Hi there everyone.

I am looking to get shut of the old Rover as it has done over 100,000
miles now and is a 94 plate.
What I am ideally looking for is:

3 door hatchback
power steering
remote central locking
tinted windows
service hostory
cd/radio
good fuel economy
1.6cc or 1.8cc engine
comfy seats
tilt/slide sunroof
electric front windows
alloy wheels (maybe)
not too high insurance group.

If anyoen could recommend a particular vehicle I would be most
grateful. Cash budget upto £3,000 maybe a bit more.

wrote in message 
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Hi there everyone.

I am looking to get shut of the old Rover as it has done over 100,000
miles now and is a 94 plate.
What I am ideally looking for is:

3 door hatchback
power steering
remote central locking
tinted windows
service hostory
cd/radio
good fuel economy
1.6cc or 1.8cc engine
comfy seats
tilt/slide sunroof
electric front windows
alloy wheels (maybe)
not too high insurance group.

If anyoen could recommend a particular vehicle I would be most
grateful. Cash budget upto 3,000 maybe a bit more.

<I'm aware of the format issue, don't know what's caused it, heh>

There are stacks, absolutely stacks, of cars that fit what you're looking 
for.  Maybe try a car supermarket?

Ideal choices could include the previous generation Focus and Astra, of 
course the Rover (be aware that the Rover 25 and 45 are smaller on the 
inside compared to the Rover 200).

Is there anything wrong with your current car?  If it's still going 
strong... why change?

-- 
The DervMan
www.dervman.com

DervMan wrote:

>  wrote in message 
> news:1118518832.705242.177690@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hi there everyone.
> 
> I am looking to get shut of the old Rover as it has done over 100,000
> miles now and is a 94 plate.
> What I am ideally looking for is:
> 
> 3 door hatchback
> power steering
> remote central locking
> tinted windows
> service hostory
> cd/radio
> good fuel economy
> 1.6cc or 1.8cc engine
> comfy seats
> tilt/slide sunroof
> electric front windows
> alloy wheels (maybe)
> not too high insurance group.
> 
> If anyoen could recommend a particular vehicle I would be most
> grateful. Cash budget upto 3,000 maybe a bit more.
> 
> <I'm aware of the format issue, don't know what's caused it, heh>
> 
> There are stacks, absolutely stacks, of cars that fit what you're looking 
> for.  Maybe try a car supermarket?
> 
> Ideal choices could include the previous generation Focus and Astra, of 
> course the Rover (be aware that the Rover 25 and 45 are smaller on the 
> inside compared to the Rover 200).
> 
> Is there anything wrong with your current car?  If it's still going 
> strong... why change?
> 


are car supermarkets any good? I assumed they were in the business of 
lending you money, and you just happen to get a car in the process.

wrote in message 
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Hi there everyone.

I am looking to get shut of the old Rover as it has done over 100,000
miles now and is a 94 plate.

Why?
My 93 k plate 600 is still going strong with 178,000 on the clock, oil 
change every year and apart from that has only cost me 117 in repairs in 
the last 3 years.

Unless you fancy a change, why bother?

--
RdB

"barry"  wrote in message 
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> DervMan wrote:
>>  wrote in message 
>> news:1118518832.705242.177690@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi there everyone.
>>
>> I am looking to get shut of the old Rover as it has done over 100,000
>> miles now and is a 94 plate.

[snip]

>> If anyoen could recommend a particular vehicle I would be most
>> grateful. Cash budget upto 3,000 maybe a bit more.
>>
>> <I'm aware of the format issue, don't know what's caused it, heh>
>>
>> There are stacks, absolutely stacks, of cars that fit what you're looking 
>> for.  Maybe try a car supermarket?
>>
>> Ideal choices could include the previous generation Focus and Astra, of 
>> course the Rover (be aware that the Rover 25 and 45 are smaller on the 
>> inside compared to the Rover 200).
>>
>> Is there anything wrong with your current car?  If it's still going 
>> strong... why change?
>>
> are car supermarkets any good? I assumed they were in the business of 
> lending you money, and you just happen to get a car in the process.


Some might be, some might not be.  They're designed to simplify the car 
buying process.  I'd try one but I would also be aware of the price of the 
car elsewhere.

-- 
The DervMan
www.dervman.com

"DervMan"  wrote in message 
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>>>
>> are car supermarkets any good? I assumed they were in the business of 
>> lending you money, and you just happen to get a car in the process.
>
> Some might be, some might not be.  They're designed to simplify the car 
> buying process.  I'd try one but I would also be aware of the price of the 
> car elsewhere.
>

The one I went to in Newport was charging way too much for its cars and I 
didn't feel comfortable with the staff's attitude. I got the impression that 
if anything went wrong I'd be up the creek without a paddle - as happened to 
a friend.

-- 
Malc

wrote in message 
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Hi there everyone.

I am looking to get shut of the old Rover as it has done over 100,000
miles now and is a 94 plate.
What I am ideally looking for is:

3 door hatchback
power steering
remote central locking
tinted windows
service hostory
cd/radio
good fuel economy
1.6cc or 1.8cc engine
comfy seats
tilt/slide sunroof
electric front windows
alloy wheels (maybe)
not too high insurance group.

If anyoen could recommend a particular vehicle I would be most
grateful. Cash budget upto 3,000 maybe a bit more.

www.parkers.co.uk

-- 
Malc

barry (noooooo@nooonsnasdadasdasdasdasda.com) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying : 


> are car supermarkets any good? I assumed they were in the business of 
> lending you money, and you just happen to get a car in the process.


Even if you exclude the loan-shark finance, it seems to me that they're 
designed to stop you "shopping around" - with the handy side-effect that 
you then don't realise what the prices SHOULD be.

The message <vBJqe.13273$jS3.2786@newsfe2-win.ntli.net>
from barry  contains these words:


> are car supermarkets any good? 


No. Never ever go anywhere near any of 'em.

-- 
Skipweasel.
Ivor Cutler - "Never knowingly understood."

barry wrote:

>>
> 
> are car supermarkets any good? 


Not sure why some people are so against them on here. Maybe they went to 
a crap one.

The one in White City, just off the A40 in London, was good (we have 
bought 2 cars from there in the past 7 years). Or was at least before it 
recently turned into Car Giant. I'm not saying it's now bad, but no 
experience since the change over.

I've heard good things about the Car Giant in Enfield though.

Just think of it as just another car shop though. They do have a 
purpose. If you don't like, you don't buy. No one can _expect_ great 
things of a car they buy without shopping around properly.

R wrote:

>  wrote in message 
> news:1118518832.705242.177690@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hi there everyone.
> 
> I am looking to get shut of the old Rover as it has done over 100,000
> miles now and is a 94 plate.
> 
> Why?
> My 93 k plate 600 is still going strong with 178,000 on the clock, oil 
> change every year and apart from that has only cost me 117 in repairs in 
> the last 3 years.
> 
> Unless you fancy a change, why bother?
> 


That's a good old Honda though really. Is a 94 Rover 200 the Honda 
engine type too?