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Tue 27 Feb 2007 11:15
Next Car - dave1234
The time has come to change my car. Have a budget of around £7000-£7500. New car must be as new as possible, cheap (ish) to run and reliable.

Currently looking at new shape 05 reg focus which are just in budget, any other suggestions would be welcome.

Regards
Dave
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Tue 27 Feb 2007 14:46
Next Car - Happy Blue!
Foci are very good cars, so why not spend time looking for the best example you can get rather than looking at different makes?

You may however find that newer Mondeos are available for the same money....
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Tue 27 Feb 2007 15:03
Next Car - Bill Payer
Not sure if it would be acceptable to you, but we'll be picking up a brand new Mitsubishi Colt CZ1 5dr with a/c in solid red on Thursday and that cost £7500.
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Tue 27 Feb 2007 17:33
Next Car - retgwte
new kia

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Tue 27 Feb 2007 23:27
Next Car - Avant
I've just suggested a Skoda Fabia to someone on another thread; maybew I can do the same for you. As good as, though probably not better than, a Focus - but the point is that you should get a newer car for your money. Go for the 1.4 100 bhp or the 1.9 TDI (not the SDI which is a cure for insomnia)..
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Tue 27 Feb 2007 23:30
Next Car - Avant
I meant to add - if you're happy with a small car, BP's Colt is well worth a look. I had one as a courtesy car from a bodyshop last month, and liked it a lot.

The 1.1 is a 3-cylinder engine - it's quite noisy but it's a pleasant noise that you can live with, unlike a certain German taxi of my acquaintance.
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Wed 28 Feb 2007 08:39
Next Car - dave1234
Many thanks for thr replys. i will certainly go and have a look at the colt and skoda at the weekend
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