Thread: SWMBO - Daily Car Choices

Hi Mick,

Wow - did you check out that spoiler!!!

And a tow bar... Hmm - wonder how much it could tow, a Series I??

Oh - and what's the flag on the dashboard?

Not a Camry. A Corolla!

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

And a tow bar... Hmm - wonder how much it could tow, a Series I??

An 80" is 1200kg. Get yourself a 400kg tandem and you're at the 1600kg towing capacity.

A Ford Fiesta so at least it'll be fun to drive when you borrow it?

Keep the land rover theme going and get a Freelander 2. Just checked on line and there are few about in your budget,
Cheers Hall

Tom,
You will pick up something with a lot less than 150K...there are a lot of good cars out there getting traded in for "peanuts."
Just find someone trading in a 5-7 year old vehicle that appeals to you and make them an offer, then as cash buyers they also
will be able to negotiate a better deal. I know it's above your budget, but only last week a friend purchased an as new, 5 year
old Corolla with 15K on the clock for ten big ones. My in-laws picked up a similar bargain earlier in the year, so the deals are out
there, you just need to look.

Cheers, Mick (the other one )

Corolla or Mazda 3. We had a 2002 Corolla for 8 years and nothing went wrong. Still had the original radiator, starter, alternator and cv joints at 298,000km when we sold it. We live in the hills and it actually didn't steer too bad either. The only problem was at one stage swmbo had to drive 60kms and 2hours each way for work at one stage and the seats gave grief to her bad back.

Wow you guys like cars that are boring as hell

2003 RENAULT CLIO RS SPORT 172 HATCH 2.0L MANUAL ABS AIRBAGS 0-100km/h 6.9 sec | eBay

Does she mind dimples ..... One of these would be an enormous amount of fun to drive for next to no $$$$

seeya,
Shane L