Saloon car + dealer recommendations needed...

[Steve]

Mate of mine is buying a car... has up to 6k burning a hole in his pocket, wants a saloon, been looking at Avensii, '03 Mazda 6 (with 100k on it), Nissan somethingorother(don't think he's serious.. ), Mondeo, Accord, etc ... you get the idea..

it has to be ultra reliable
it has to be 2lt or less
it has to be as new as possible
as many gadgets/addons as possible (climate control, abs, steering wheel buttons, all electrics, bum heaters, foldy mirrors, etc etc etc)

so what would you buy? (links appreciated)
and/or
from where?

Cheers
Steve

[Stig]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,

lots , and lots to choose from - really is a great time to have cash on the hip and to buy.

how about -

http://www.carzone.ie/search/SEAT/Toled ... 399/advert

or an auto exec mondeo -
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cf ... ID=1265555

or a 2 door saab turbo -
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cf ... ID=1262805

or a toyota luxo barge like this -
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cf ... ID=1245950


Bm 2 seater - better of with a 5' tho if he was going for summit like this.
http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/Z3/1.8 ... 267/advert

honda -
http://www.carzone.ie/search/Honda/Acco ... 567/advert


Bm luxobarge - i can thouroughly recommend the 5 series, had a couple.......lovely car.
http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/5-Seri ... 736/advert
nicer auto example i think -
http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/5-Seri ... 421/advert


cant any vouch for any of these dealers - just did a quick filter through driving and carzone of the kinda jammers i'd look at if i were him.
Some are over budget but he'll get better metal if he stretches a tad.
best of luck.

rgds,

Ollie.

[Steve]

dude,
First three are not within budget (as ya said but are cool none the less),
the Toyota is bigger than 2lt,
a Z3??? We'll have none of that soldier talk in here! ,
The honda, could be good but no exterior pic + its the guts of 4 hours away + 107k .. erk

He won't go Audi, BMW or Merc due to parts prices.

Not that easy.. but at least he's putting some thought into it

Steve

[Stig]

Awwwww man,

the first 3 could well be within budget......easily get them in under budget with a haggle for a straight cash deal - my preference the mondeo, i had 2 of them, good car.

re; the Bm Z3 - just did that on purpose!

re; Bm parts etc, well, you can get a lot of spurious stuff now for Bm's and german marques - so, he'll need not worry, and they are easy to service if he can do it himself and if not, plenty of specialists to do it anyways.

[Stig]

how about this ugly monkfish!
http://www.carzone.ie/search/Subaru/Imp ... 474/advert

or this 4wd hearse -

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Subaru/Leg ... 981/advert


here's one with leathers and cruise -

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Subaru/Leg ... 002/advert

and if he wants to go into the outback of galway, this one
http://www.carzone.ie/search/Subaru/Out ... 397/advert

scoobys ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Pete JB]

I've driven both the Mazda 6 & the new style mondeo & I would highly recommend either. The mada has it's legendary reliability & is rather nice, but the mondeo drives like a deamon & that was just the turbo diesel.

[Steve]

... its a saloon he's after I'm afraid.
Re haggling, yup, he's the man for it, but aiming for 5k so looking at stuff up to 6k.

how about this ugly monkfish!

scoobys ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Steve]

yup, he did like the Mazda 6 and has gone to see a Mondeo this eve (had one myself too, great car), will see what he thinks..

[robmx5]

Have to say that 2 litre scooby looks the dogs b**llocks - would love to have one - perfect for throwing the family and all their gear into - especially as the Pug is giving starting trouble

Robin