Does a car's badge matter?

[Meerkat]

[QUOTE=Bagpuss;293801]and not too bothered about build quality and reliability?

Yup, dont care

[Churchill]

Not like the musical mouse organ anyway

Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Organ, surely?

[Meerkat]

Funny that BMW and Mercedes sell lots of entry level cars... especially to people with the name 'Jones' and their next door neighbours.

But i live in the middle of nowhere and dont have neighbours *confused*
Other car is a Izuzu Trooper used for getting us out of snow and towing the horse trailer. Its a relief getting into the comfort of the merc after spending any time in that tractor but its also cool been able to go anywhere. wanted a defender but didnt want the attached direct debit to the local garage for duck tape and welding

[portseven]

Just been looking at a Subaru Forester XT, it looks a bit sedate and boring but it does 0-60 in 5.8 seconds... enough to embarrass the barryboys at the lights.

Good cars, and nearly always come in the top 5 in the JD Power Surveys. They go like sh*t off a shovel apparently. Nearly got one a few weeks ago, but went for a Impreza WRX Wagon instead.

There are some great videos of the Forester on YouTube

So I have a Impreza WRX for the Mrs to drive in the week and me to have some fun with at the weekend, and a Diesel Passatt for the daily commute and it runs on BioDiesel that I get for 79p a litre

[WindyAnna]

I'm getting WRX deja-vu, I'm sure we've done this thread before ...

I love my WRX, had it for 3 years never had any hassle with it, costs stuff all to run compared to my Evo. Looked at Forester but it doesn't actually have a huge amount more capacity - enjoyed me test drive in it tho'.

Wind

[milanbenes]

Portseven,

I don't know why you are so excited about bio diesel for 79p a litre, here on the mainland we pay 1 euro 5 a litre for the real thing, what's that in old money, about 70p !!!


Milan.

[All_Day_Breakfast]

There are now 2 seriously good mid-size saloons that I'd consider over the Germans:

Mazda 6 MPS
Ford Mondeo Titanium (best Ford ever)

Would you buy one or is the brand/badge the overwhelming criterion?

p1ss off you boring tw@t - stick to your one line posts eh there's a good junior

[milanbenes]

Sas has a stalker !

Milan.

[Churchill]

Sas has a stalker !

Milan.

Zeity had a stalker...once...

Oi ZG!!! Did they ever find the remains?

[FarmerPalmer]

Series IIA?

Now that would be the height of cool (except for a Series I) - nope a Series III - 1971 built - no car tax - £100 to insure - but don't ask about mpg

My car is 1 year younger than me