JonW
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I'm toying with the idea of buying a 3rd car as a daily driver / station car for me. This would then mean my GTS became more of a weekend car, or what I would use if I was travelling more than the 2ish miles down to the train station and back.
Haven't decided yet whether I'm going to go down this route, but if I did, budget would be no more than £5k, and my current shortlist is
Audi S3
Mini Cooper S (prob 1st Gen)
Mazda Mx5 (with a hard top)
Golf GTI (2005-07)
Ford Fiesta ST
Ford Focus ST2
Alfa Mito
I'm not really looking to buy a hot hatch to thrash, but I like the idea of something I would still enjoy driving occasionally. I also like the idea of buying something that is pretty cheap and close to the bottom of its depreciation curve and shouldn't lose a lot of value...
Out of all these, the two I'm most tempted by are the MX5 (as this potentially gives an interesting option on a nice sunny day) or the Mini (as you can get nice ones for £2-3k).
However, would love to hear thoughts or other suggestions, so what would you buy if you had up to £5k to spend on a station car?
I'm toying with the idea of buying a 3rd car as a daily driver / station car for me. This would then mean my GTS became more of a weekend car, or what I would use if I was travelling more than the 2ish miles down to the train station and back.
Haven't decided yet whether I'm going to go down this route, but if I did, budget would be no more than £5k, and my current shortlist is
Audi S3
Mini Cooper S (prob 1st Gen)
Mazda Mx5 (with a hard top)
Golf GTI (2005-07)
Ford Fiesta ST
Ford Focus ST2
Alfa Mito
I'm not really looking to buy a hot hatch to thrash, but I like the idea of something I would still enjoy driving occasionally. I also like the idea of buying something that is pretty cheap and close to the bottom of its depreciation curve and shouldn't lose a lot of value...
Out of all these, the two I'm most tempted by are the MX5 (as this potentially gives an interesting option on a nice sunny day) or the Mini (as you can get nice ones for £2-3k).
However, would love to hear thoughts or other suggestions, so what would you buy if you had up to £5k to spend on a station car?