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Car for wife
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:52 am
by Gareth
Are these any good?
http://www.smartycars2.co.uk/morrisons/ ... igin=Glass
Need something bigger than a 307 that we currently have.
Need to be at least a hatch to accomodate the dog.
Re: Car for wife
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:58 am
by thinfourth
Arrgh softroader
Gareth wrote:Need something bigger than a 307 that we currently have.
Need to be at least a hatch to accomodate the dog.
Does she know you call her that
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:08 am
by Rich H
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:10 am
by Dominic
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:29 am
by Rag_It
Mate,
Uncle has one from new, and it is as solidly built as they come, not a rattle anywhere and that 2.2ctdi is incredibly economical and quiet.
DVD player in the roof, wireless headphones for the kids, purfect family car, but perhaps you dont need something quite so big yet....!
Can vouch for Morrison motors, used to be a client of ours at Mercedes, buys in some decent cars.
Dave
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:33 am
by Dominic
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:47 am
by Gareth
Rag_It wrote:Mate,
Uncle has one from new, and it is as solidly built as they come, not a rattle anywhere and that 2.2ctdi is incredibly economical and quiet.
DVD player in the roof, wireless headphones for the kids, purfect family car, but perhaps you dont need something quite so big yet....!
Can vouch for Morrison motors, used to be a client of ours at Mercedes, buys in some decent cars.
Dave
Honda site reckon it drives like a car? Reckon that's true?
We had a A Class Merc that Em hated. Felt it was going to topple in the wind so trying to avoid that.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:51 am
by DDtB
Yeuch... not a fan of these things tbh....
but Ryann's brother is on his 2nd one now - for the wife of course - and they love them lots!! They've never had any probs with them and keep trying to convince me to get one too.....
Apparently a normal car wasn't big enough now that they have 2 small kids...
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:06 am
by thinfourth
If you are going to go for a soft roader then budget for an extra set of wheels and winter/snow tyres as it will come with normal tyres which will be total pap in the snow and slush we get up here.
i've seen a RAV4 on proper mud tyres and asides from clearance issues it was actually quite capable in the silly stuff
Also see if you can screw a towbar on it incase of further changes of mind on the toy front.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:12 am
by Gareth
DDtB wrote:Yeuch... not a fan of these things tbh....
but Ryann's brother is on his 2nd one now - for the wife of course - and they love them lots!! They've never had any probs with them and keep trying to convince me to get one too.....
Apparently a normal car wasn't big enough now that they have 2 small kids...
Dave, you would not believe how much stuff one kid takes up.
We took Matilda to Dundee on Sat. By the time you throw in your bags, travel cot, dog etc there was no room for anything else.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:14 am
by jj
I wonder how my folks got by with two kids and an MGB until we were about 8!
We had a VW Touran for a week as a hire car and it would be a pretty good shout ; drove OK looked OK was OK on mpg, guess you couldnt ask for more from a boring car.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:16 am
by Rich H
Trailer?
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:30 am
by Gareth
jj wrote:I wonder how my folks got by with two kids and an MGB until we were about 8!
We had a bus pass....MGB....flash bas*ard
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:36 am
by ed
My folks have a Touran and its a great car. Its got a decent derv engine and drives well. Also got plenty of room. Well worth a shot i reckon!
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:44 pm
by gorrie
I saw the title of this thread and thought 'car for wife... hmm, thats a fair swap'
