Your Car!

[TWR]

What made you decide to purchase the model of your car?

[Zacs-Master]

It was a good example, right mileage and condition / service history and price (after I'd knocked him down a bit).

[EcclesCake]

Laziness.

[campbellking]

Small enough to be economical with petrol and big enough to get a mountain bike into the back with the seat lowered. Plus the fact that I'd had a second hand Micra for years that was very reliable.

[RATTER15]

It was the only car where all the rear seats fold flat leaving a totally flat surface where our 3 hounds could lie down. Citroën Grande Piccaso.

[Old_Geezer]

The inclusive options matched my list of wants. I got a decent discount on the asking price when I traded in.

[Graham-W]

Heavy enough with enough torque to pull our caravan along briskly. Turbo diesel for economy. Sensible mileage at the right price. VW/Audi running gear.
Skoda Superb 1.9TDi. Bought with 50k on the clock. Now has 160k and still burns very little oil.

[Graham-W]

How about you, TWR?

[woofgang]

1.The right configuration for two people, two biggish dogs and all the stuff like wellies and so on that live in the car.
2. Small enough to manoeuvre easily when parking
3 4 x 4
4 Diesel engine
5 Affordable running and maintenance costs
6 decent accessory pack

The car is a Rav4

[Prudie]

Provided excitement, quality and performance within my price range

[Tilly2]

I liked the colour.

[Zacs-Master]

I realise I haven't quite answered your exact Q TWR, so....
I was always a fan of the make and the model was the only 2 seater they do. That's not to say that the limited choice bothered me as I'd always thought they were a great looking car.

[Graham-W]

A most sensible choice, Tilly2.

[Tilly2]

:-)

[heathfield]

Space inside, comfort, mileage, price, MPG, straightforward instrument panel that didn't look like something designed for a NASA space shuttle!

[EcclesCake]

I couldn't be bothered traipsing around dealerships so I went and bought the same car as Mr Cake.

[TWR]

BME E36 Petrol Coupe 1999 Graham, (Not a BMW arrogant Poser)

Condition of the car when bought
Reliability
Re-sale value
Comfort
Auto

[TWR]

BMW

[Hymie]

Prior to purchasing my current vehicle (and the previous one), I had driven the model as a hire car. In both cases, I reckon I had driven over 3,000 miles.

[Answerprancer]

It looked like fun. It was a toss up between the Ford Puma and the Vauxhall Tigra and the Puma won as I'd read that there were reliability issues with (as Top Gear put it) "Vauxhall's hopeless Tigra". It had so much going for it and few issues, plenty of bang for buck and I couldn't give a rat's bottom that it's a "hairdresser's car"!
It *is* fun btw :-)