Bought a new car

[harry1]

ROFL, that fiat is the smallest car isnt it?

[Howard]

Cinquecento was my first car, had it when I was learning to drive, go figure.

And my Megane is hardly a small/supermini is it. It has a huge boot.


Besides, I said I don't like not I've never had

[Butuz]

I've always liked big cars with a big boot.. but recently seen a few Pulsar GTI-R's and fallen in love lol

Only buy a Pulsar if:

a) you have rac/aa roadside recovery
b) you good at changing/rebuilding gearboxes
c) don't mind high running costs



Butuz

[Tom Scott]

Only buy a Pulsar if:

a) you have rac/aa roadside recovery
b) you good at changing/rebuilding gearboxes
c) don't mind high running costs



Butuz

You could say the same about any performance car to be honest... And the gearbox's aren't THAT bad.

Oh and high running costs translates to rediculous petrol usage. My pulsar (admittedly tuned quite a lot and running fairly silly boost) did literally 25 miles to £10 worth of Optimax once - which was worrying.

[harry1]

LOL your joking 25 miles bloody hell thats silly? was it fast though?

[Butcher]

That's not a problem with small hatchbacks though, that's a problem with tuning your engine to silly levels.

[hitman67]

Got to admit I'm in the same boat that I do not like Hatchbacks one bit, although I did bite the bullet when I got my A3, only has the 180bhp and 4x4 was appealing.

Now look at me, I have an A4 Cab and a Land Rover, not exactly small hatchbacks are they? I'm 24 btw.

[schmunk]

Now look at me, I have an A4 Cab and a Land Rover, not exactly small hatchbacks are they? I'm 24 btw.

Yes, but with a reasonably large inheritance, IIRC...

[hitman67]

The Inheritence payed for the A3, all others since then have been worked for.

[Fox]

Being 22 the same as you Fox and not that fond of big executive cars, I quite like it. I know you like your larger cars and all the toys you get in them over the smaller hatchbacks as you in effect pay less for more car, but what do you aspire to drive next? As your living the dream with a nice executive motor at such a young age.

I want an E39 M5 or an E92 335i Sport next. But these are both a VERY long way off - I really want to keep my 530i for 4-5 years, at least until after I get uni out of the way anyway. Who knows, circumstances will probably change and I might have to keep it longer, but aspiration wise, one of the above two probably..

Your car history has been a Citreon Xantia Diesel IIRC? and a Mondeo. They seem to be more family cars, not the normal city type hatchbacks.

Yup, I much prefer larger stuff. I think they look better, plus you get a load of kit and a decent engine to boot. The fact they often cost the same as smaller stuff is another bonus. To me, a nice Saloon with bodykit, decent wheels, etc etc is my idea of a great looking car. Obviously I'd love a Ferrari F430 or something but compared to Civics and suchlike, it's saloons for me. The fact they are 'practical' is a co-incidence and nothing to do with why I like them.

What do your mates drive? I can't imagine any of my pals owning a larger car until they are 28+ or have kids. I'm guessing you live at home during Uni and it's a long-ish drive?

Most of my mates, if they drive which most do not, have Clios and suchlike but then few of my RL mates are into cars at all.

Uni isn't actually a very long drive at all, I live 5 miles from the Uni. Although at the moment I am on a placement and this is a bit of a drive.

I wonder how much it will cost to maintain per annum? Tyres? Services? etc....

A full set of Eagle F1's is £380, just £60 more than for the Mondeo. I was actually quite suprised at this, thinking I would need to budget £500 for new tyres. Service wise - next service is an Oil Service, and 15k miles after that, an Inspection 1, then 15k miles after that, another Oil Service. Oil Service is £200 at BMW, £100 at independant. Inspection 1 £200 at Indy, £300 at BMW. Not super cheap, but not eye watering.

I think the BIG running cost with it is likely to be repair bills. It is a BMW, which means it wont break every day but when it does break, it won't be cheap. I am budgetnig approx £2k a year for repairs. If I don't need to spend that, great, but at least if I do I've budgeted for it.

Nice motor

Thanks

[360bhp]

I've spoken to a few gti-r owners, and they say fragile is an understatement. I won't be getting a real gti-r, due to insurance...but a mint sunny with eventually one of the gt engines in, maybe from an almera or primera. Can do all the work myself in about 8 months once I finish my courses.

Nice BMW btw... Love the angel eyes.

[Butcher]

Still need to sort your sig!