what car should i get??
Apr 28th 2007, 11:18 am
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what car should i get??
Right, some general advice sought please
I need to get hold of a new motor soon as the wife is going take my motor.
She currently has a company car a 2006 merc c class (C180), which as she may be leaving work soon, they said they will sell her the car. We estimate that this will rush us around 85,000AED
So i can either take the merc (its white and for me white cars are just wrong) or i can get an equivalent. 85-100k
Stipulations:
2 years old max
low mileage
4 doors (not too happy about that clause, so we can negotiate on that one!)
obviously it needs rear seats so a 2 seater TT/Boxter etc is out
Really want an M3 convertable but i need to double the budget for that
I need to get hold of a new motor soon as the wife is going take my motor.
She currently has a company car a 2006 merc c class (C180), which as she may be leaving work soon, they said they will sell her the car. We estimate that this will rush us around 85,000AED
So i can either take the merc (its white and for me white cars are just wrong) or i can get an equivalent. 85-100k
Stipulations:
2 years old max
low mileage
4 doors (not too happy about that clause, so we can negotiate on that one!)
obviously it needs rear seats so a 2 seater TT/Boxter etc is out
Really want an M3 convertable but i need to double the budget for that
Apr 28th 2007, 11:43 am
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Re: what car should i get??
Right, some general advice sought please
I need to get hold of a new motor soon as the wife is going take my motor.
She currently has a company car a 2006 merc c class (C180), which as she may be leaving work soon, they said they will sell her the car. We estimate that this will rush us around 85,000AED
So i can either take the merc (its white and for me white cars are just wrong) or i can get an equivalent. 85-100k
Stipulations:
2 years old max
low mileage
4 doors (not too happy about that clause, so we can negotiate on that one!)
obviously it needs rear seats so a 2 seater TT/Boxter etc is out
Really want an M3 convertable but i need to double the budget for that
I need to get hold of a new motor soon as the wife is going take my motor.
She currently has a company car a 2006 merc c class (C180), which as she may be leaving work soon, they said they will sell her the car. We estimate that this will rush us around 85,000AED
So i can either take the merc (its white and for me white cars are just wrong) or i can get an equivalent. 85-100k
Stipulations:
2 years old max
low mileage
4 doors (not too happy about that clause, so we can negotiate on that one!)
obviously it needs rear seats so a 2 seater TT/Boxter etc is out
Really want an M3 convertable but i need to double the budget for that
Apr 28th 2007, 11:47 am
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Apr 28th 2007, 11:49 am
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Re: what car should i get??
No idea sorry but just a thought in other countries do they still call it mileage or kiloage ????
Or maybe meterage
Or maybe meterage
Last edited by Fairydust; Apr 28th 2007 at 11:49 am. Reason: 2nd bright idea of the day
Apr 28th 2007, 11:50 am
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Apr 28th 2007, 11:52 am
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Re: what car should i get??
Learn something new every day
Apr 28th 2007, 11:57 am
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Re: what car should i get??
What are those dodge chargers like??? if Miss E was here she would force you to get a Stanger, MM would say an Aston (not enough money), I would probably go for an Audi (not sure how expensive they are) or a Chevvy Lumina SS.
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Apr 28th 2007, 12:00 pm
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Re: what car should i get??
NOT an american car as they are really just crap (in my humble opinion obviously)
Audi would be nice, but i would want an Rs4 (again out of budget)
whats a stanger??
Aston, very good, ill have 2
Apr 28th 2007, 12:00 pm
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My DD wants an H3 - if thats not bad enough - in YELLOW 
Apr 28th 2007, 12:02 pm
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Apr 28th 2007, 12:06 pm
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a stanger I am reliably informed from the irish one is a Mustang. Got for an audi they are doing some good deals at the moment on their new stuff.
Apr 28th 2007, 12:07 pm
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Nahh me neither think a Nissan Patrol is the best bet for me then I could race the rest of them up the Al Ain road 
Apr 28th 2007, 12:27 pm
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Re: what car should i get??
Bentley contential GT would be my choice!!
Apr 28th 2007, 6:12 pm
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For that budget you're going to struggle to get anything you really want. Maybe a 2 year old Evo?? That might be more than 100k though.
A 4 door Golf Gti you can pick up for about Dh80,000, with an A3 3.2 V6 going for a little bit more.
Apr 28th 2007, 6:25 pm
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Re: what car should i get??
Seen a very sexy dark grey Ferrari today .. now that's the car to go for .. who cares if it only has two seats!