H5 Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 lovely comfy cars Saabs Ovlovs are pretty good too in that respect. The D5 is awesome fun and the T6 (although heavy on fuel) is a twin turbo laugh! Quote
nixy Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 we used to have an S60 - you get lots of equipment with them - heated leather, cruise etc - really good cars and within budget. Quote
lomoto Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Hmmmm... never had a Volvo, probably the perceived image.. Big Lexus appeals depends what age for the budget, will have to give these a look at Quote
lomoto Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Old seirs 540 Sport beemer 40 litre V8 will go forever, looks cool, all mod cons, 8K will buy you a 70,000 miler Good idea.. only trouble is your looking at a 8-9year old car with all that goes with it Quote
H5 Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Hmmmm... never had a Volvo, probably the perceived image.. Big Lexus appeals depends what age for the budget, will have to give these a look at If you fancy going Swedish, let me know..... Quote
lomoto Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Hmmmm... never had a Volvo, probably the perceived image.. Big Lexus appeals depends what age for the budget, will have to give these a look at If you fancy going Swedish, let me know..... Fancy the idea of going Swedish defo , just Swedish cars I'm not too convinced about Quote
alscar Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 I used to have an S60 T5.. If you just want a car to eat motorway miles it was great! A big quick cruiser. Dont get any idea of excitement or extended front tyre wear though! Servicing prices at the dealer were just daft though, having said that, I dindnt have anything go wrong with mine. Think you would struggle to find a 'nice' Lexus in that price range! Quote
H5 Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Hmmmm... never had a Volvo, probably the perceived image.. Big Lexus appeals depends what age for the budget, will have to give these a look at If you fancy going Swedish, let me know..... Fancy the idea of going Swedish defo , just Swedish cars I'm not too convinced about One leads to another mate!! It's a bad press I tell thee. Check out Clarkson's comments about the S60. Something along the lines of 'proof there's life outside a 3 series' - they are good cars. Quote
lomoto Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 I used to have an S60 T5.. If you just want a car to eat motorway miles it was great! A big quick cruiser. Dont get any idea of excitement or extended front tyre wear though! Servicing prices at the dealer were just daft though, having said that, I dindnt have anything go wrong with mine. Think you would struggle to find a 'nice' Lexus in that price range! Yep Lexus are out of the equation, unless I'm looking at a really old car Quote
lomoto Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Hmmmm... never had a Volvo, probably the perceived image.. Big Lexus appeals depends what age for the budget, will have to give these a look at If you fancy going Swedish, let me know..... Fancy the idea of going Swedish defo , just Swedish cars I'm not too convinced about One leads to another mate!! It's a bad press I tell thee. Check out Clarkson's comments about the S60. Something along the lines of 'proof there's life outside a 3 series' - they are good cars. I will have a scan at them Quote
nixy Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Hmmmm... never had a Volvo, probably the perceived image.. : says the man who earlier in this thread mentioned a Rover 75! Quote
lomoto Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Hmmmm... never had a Volvo, probably the perceived image.. : says the man who earlier in this thread mentioned a Rover 75! I'll have to give you best on that Just that Volvo's are a standing joke amongst the biking fraternity Quote
Kev946 Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Sorry to but in guys, but recently had 2 Volvo hire cars. One was a V70 Cross Country D5 which was OK and a V70 2.4 Petrol. The latter was the worse car I have driven in a long long time. It was immensely underpowered, did 29 mpg on a motorway run, and generally was falling apart, e.g. the centre alarm panel in the roof kept falling off. This was a 55 reg with about 8k miles. I've never particularly liked Volvo's but after this would never buy one. Hope I haven't offended any Volvo fans out there. Quote
H5 Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Sorry to but in guys, but recently had 2 Volvo hire cars. One was a V70 Cross Country D5 which was OK and a V70 2.4 Petrol. The latter was the worse car I have driven in a long long time. It was immensely underpowered, did 29 mpg on a motorway run, and generally was falling apart, e.g. the centre alarm panel in the roof kept falling off. This was a 55 reg with about 8k miles. I've never particularly liked Volvo's but after this would never buy one. Hope I haven't offended any Volvo fans out there. You're right Kev, they do put some silly underpowered engines in them. The 2.4 engine has 2 power outputs, a detuned version at 140bhp (in a car that big, idiots!) and an normal 170bhp one. Which is much much better. But it's no different to Golf SDI's or 1.4's, or BMW 520's. That's why these types of car end up being hire cars - no-one would buy them!! Try an S80 / XC90 T6 or an S60 D5. Sooo much better. Quote
Kev946 Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Sorry to but in guys, but recently had 2 Volvo hire cars. One was a V70 Cross Country D5 which was OK and a V70 2.4 Petrol. The latter was the worse car I have driven in a long long time. It was immensely underpowered, did 29 mpg on a motorway run, and generally was falling apart, e.g. the centre alarm panel in the roof kept falling off. This was a 55 reg with about 8k miles. I've never particularly liked Volvo's but after this would never buy one. Hope I haven't offended any Volvo fans out there. You're right Kev, they do put some silly underpowered engines in them. The 2.4 engine has 2 power outputs, a detuned version at 140bhp (in a car that big, idiots!) and an normal 170bhp one. Which is much much better. But it's no different to Golf SDI's or 1.4's, or BMW 520's. That's why these types of car end up being hire cars - no-one would buy them!! Try an S80 / XC90 T6 or an S60 D5. Sooo much better. Yeah the V70 XC had a D5 diesel and that was OK, but that 2.4 petrol. My daughters 1.6 Xsara was faster. It was a horrible car, and felt so old fashioned. The interior was cheap and old fashioned too. Reminded me of a Cortina... Quote
Digsy Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Reminded me of a Cortina... Are you going to explain that for the younger contingent! Quote
Zzzz... Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Ideas on Tims new car. 4 door saloon, automatic and with 2.5 litres + 5 series Beemer might be good. Or a V6 Alfa! how about something unique , different but still keeping the 350z links... a skyline sedan GT (G35) grey import with the VQ35 engine and an auto... the same powertrain, basically, so the nissan dealers should be able to sort out engine problems...no excuse... nice grey import ... Quote
lomoto Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Ideas on Tims new car. 4 door saloon, automatic and with 2.5 litres + 5 series Beemer might be good. Or a V6 Alfa! how about something unique , different but still keeping the 350z links... a skyline sedan GT (G35) grey import with the VQ35 engine and an auto... the same powertrain, basically, so the nissan dealers should be able to sort out engine problems...no excuse... nice grey import ... Nice dont think it will be in the £7-8K bracket though Quote
captint Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 How about a Subaru Legacy or S 500 merc or Last type Range Rover or Landrover Deferder or GS Lexus, Jag XKR, E36 M3 4 door etc etc Quote
stuey Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 have a word with the stig and see if you can buy the reasonably priced car........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
nixy Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 what's the car actually going to be used for? Quote
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