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Count Steer wrote: Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:29 pm Not 4 cylinders.

More or less?

Count Steer wrote: Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:29 pm Not 4 cylinders.

More or less?

KungFooBob wrote: Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:37 pm With those criteria, I'd buy an M4. Probably a convertible.

I think you'll have trouble with the no four pot requirement, everything is four pot these days, even the council spec Boxster/Cayman.

fingerpuk wrote: Mon Aug 11, 2025 9:55 pm Maybe I can accept 4 cylinders, but big ones. 2 litre minimum

fingerpuk wrote: Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:37 pm More. 6 would be lovely. I just think little 4 cylinder engines are a bit shit. Maybe that’s just the massively underpowered things VW use. Our Tiguan is dangerously slow.

fingerpuk wrote: Mon Aug 11, 2025 9:55 pm And maybe I could accept electric and get the Renault 5. But I like an engine.

fingerpuk wrote: Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:07 pm Ok. I need a new car.

“Need” is quite a strong word. Possibly want is more accurate. I had a Porsche, sold it because local roads are now so bad I had to plan routes to avoid bits where the roads has been replaced by rubble. I got a BMW X3 which is nice in that I don’t care about it, but it’s huge. Far too big. I use its size once a year when we go on the UK road trip holiday. Otherwise it does 150 miles a month maybe, and only I’m in it.

I need a car just in case I have to collect kids and my wife is at work. And also because I like driving.

I want something:

- smaller,
- not a 4 cylinder engine,
- not electric,
- is fun,
- is not an SUV unless it’s a heavily modified Jimny or resto modded old truck.
- costs less than £40k.
- has 4 seats. Two doors are fine.
- isn’t touch screen based.
- has to look good.
- doesn’t need car play etc, I use my phone. As long as I can get sound from my phone into the speakers we’re good.

What did I miss?

Mussels wrote: Tue Aug 12, 2025 7:16 am That's a good list, I'd add normal aspiration and manual gearbox as well, that's more important to me than having more than 4 cylinders. I'll be watching the suggestions with interest.
I'm drawn to pre-turbo C63s but they may be as big as an X3.

fingerpuk wrote: Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:07 pm Ok. I need a new car.

“Need” is quite a strong word. Possibly want is more accurate. I had a Porsche, sold it because local roads are now so bad I had to plan routes to avoid bits where the roads has been replaced by rubble. I got a BMW X3 which is nice in that I don’t care about it, but it’s huge. Far too big. I use its size once a year when we go on the UK road trip holiday. Otherwise it does 150 miles a month maybe, and only I’m in it.

I need a car just in case I have to collect kids and my wife is at work. And also because I like driving.

I want something:

- smaller,
- not a 4 cylinder engine,
- not electric,
- is fun,
- is not an SUV unless it’s a heavily modified Jimny or resto modded old truck.
- costs less than £40k.
- has 4 seats. Two doors are fine.
- isn’t touch screen based.
- has to look good.
- doesn’t need car play etc, I use my phone. As long as I can get sound from my phone into the speakers we’re good.

What did I miss?