ArteSuave Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 The Skoda fabia VRS with that awesome tsi engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Using 30 seconds on autotrader there are buckets of Seat Ibiza's that are better than the fiesta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 The Fiesta is a benchmark car, it's perfectly decent and is broadly similar to just about every other small 5 door hatchback. Much of the rest is fashion, taste and the power of advertising (such as being told Seats are sporty youthful modern and funky). In normal driving conditions, driven normally by a normal person, a Fiesta is on a par with any other car in the same category. Then you get into the finer points of running costs, proximity to a garage that can service it etc.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted August 6, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2014 If only there was a thread for car bores. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 (edited) OK, tell me what to buy. I want a 5d small hatchback, mileage under 10k, aircon, mp3, cheap to run, maintain and tax.Mrs H got a pre reg Focus for close to that , had 425 miles on the clock or something £20 a year road tax as it's officially a 1.0 engine but some sort of witchcraft means it performs more like a 1.6l engine It's well kitted out , think the only thing it doesn't do for you is shout bus rocket polisher at people when you drive past a bus stop Slightly bigger than a fiesta I think and worth checking out Edited August 6, 2014 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 6, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2014 Yeah, I thought about a Focus, but we have a very narrow drive entrance, and the missus is twitchy about being able to manoeuvre in and out. A Focus (or even bigger) would manage it, but if she's going to be driving it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 6, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2014 (edited) The Fiesta is a benchmark car, it's perfectly decent and is broadly similar to just about every other small 5 door hatchback. Much of the rest is fashion, taste and the power of advertising (such as being told Seats are sporty youthful modern and funky). In normal driving conditions, driven normally by a normal person, a Fiesta is on a par with any other car in the same category. Then you get into the finer points of running costs, proximity to a garage that can service it etc.. My thinking exactly. There's a Ford garage just down the road that has a nice range of them. Incidentally, I agree about the car bores thing, sorry to have mentioned it. I never go near that thread, it's nearly as bad as cricket. Edited August 7, 2014 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Fiestas are the easiest car to drive, don't cost a great deal to buy, run or maintain and will do a good job. What more do you need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 The fact I'm posting this in the bath. So it's like I'm naked next to you in whatever context you are reading. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 The fact I'm posting this in the bath. So it's like I'm naked next to you in whatever context you are reading. I'm reading it aboard a giant rubber ducky cascading down a bubble bath waterfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I hope you get your toe stuck in the tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I think that is a little over the top, Troon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Incidentally, I agree about the care bores thing, sorry to have mentioned it. I never go near that thread, it's nearly as bad as cricket. Every time you said that 20 years of living in Yorkshire hadn't changed you from being a Brummie at heart I was unsure that you meant it. Until this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 It's my day off! Pancakes and coffee for breakfast 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 It's my day off! Pancakes and coffee for breakfast 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 You better believe it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) Incidentally, I agree about the care bores thing, sorry to have mentioned it. I never go near that thread, it's nearly as bad as cricket. Every time you said that 20 years of living in Yorkshire hadn't changed you from being a Brummie at heart I was unsure that you meant it. Until this. If you mean having an interest in cricket is a Yorkshire, rather than Brummie pastime, you should know there were two Villa fans, and two Brummies in the England cricket team that last played. Edited August 7, 2014 by dAVe80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Bell and Woakes? Didn't know he was a fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Bell and Woakes? Didn't know he was a fan Yeah, they're both Villa, and Moeen Ali is the other Brummie. Bell was born in Coventry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted August 7, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2014 CRICKET ALERT CRICKET ALERT CRICKET ALERT 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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