then, like me, you could enjoy the experience of scraped knuckles as you dismantle the alternator to try & squeeze it through the inner wing to get it repaired. Now you wont get that with a £25k car. 🙂

Secondhand Cayman or wait abit for a Evoque.

Why do I find myself liking such a hateful thing? 😐

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Has to be Audi to get the whiners whining.

Buy an Audi for 25k? Bonkers. Haggle and get this

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Golf gti

zokes - Member

Well, we have a Freelander 2, and it's great. I wouldn't see the point of one in the UK though...
Posted 9 hours ago #

The ... at the end suggests you're willing to explain why my car doesn't work in the UK...

This on Autotrader for £22500.

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My guess is Paul is he lives inner city and possibly in the south so hasn't seen proper snow.

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Nissan Qashqui +2

/Sensible head on/. Skoda Superb 4x4 Elegance Estate oil burner. All bells and whistles, looks luurvely, and some change left over for bike bits. Probably my next car...not that i'll be spending £25k on it. If i was feeling a bit fruity a might well look at the 3.6 litre V6 model as well.

Or an SMax Titanium X (the 240bhp one). Or an Alfa 159 Ti. Or a V70. Or an A5. Or a 5 series. Bollox, none the wiser now.

*cough* Ferrari Daytona *cough*
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If it's secondhand, and you want large with toys then i'd either go BMW 5 Series (535d) or Audi S6. Me personally would get a Land Rover Discovery 3. Great cars, and even better off road!

New, well i'm not sure to be honest. Probably a Skoda Octavia VRS, or a Subaru Legacy?

I wouldn't buy another new car, you just lose too much money.

S/H for that kind of money I'd be looking at an M5 if I needed the space for the kids or a 911 if I didn't!

I'd have one of these - I don't expect anyone else to agree though...

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The ... at the end suggests you're willing to explain why my car doesn't work in the UK...

For 99% of the year an estate is much more practical, and much better specced. The other 1%, they still work...

My guess is Paul is he lives inner city and possibly in the south so hasn't seen proper snow.

FAIL.

(Well, not quite)....

1) I lived in a small village on the hillside above Bethesda in Snowdonia and coped just fine with heavy snow and ice in a Mondeo and a Golf. I then moved to Belmont on the moors above Bolton just in time for a foot of snow, and whilst trick, the Golf (and my wife's old fiesta) worked fine. Most of the Freelanders in the village didn't move anywhere for a week for some reason.

2) The "well, not quite" bit: I now live in the south - very south (in Oz), and probably use the 4wd capabilities of our Freelander at least twice a month on unsurfaced roads and 4wd tracks. Even the most remote roads in Wales and England are tarmacced, unlike here

3) We came home for xmas last year, and once I'd worked out how to turn the traction control off in the hired Focus, that worked fine in the North West and Wales during the snow.

You did ask!

OOOOh, forgot about that VW Pickup...they look the dogs danglies.

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Plus change...

Who suggested a Rolls "and enough change to keep it running"

You're having a laugh! Have you seen the cost of parts on those things? And thats before you ask the one person in the country who works on them how much he charges an hour. £25k might rebuild your engine. You'll be crawling back to your audi main dealer begging him to charge you full price for everything.

Mercedes sprinter.

'a' car for £25K? Stuff that, I'd have a Fiat Dino Coupe (£15K), a Jeep Wrangler (£4K), an E36 BMW 328i for track days (£2K) and an ageing diesel estate of some description (with all the toys) for the Monday commute. All bases covered - sports car, classic, 4x4, convertible, track toy, practical-comfy-econo-load-lugger-box, and still have change for insurance and bacon sandwiches.

Depending on the rules of this notional 25k to spend I'd prolly by a van and get it campered out. The sprinter on page 1 looks good but too lux for my tastes

Who suggested a Rolls "and enough change to keep it running"

You're having a laugh! Have you seen the cost of parts on those things? And thats before you ask the one person in the country who works on them how much he charges an hour. £25k might rebuild your engine. You'll be crawling back to your audi main dealer begging him to charge you full price for everything.

😆

True though. Even if you did all the work yourself ittud still cost you a fortune. But even a beat up old Roller is better than an Audi, any day.

Imagine turning up at Swinley with a Roller, right, parking it next to all the Mundane-Mobiles. 😀

I mean, come on...

It'd have to be s/h to be at all decent.

Merc E500 or CL500, BMW = 535d or 650i, Proper Range Rover, Audi RS6 (with V10), Jag XK8R or XFR

Plus I wouldn't be spending it all, as would need some wiggle-room for running costs.

