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Comfortable car, reasonable power & handling, small money

  • 19-01-2013 9:32pm
    #1
    BryanF
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    Hi as title suggests, Im trying to figure out the right next car! The important thing is driver comfort Due to a bad back. I've been looking at 03/4 320 tourings,Lexus 200's & old mercs. I have a golf & it's far from comfortable. Any help appreciated.


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  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Saab or Volvo


  • #3
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Comfortable car, reasonable power & handling, small money

    Those are my requirements too, and Saab/Volvo are the only ones on the card right now.


  • #4
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,372 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Citroen C5?
    Cheap, great seats and suspension.


  • #5
    wendell borton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    I find French cars in general more comfy than German ones.


  • #6
    Mycroft H
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    Citroen Xantia
    Citroen C5

    Peugeot 406

    Saab 9-3


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  • #7
    Big Nasty
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    wendell borton wrote: »
    I find French cars in general more comfy than German ones.

    They are to be fair but I just don't like them. End model E39 520 with all the bells and whistles would be my choice but not an M-Sport model if you've a bad back.


  • #8
    ffocused
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    dont get a bmw 3 series of that vintage if you have a bad back, i had to get rid of one a few years ago when my back gave trouble. You are sitting very low to the ground in them & are hard to get in/out of with back trouble.

    +1 with colm_mcm & Confab
    The most comfortable cars i have ever owned were Volvo S60 & Saab 95. I would lean more towards the Saab personally.


  • #9
    166man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Confab wrote: »
    Those are my requirements too, and Saab/Volvo are the only ones on the card right now.

    I thought you'd given up on a new car and was going to stick with the girlfriends corsa?


  • #10
    Jimdagym
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭Jimdagym


    BryanF wrote: »
    Hi as title suggests, Im trying to figure out the right next car! The important thing is driver comfort Due to a bad back. I've been looking at 03/4 320 tourings,Lexus 200's & old mercs. I have a golf & it's far from comfortable. Any help appreciated.

    I tore a disc in my back and could not sit in my Megane for 10 minutes after that without feeling pain. The missus has a focus, and that's not bad, but I changed to a Saab 9-5 (2001) and its a revelation. I have driven Dublin to Sligo and back in the same day and not a twinge. Super comfy.


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