leviathan
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Good news - my brother has passed his driving license test, and is now legally allowed to drive a car. Too bad he doesn't have one. This is something I intend to fix, together with our parents - his 20th birthday is coming up in a couple months, I think it's a fitting occasion.
I've talked to him a couple times about it all, and we've gathered a loose list of desired qualities. It goes something like:
- Compact size sedan or wagon - needs to fit 4-5 people and a bunch of luggage comfortably, and on occasion fit a bicycle (front wheel removed, inside the car).
- Petrol, maybe diesel. Diesel would be cheaper to run fuel-wise which is good for him since he'll be paying for his own fuel; but more expensive to tax and insure, and possibly a future issue with the infamous Dieselfahrverbote in various cities... honestly undecided here.
- Automatic preferred over manual.
- RWD/AWD preferred over FWD.
- Reasonably modern - should be definitely "new" enough to have ESP, so probably 15-ish years old max.
-Ideally less than 100'000km on the clock. Reason to assume it'll be decently reliable.
- Budget: below 10k€.
I haven't done much research so far, but the obvious options appear to be a late E46 or early E90 3-series, or a late W203/early W204 C-class. Both of which seem like decent ideas, but may be a bit pricey to insure (new driver insurance is stupid high), and to maintain/fix when things will inevitably break.
So, FG hivemind, what other options exist here?
I've talked to him a couple times about it all, and we've gathered a loose list of desired qualities. It goes something like:
- Compact size sedan or wagon - needs to fit 4-5 people and a bunch of luggage comfortably, and on occasion fit a bicycle (front wheel removed, inside the car).
- Petrol, maybe diesel. Diesel would be cheaper to run fuel-wise which is good for him since he'll be paying for his own fuel; but more expensive to tax and insure, and possibly a future issue with the infamous Dieselfahrverbote in various cities... honestly undecided here.
- Automatic preferred over manual.
- RWD/AWD preferred over FWD.
- Reasonably modern - should be definitely "new" enough to have ESP, so probably 15-ish years old max.
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- Budget: below 10k€.
I haven't done much research so far, but the obvious options appear to be a late E46 or early E90 3-series, or a late W203/early W204 C-class. Both of which seem like decent ideas, but may be a bit pricey to insure (new driver insurance is stupid high), and to maintain/fix when things will inevitably break.
So, FG hivemind, what other options exist here?
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