And those VW pick-up things - saw one yesterday, a bit too Mid-West ie not on the small size.

Either a second hand Audi A5 3.0 TDI (I know, I know, but I really like them) or a VW Scirocco 2.0 TDI.

I wholeheartedly agree with njee20 🙂

Imagine turning up at Swinley with a Roller

I would not be able to afford to drive to Swinley.

Won't get blocked in at Swinley Car Park !

http://www.unimogs.co.uk/machinedetail.asp?searchstring=U1062

🙂

old roller.. i'd rather walk!

"It's got to be family suitable, comfy, refined and have toys".... a second hand Maserati Quattroporte can be had for less than 25k these days. Thats what i'd have

Audi RS4 4.2 V8 Avant would do me nicely.

Fast, comfy, big, extremely well built, lots of toys etc

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Mmmmm, carbon.

If someone put a gun to my head and said spend £25k on a family car, I would blow it on a Subaru Legacy, not that I know much about cars

The one that passed me today, sounded very nice & its not as common as some of the other German brands 😉

Problem with (most) jap cars is the interior is absolutely shocking.

Seeing that you don't mention new of fuel economy in your initial post - E60 BMW M5.

Tad over 500hp and rear wheel drive. All the electronics to keep that in line. Pretty much all the toys you could want - I know the previous one had double glazing, for instance (not sure if the E60 does.)

Or get a loan for £10k to get a £35k Ferrari 360. Sure, you may then only be able to see the kids at weekends and only take one at a time, but you'll be the coolest dad ever :).

Hmmm I must say the interior of that RS4 makes me feel all funny inside. In a good way. Just sooooo expensive to run!

If I was forced to spend that much on a new car, I'd get a diesel Skoda Superb estate (4x4)

Just been through similar problem, was going to buy a6 3.0 quattro avant... Got smax instead, and boy have i f***ed up.

I've had two £25k cars (granted I didn't spend that on either of them, but that's what the list price was when they were new).

BMW320d Touring
Saab 9-3 Sportwagon

BMW was too small for my drums, really, but otherwise excellent. Saab was lovely but the service bills were getting silly. £600+ for a cambelt change.

for my next car, I certainly won't be spending £25k. maybe a tenth of that. Maybe up to a fifth.
And I certainly wouldn't go anywhere near Saab, BMW, Audi, Mercedes unless someone else was paying the bills. All fine cars I'm sure but parts are stupidly expensive

Buy a second-hand Skoda and spend the change on a Jones or similarly overpriced pointless pile of tat

Seeing that you don't mention new of fuel economy in your initial post

It's just about the only car thread where I haven't mentioned fuel economy 🙂

It's a priority. How much are Jag XF diesels?

Get a Rolls Royce Mol!

Then, right, when boring people ask you 'what do you drive', you can say 'a Roller, innit!'

And if you're worried about fuel consumption, then just do what they do in Cuba, and bung a smaller engine in it.

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When I am rich I am going to buy a Rolls and pimp it, lowrider stylee. Then, right, when other people at Swinley and that try to look down there noses at me with disdain for being so vulgar, I can just flip a corner at them!

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Or how about, and Mrs Grips will appreciate this, turning up in one of these:

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Eh? Eh?? 😀

BMW Alpina D3 Bi turbo Estate

Should be able to get a fairly new one for that, best real world everyday car IMHO

Oh I've gone and given myself a stiffy now 😆

I've just ordered one of these to replace my Mondeo

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I was looking at the VW 4x4 pick up but the fuel costs for 600 miles a week put me off

[quoteIf I was posh I'd probbly have a staircase what went up, then just came down again without any purpose.

I'm not posh though which is probbly why don't understand the concept

That's the staircase up to a park circus in Glasgow if im not mistaken. Not too posh then.

Driven a couple of exeo's (had one last week from enterprise) and a V70....

V70 shits all over the exeo so much nicer to drive and a much more pleasant car to be in generally. Trouble is its not worth having anything but the 2.4 diesel once you add some toys to that it goes over 25k (new) used they're an utter steal generally. IMO of course.....

@jumping flea. Is that a Passat? The front's a bit grim innit? 🙁

M5 or AMG E class mmmmm. 🙂

@boblo - yep its the new Passat. I quite like it (hence the order). Couldn't fault the mondeo thats on its way back, just fancied a change and the fuel economy from the 2.0l 140hp diesel will save me a few quid. Similar models take a step down to a 1.6d to get close fuel consumption