Maggie

I'm having to get rid of my Scooby and have been looking at the choices below.

Renault Laguna 2.0 RXE

Vauxhall Vectra 2.5 GSi

Audi A4 1.8 SE

Chrysler Neon RT


Do you have any experience of any of them ?
Which one do you think is the better choice, or and can you recommend any alternatives ?
Basically I'm looking for a 4 door car with a relatively good spec. Performance is not a necessity but if it's there all the better. It needs to be at least an 'S' reg and cost less than £8000

Cheers

Mark

Trick

Audi - for overall quality?

Maggie

Busy at work also then Richard ?!

Student Phil

Don't even consider the neon!!!!!

Maggie

I agree about the Audi.
Whats the problem with the Neon ?

Trick

what laguna would it be?

the new shape? - i quite like these, heard they are very reliable.

chrisp

Mondeo 2.5 V6 Ghia X, great car 170bhp duratec V6 and every toy, cd, quickclear winscreen, climate control, fuel computer, heated wing mirrors, heated washer jets, heated leather seats, traction control, alloys etc etc etc. 2.0 Focus ghia is a good motor as well. The mondys are a good price as well and you may get a late reg for 8K maybe a 2000 model.

[Edited by chrisp - 4/16/2003 9:43:44 PM]

chrisp

You could go sporty and get an ST24 which have the same V6 but less toys and sport suspension.

workshy_fopp

Mate of mine got a Volvo V40 T4 for £7k a few weeks back.
Good car for the money. S reg 60,000 miles. Loadsa toys and quite fast. Don't buy a ford or vauxhall with your own money. German or Jap stuff is much better in the long run.

Maggie

bttt

Marky-San

I'd go with Chrisp suggestion of the mondy - top cars the V6.

RS Grant

Go for the Mondy V6 if you are keeping the car for a fair while as depreciation wont really affect you...

My mum has got an Audi A4 1.8 SE, it isnt that fast on accelaration, but cruises along nicely on the motorway at 80-90 and returns a fair economy, although I think that the 1.8 Turbo returns slightly better MPG as you dont have to work the car hard to get anywhere. The 1.8 20v sounds nice, its got a gravelly rumble sound from the exhaust but doesnt develop peak torque until nearly 4000rpm so does need worked hard(ish) to make fast progress... Servicing is also reasonably priced too, even at the main dealer, although should it need any major work it will cost £££'s; just make sure you buy one with Full Audi Service History and you should be alright...

Hope this helps, if you need to know anything else or have any other questions then pm or mail me on farnanson_2k@hotmail.com...

Cheers,
Grant

Disco

We've got the Audi aswell as the Scoob and love it. Build quality is superb, the drive is wonderfully smooth and the gearbox is the best I've ever had. Its a classy motor, and with the SE you get plenty of toys too, but make sure you get one with the sports pack suspension, we had to fit an aftermarket kit to ours, as the standard suspension was too soft and wishy washy (technical term there)

urquat

UR quattro turbo 20v

AbnormalAnimal

Won't find a good 20V uR Quattro for 8K, I know, been looking for 6 months for one and all the good ones are 12-16k

Audi A6 Tdi or bm 5 series imho.