New car - Focus ST, Astra SRi or Scirocco TSI?

360

meesterbond wrote:

.blitz wrote:

Thanks for all the replies fellas. Unless I've misinterpreted it, the info from Ford says an ST is in VED band K which is £550 per annum road tax, effective from 01/04/2010.

I'm off to the VW dealer.

Thewaylander: :P

The £550 is only for the first year to, and I quote "send a stronger signal to the buyer about the environmental implications of their car purchase" you evil, polar bear killing, poluting scum, with your desire to own a nice car rather than a Prius... I'm paraphrasing the last bit.

In the second year you pay the standard rate... I'd have a quiet word with the dealer and see if he'd subsidise it!

yep, its a perfectly reasonable £235 after the first year.

Personally I think anyone who buys a brand new ford is daft in the head and should be levied with a £1000 stupidity tax as well.

VWsurfbum

360 wrote:

meesterbond wrote:

.blitz wrote:

Thanks for all the replies fellas. Unless I've misinterpreted it, the info from Ford says an ST is in VED band K which is £550 per annum road tax, effective from 01/04/2010.

I'm off to the VW dealer.

Thewaylander: :P

The £550 is only for the first year to, and I quote "send a stronger signal to the buyer about the environmental implications of their car purchase" you evil, polar bear killing, poluting scum, with your desire to own a nice car rather than a Prius... I'm paraphrasing the last bit.

In the second year you pay the standard rate... I'd have a quiet word with the dealer and see if he'd subsidise it!

yep, its a perfectly reasonable £235 after the first year.

Personally I think anyone who buys a brand new ford is daft in the head and should be levied with a £1000 stupidity tax as well.

LOL that only applies to people who buy french cars at full RRP

Thewaylander

Meh Deisel is fine,

It's no where near as fun as petrol but it does a job and is handy when you really load your car, doesn't lose as much pull as petrol then.

But if i was buying a hot petrol hatch, it would be one of the Renault sport models all the way, like a clio cup, or the megane cup.. the new megane cup is possibly the most evil hot hatch ever

Stevo_666

Thewaylander wrote:

Meh Deisel is fine

Are you French?

Actually got to agree I am quite partial to the Renault hot Meganes and Clios. That Megane R26R with the half roll cage as standard was the way it should be done :twisted:

VWsurfbum

Stevo 666 wrote:

That Megane R26R with the half roll cage as standard was the way it should be done :twisted:

Your wrong that is all.

The New ST

Thewaylander

Fords are fat. thats it.

Drive the Megane it's light and aggessive, and just makes the fords feel like lumps of lard with big engines. I'm all with you Stevo.

the Megane is a true hot hatch, the ford is a stiff Family car with a big engine in comparison. Honestly.

VWsurfbum

Thewaylander wrote:

the Megane is a true hot hatch.

its also flimsy, poorly made, unreliable, and depreciates quicker than it accelerates!

Stevo_666

Waylander - too right.

Not sure about build quality of French cars these days - my old 205 GTI was made out of kit-kat wrappers and sticky back plastic - but it was massively good fun to drive, like a big go-kart. Don't get me wrong - I like Fords, but if I was going to go back to doing track days in a hot hatch I'd take the Megane over the Focus any day. As an everyday car, its a different story...

psymon

hope you havent splunked your money on one of those run of the mill family cars yet.

i give you this bad boy!!!!

j_l

I take your bad boy and raise you this puppy





Better still the EXR road going version



OMG I think I have just spilled some man juice :oops:

psymon

i think a bowler might be my lottery car!