Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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Needs to be 5 door and put a pram in the boot. 6k budget.
Looked at Ford today but was very limited. Found a decent spec 61 plate Fiesta but looking over it i found it had 3 odd tyres, no spare wheel, looked like it had been revered into something at some point and in general i got the gut feeling it had been driven quite hard.
Currently does around 4k a year.
[Edited on 05-09-2015 by Andrew]
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IvIarkgraham
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Impreza
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3CorsaMeal
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Vauxhall vectra. Alot of car for the money. You can't go wrong.
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
Impreza
Not really ideal Mark.
This is for my wife to use. It will do the weekly shop and hospital visits for my 5 week old son.
Reason we are getting shut of the 207 is because it has become very unreliable.
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AndyCorsaSport
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Fiestas don't have spare wheels.
As 3CM said, vectra. Or if you don't want something as large an Astra. I've just bought an 08 plate 150 SRi CDTi XPack 5 door Astra, 74k on and paid £3k for it.
Could go for the 1.8 petrol if your not going to see the benifit of diesel.
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taylorboosh
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Leon
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taylorboosh
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Also congrats on baby, hope its not serious and hes ok. Both my son and daughter were in special care so i know its not nice
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Andrew
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Had a couple of Fiesta's as company cars in my last job and i can confirm 1 out of 2 had a spare wheel.
The car will do lots of short runs so petrol is preferred.
Will have a look at Vectra's.
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
Also congrats on baby, hope its not serious and hes ok. Both my son and daughter were in special care so i know its not nice
He has an illness called NEC.
We hope he can make a full recovery in the next few months.
I hope your two are ok as well!!
[Edited on 05-09-2015 by Andrew]
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taylorboosh
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Hes just came out - had numothorax or something (lungs leaked pockets of air into his chest which in turn stopped him breathing)
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VegasPhil
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Golf match
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
Hes just came out - had numothorax or something (lungs leaked pockets of air into his chest which in turn stopped him breathing)
I'm glad he is on the mend!
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Andrew
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Spotted a 63 plate Corsa D with 7k on the clock for 6k.
Going to have a gander at that tomorrow.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Andrew
Had a couple of Fiesta's as company cars in my last job and i can confirm 1 out of 2 had a spare wheel.
The car will do lots of short runs so petrol is preferred.
Will have a look at Vectra's.
Spare wheels cost £100 extra hence why some (most) don't have them.
Also the boot floor looks proper crap and I can see how you think it'd been reversed into something. They're all like it.
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by Andrew
quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
Hes just came out - had numothorax or something (lungs leaked pockets of air into his chest which in turn stopped him breathing)
I'm glad he is on the mend!
Hes home and fully recovered with no ongoing issues
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--ToM--
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Vectra vxr
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MatthewR
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Astra J
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--ToM--
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quote:
Originally posted by MatthewR
Astra J
Won't get much else in the boot once a prams in there
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3CorsaMeal
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Insignia. Massive boot
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Andrew
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Insignia is too expensive.
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--ToM--
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Vectra massive boot and not expensive
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--ToM--
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Also insignias aren't expensive, just sold a 2010 Sri 160bhp with 65k on and 20" alloys for 5500
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big eck
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Mk2 Leon
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ShEp
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quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
Hes just came out - had numothorax or something (lungs leaked pockets of air into his chest which in turn stopped him breathing)
Pneumothorax, I had that a couple of years back, lung effectively collapses, happened to me twice, but had a small Op to fix the issue and all is well, extremely common apparently.
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taylorboosh
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Yea very common - he didnt need an op, lung absorbed it themselves
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