Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

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Quincy
Good morning good people of LFGSS.

Not as exciting as Porsche, Audi etc but...my gf and I currently share a '02 Nissan Micra in fire engine red - and very nice it is too but the time has now come for an upgrade.

I am a man of simple tastes. My requirements are:
- 5 doors
- boot space for a push chair etc (no kids currently but probably not a million miles away) whilst also not too big as she doesn't want a 'big car'
- basic mod cons like Bluetooth
- decent build quality
- less than 40k miles
- less than £7k
Can anyone persuade me that a Fabia estate is not a good choice?

If you have better suggestions then chuck them this way!

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Sam_w in reply to @Quincy

How about a Rapid instead? I think they look a little nicer...

or the correct answer is of course an Alfa

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Soul in reply to @Sam_w

or the correct answer is of course an Alfa

He said under £7k for the car - not for the annual service costs...
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NurseHolliday in reply to @Sam_w

Without sounding like too much of a cliché, I'd want to test drive that engine in that size car before buying.

I'd want to double check the turbo is providing enough torque to shift it along, because 105 hp does not sound enough.
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Quincy in reply to @Sam_w

Yeah I thought about the Rapid too. I actually tried to encourage my mum to buy one but then she blew the budget on a new Mini Clubman.
Skoda's feel like a good bet on the whole - even if they don't command many cool points

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