New motor for wife, suggestions please.

Johnnyq79

Hello,
my new wife currently drives a 2006 hatch corolla. 70000 kilometres.
She thinks she is all grown up now and wants a newer 'wife' car. She wants,
a bigger engine,
a 2007 car,
Trade in,
but not spend anymore than around €4000.

No kids, maybe in the next few years.
She does about 130 kilometres a week for work.
Can anyone suggest any cars?

Thanks.

peasant

First I would suggest that you don't let your wife read this

She thinks she is all grown up now

otherwise your new car will most likely be a wheelchair

fasterkitten

Jesus. How patronising can one person be?

stealthyspeeder

I read the title and thought you weanted to a new car for your wife in the sense that you wanted an amazing car to be spend all of your time with!!

I was looking forward to another thread of amazing cars and their merits...



Im so dissappointed.:(

victor11

DO you think she'd be interested in a 07 Sportage 2L? My Missus is looking to get a smaller car

Alun

fasterkitten wrote: »

Jesus. How patronising can one person be?

Agreed ... a 'wife' car indeed :rolleyes:

robtri

i ain't touching this one with a barge pole... could open up a can of worms...

Johnnyq79

Hey again.
I honestly was not being patrionising. My wife hasn't seen this thread but that is the way she herself described this new car that she wants. She does want a family car but does want a 'wife' car.
I'm just relaying the description.
Was thinking or an avensis, or a passat?
2l sportege.... Too big, sorry.
Come on, more suggestions?

R.O.R

Her indoors moved up from an Ibiza 3dr in 2007 to a Volvo V50 and she still loves the car.

Estate is big enough for the dog, it's a proper grown up car with all the bells and whistles, and there is room for little ones if they come along.

Long Onion

Damn, thought you were proposing a swap, I was about to ask you to post some pics of her before I'd commit:(

Savman

Yeah, pics of the wife or GTFO.

vectra

R.O.R wrote: »

Her indoors moved up from an Ibiza 3dr in 2007 to a Volvo V50 and she still loves the car.

Estate is big enough for the dog,.

Thats an awful thing to call your missus

fig mclough

bmx??

Johnnyq79

Savman, that's not very nice now is it.
Just for the record....my wife is like a Bugatti Veyron.....the very best there is!

Looks like she is leaning towards an avensis.

Berty

Any serious suggestions?

How about a Peugeot 307/308? Or even a 307/308SW?

Very "wifey".

...stephen...

03 or newer mercedes e200 or the e220 deisel.. safe(5 star),powerful, wifey, good for family... and solid on the road unlike some of the other cars suggested

Johnnyq79

E200, not a chance.

Criteria is as set out already.

Has to be 2007+,
bigger than 1.4 petrol.
'wifey'
not necessarly 'family'

trading a 2006 corrolla and want to spend no more than €4-5000.
so working out trade in price.
Total price range. <=€14000

Mr Benevolent

OT but...

What's the finest obituary a man can have?

'NO DOGS'

Mr.Boots

Im suprised youd get that for a corola,
Wht age group?
why dose it have to be 07 or newer?

B11gt00e

Johnnyq79 wrote: »

Hello,
my new wife currently drives a 2006 hatch corolla. 70000 kilometres.
She thinks she is all grown up now and wants a newer 'wife' car. She wants,
a bigger engine,
a 2007 car,
Trade in,
but not spend anymore than around €4000.

No kids, maybe in the next few years.
She does about 130 kilometres a week for work.
Can anyone suggest any cars?

Thanks.

You tell her she's a corolla girl and that's just the way it is now... if she wants an upgrades to something fancier then you'll have to do the same with her!!



... if you try this... give us some feedback as curious as to results.



ps... if she gives you any jip...

Tell her you were checking out a nice curvacious bavarian one down the road which had some smooth looking lines, and that you wouldn't mind taking a testdrive after seeing what she's got under the hood!

kuro_man

i thought this one would be obvious!

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200942195486611

Johnnyq79

Made a deal today.

2008 Toyota Corolla saloon
1.4 petrol
Luna model
black
30,000 kilometres
€4,500 with the 2006 Corolla hatch.
she's happy.

What ye think?

Fishtits

If her own idea of a "Wife's Car" is tending towards an Avensis then I'd suspect that this is the wrong place to ask for suggestions...

Mr. Presentable

Get her a moped

EPM

Hmmm...goes against what you suggested...if I say any more I'll be banned...

MagicMarker

Meh, spending 4.5k so my licence plate says ''08'' instead of ''06'' makes no sense to me.

That's just me though.

Johnnyq79

Hey, hey. She has a bigger car, a 08 reg and the 4,500 is a good price.
The 1.4l petrol will be handy enough on fuel ant the 08 corolla saloon is a realatively new model.

We are very happy with it!

Midnight_EG

kuro_man wrote: »

i thought this one would be obvious!

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200942195486611

Hardly.

pcardin

Congratulations with a new car although the only happy person I think is the car dealer who convinced you to go for this.
I wish I could be a car dealer and one day have a customer like you!

netwhizkid

Johnnyq79 wrote: »

Made a deal today.

2008 Toyota Corolla saloon
1.4 petrol
Luna model
black
30,000 kilometres
€4,500 with the 2006 Corolla hatch.
she's happy.

What ye think?

Personally I wouldn't touch that with a bargepole, but I hate Toyota's anyway.

Mr.Boots

It may be a dull car to some....but to others its just a shinny new car.
well wear and good luck with it.