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Originally posted by djorkboy View PostWe were looking at getting a Volvo V70 but then I discovered the UK reliability index Home - Car Reliability Index | Reliability Index | How reliable is your car? and found that the V70 has an appalling record.Resident grumpy old fart
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We have an 8L S3 and just got a B5 A4 wagon.
I was using the A4 for work carrying my tools and stuff. Otherwise we went everywhere in the S3. The S3 was big enough to take 4 of us and a pushbike inside too.
Don't need anything bigger really.
Gavin
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Obviously you don't have to drop kids off to school - otherwise you'd know that you can't get by without a HULKING GREAT SUV with low profile road tyresResident grumpy old fart
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Interesting that in Europe a Golf is considered a family car.
Cheaper fuel allows us to be more extravagant in what we consider a standard size car.
If I could fit 3 child seats across the back seat of a Golf or an A4 I would get one for sure. In a few years time when the kids are old enough to be in booster seats I will be looking to get rid of my wife's Subaru and get an A4 or maybe a Golf (but it would have to be a wagon, she won't drive anything else)Last edited by djorkboy; 18-08-2011, 10:52 AM.
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i have a 5year old and he fits fine in both cars (both are 2 door). golf suffers from the small boot (a 12" sub doesn't help either) but the bmw has been really good. Heaps of space in the back and a decent boot from such a small car.
Im considering replacing it with an E39 or an E46, im a bit sick of stiff suspension in both cars that i have now1991 BMW 318is RED E30
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Originally posted by Water Boy View PostI think it also depends on what you do to. My Dad would be happy to have a dc2 integra or an s3 as a daily but we have a racecar to tow, bikes to carry and the snow to visit.
Would be nice if we could have a car for each occasion.
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Originally posted by kaanage View PostObviously you don't have to drop kids off to school - otherwise you'd know that you can't get by without a HULKING GREAT SUV with low profile road tyres
"my 'witch' has curbed 3 out of 4 wheels and dinged the rear bar on my hatchback, proving that she doesnt know how to drive properly... so naturally it makes sense that she drops our 3 year old off at kinder in a BMW X5M with factory 295/30 r21 tyres"
and yeah..... nah @ territory diesel... why would that be good? who gives a f'ck if you can travel 1000km's up the highway in a car with a 110 litre fuel tank?
sh7t... me and kaanage are getting that out of 45 litres in tech that's a decade old.
what about the peugeots - they look roomy and pretty well equipped, not to mention pretty reasonably priced according to carsales.
skoda yeti will be interesting if you prefer an SUV type vehicle- nice roomy cabin, great visibility, although smallish luggage capacity.
skoda octavia is awesome, and the superb has OOOOOOOOOODLES of room. by that stage, you're looking at a new passat, which i've seen on carsales PLENTY of examples that are similarly priced, if not slightly cheaper than the skoda superb.
tiguan is damn nice, as well as well priced, but having driven the 2.0tfsi and the 2.0tdi back to back, i just found (no offense clay!) that the engine needed to be higher in the rev range in order to get moving, and the noise in traffic became a little tiring. the diesel had instant(er) low down torque and the sound never really was intrusive. as driver and passenger in both test drive instances, i just found the diesel a little more of a cruisy, audibly comfortable ride.
as for tranny - if i had carting kids around, errand running, sitting in traffic and shopping to do all day, i'd consider an auto. i personally hate the idea of auto, but sometimes there's no denying what purpose a particular vehicle purchase is going to serve...
good luck!Last edited by Buller_Scott; 22-08-2011, 04:40 AM.
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I just buy lexus's. I have had 5 in the last 4 years. The RX range is good, reclining rear seats and practical. Not much fun in the twisties though. I'm on to my second GS, I don't really dig all that overreacting to having kids, I have 3 kids 2 which are very large. I do not feel the need to buy a Holden Zafira or god awful wheel falling off territory..they are my kids, if I want rear wheel drive and a sloping roofline then so be it!
My eldest is 2 weeks away learning to drive in my mk3. It has a eurolip..he will be getting out to pick it up of the road often...
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We had a Chrysler Voyager for most of my upbringing, it was the most comfortable car I've ever been in.
Now, between three of us, we have a Tiguan, S8 and my Jetta. Three cars that are considered family cars that barely ever have more than two people in them2002 Volkswagen Bora V5 - 2007 Mazda 3 GT - 1998 Ford Contour Sport - 2010 Volkswagen Jetta 2.0T - 2013 Volkswagen Passat 130TDI - 2015 Ford Escape 1.5 - 2016 Subaru WRX - 2018 Volkswagen Golf R Wolfsburg Wagon
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Originally posted by bombsquad21 View Post..he will be getting out to pick it up of the road often...
As for the family car, dad has had Ford Falcons for as long as I remember growing up. Can't complain when it's a top spec Ghia company car.08 Golf GTI - SOLD
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