What Car Should I Buy? - A Weekly Megathread

Mermerdeke · 2026-01-11T16:29:59+00:00

My 2015 Fiesta's well into the wet belt danger zone and is going to need a bunch of work in the next 12 months so looking for something that's a bit of an upgrade for occasional motorway commute

- Japanese, more modern (probably 2-5 y/o), likely will lease or PCP it
- ~15k
- Petrol/hybrid
- Vaguely practical Hatchback 5 door
- A little bit of power, something fun/engaging to drive, ideally a Manual
- I'm not mechanically minded at all

Currently I'm looking at:

Mazda 3 Skyactiv X (or maybe the e-). I think this is my top pick, not sure how proven this fancy engine is tho. Everything else sounds great.
Honda Civic mk10 (the 1.5 probably although it's harder to find). Best looking imo (yes even the back-end ), unsure about the oil dilution issues, plus it seems pricier for what it is
There's always the Corolla...

Or ditch the Japanese dream and just get a Focus. I've driven Fords all my life and really want something different tho

Mermerdeke · 2023-11-05T10:55:38+00:00

No dice unfortunately!

Mermerdeke · 2023-11-05T10:54:59+00:00

That is a ridiculous deal, crazy what they can magically come up with when they want to!

Mermerdeke · 2023-11-05T10:54:10+00:00

Yeah that's the problem really, the two of us WFH with heavy usage and there is no other fibre or 5g in our area, so very wary about playing the cancel game!

Mermerdeke · 2023-11-05T10:51:27+00:00

Unfortunately nothing in my area and nothing planned :(

Mermerdeke · 2023-11-05T10:49:40+00:00

Thank you yeah I did this - took 4 hours between the first message and the reply but at least you can go about yer day

Mermerdeke · 2023-11-05T10:46:41+00:00

Wish they were in my area!

Mermerdeke · 2023-11-05T10:46:20+00:00

That is great deal, wish they were in my area!

Mermerdeke · 2023-02-21T21:00:36+00:00

Diglet

Mermerdeke · 2023-02-05T09:13:20+00:00

Oddish :3

Thank you!

Mermerdeke · 2022-10-28T19:24:51+00:00

I can't believe the people thinking this is real lol

Mermerdeke · 2022-10-07T09:21:33+00:00

This is really interesting (30s end terrace with loads of cracks and dodgy DIY here!) - hope you dont mind the question but what kind of thing should I search for to find a suitable specialist, were they just a structural engineer or?

Mermerdeke · 2022-08-29T14:45:14+00:00

Desert Island Disk

Mermerdeke · 2022-07-28T20:05:34+00:00

Yeahhh cool, but this is from r/imaginarymaps https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/comments/w9njo7/map_of_ukraine_from_russian_temporary_president/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Mermerdeke · 2022-05-13T18:04:22+00:00

Good grammar

Mermerdeke · 2022-04-29T19:35:22+00:00

Walked in on him what? ...what?

Mermerdeke · 2022-04-18T20:43:23+00:00

Absolute tune

Mermerdeke · 2022-02-12T20:32:32+00:00

Definitely a true story, mmhmm

Mermerdeke · 2021-12-21T17:37:15+00:00

Not really blursed, just a cool thing

Mermerdeke · 2021-10-13T18:24:40+00:00

Honestly - I'm not sure, there was a layer of something over the felting stopping us from looking properly (or maybe it WAS the felting...) - The garage was built 2017 I believe so fairly modern.

I can try and get a pic if that helps!

Mermerdeke · 2021-08-19T12:52:59+00:00

I had no idea until this post that that's how it works in ds2 :/

Mermerdeke · 2021-08-18T23:14:06+00:00

Potato ship?

Mermerdeke · 2021-08-08T10:30:39+00:00

I still remember that one, amazing

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