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[feeutfo]

Time to buy her the DSG then.. or man up and recover your conkers from the jar on the bedside table? 

...buy her? BUY HER a nothing, she's paying herself.

[aaronjb]

Time to buy her the DSG then.. or man up and recover your conkers from the jar on the bedside table? 

...buy her? BUY HER a nothing, she's paying herself.

  Ohh in that case.. good luck having any say in what she gets..

[Andy B]

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On mentioning mx5.... "ooh they're a bit low to the ground" which is what I thought she'd say tbh. I can see a Lorry rolling straight over the top of one of those and not even notice...?  .....

You want to try a Smart Roadster then. Your bum is inches from the ground, you'd fit in it though! 

but although it's not a DSG, it's an automated manual ................. which isn't brilliant. 

[tunnie]

out of all the little shite FWD boxes i've driven, best actually has to be Mitsubishi Colt. Had one in Portugal, i had plenty of room, most unlike FWD boxes. I usually drive with my knee's, but had plenty of space around pedals. We only had the 1.2, given a 1.6, bet that will be a nice little run about.

Standard shitbox looks:



Keep working her though, motherT never drove big cars, but eventually we got her in a 3.0 Facelift Elite Estate  - She loves it!

She's about same height if not a bit smaller than MrsG too

[Lazydocker]

What does she need it for? Just town work or long distance too?

[Del Boy]

1 Series as Josh suggested, or an Astra 

[Lazydocker]

As we discussed at the weekend, the Astra is a nice motor. Not overly "involving" as a drive but I couldn't get her company one to let go, even in the wet

[Del Boy]

As we discussed at the weekend, the Astra is a nice motor. Not overly "involving" as a drive but I couldn't get her company one to let go, even in the wet

Try one with cheap tyres 

[Lazydocker]

As we discussed at the weekend, the Astra is a nice motor. Not overly "involving" as a drive but I couldn't get her company one to let go, even in the wet

Try one with cheap tyres 

True... It was a brand spanking 56 plate one so had oe tyres. I tend to take any car she has for a "spirited" drive to find out if she's likely to find the limits or not

[Del Boy]

As we discussed at the weekend, the Astra is a nice motor. Not overly "involving" as a drive but I couldn't get her company one to let go, even in the wet

Try one with cheap tyres 

True... It was a brand spanking 56 plate one so had oe tyres. I tend to take any car she has for a "spirited" drive to find out if she's likely to find the limits or not

 

I agree though, with the right tyres they're quite a good drive 

[Lazydocker]

And I found her CDTi very frugal too, although it was the less powerful one and a manual. I'd certainly consider another in the future

[Rods2]

Trebor Extra Strong 

[Marks DTM Calib]

And I found her CDTi very frugal too, although it was the less powerful one and a manual. I'd certainly consider another in the future

Try the J, quite a revelation compared to the H

[Del Boy]

And I found her CDTi very frugal too, although it was the less powerful one and a manual. I'd certainly consider another in the future

Excellent on fuel, I get roughly 51 MPG with a mix of driving, and a lot of that driving consists of a good hard drive because they're so powerful

[TheBoy]

As we discussed at the weekend, the Astra is a nice motor. Not overly "involving" as a drive but I couldn't get her company one to let go, even in the wet

Clearly not trying. Astra-H will, like the Astra-G before, understeer without too much provocation in the dry, and has 'exciting' lift-off oversteer.

Must try an Astra-J, not driven one yet.