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As a petrol head, looking for a single car with a priority for dog space in the rear, reliability, and low running costs is genuinely painful.
Honda Civic Type R :p
212 g/km I believe. 2 litre but you could choose between a 2006/7 and get taxed on engine size or a 2008-11 and get taxed on emissions. Boot is cavernous with the magic seats down.
Fox
I'm getting fed up of looking for a suitable car now.
As a petrol head, looking for a single car with a priority for dog space in the rear, reliability, and low running costs is genuinely painful.
I mentioned previously that we're planning to move home next year, so if we own a car here for 6 months it'll be import tax exempt, which is great. What i haven't mentioned is how shit motor tax is in Ireland. Cars registered pre-08 are taxed based on engine size. Anything >3 litres is €1800 a year. Post 08, its based on emissions. Most fun cars are >225g/km, which is €2350 in Ireland. I've gotten too tight to go back to paying €1800 a year like i did when i was young and dumb and driving an m3.
I'm now totally torn between a <2 litre pre 08 car, or super efficient post 08 econobox.