Can't beat a fiat 500

Hate those Auris Hybrid!! I like to hear my car engine ticking over but there is absolute silence with the Hybrids. Had a Mini Cooper S which I modified and it pumped out 238bhp and I knew I was driving something fast from the tone of just the engine!! Appeared in ModernMini mag too!! My Moto is drive it like you stole it!!! Maybe our players should have that attitude on the pitch when they play knowing they are lucky to be football players.

Old style. Do they do a plug-in Auris now? It is about to be replaced by a new Corolla anyway. Curries are the main reason I'd never have another Toyota.

Is that the old style or the plug in hybrid. We're looking for 2 replacement cars (I know I'm going for battered but can take a hammering style) but wife is umming and erring and Toyota Yaris and Auris are options - I'm trying to talk her out of Yaris. She's not keen on hybrid.

Auris Hybrid, they actually go well, 1.8 plus electric is a good mix. Tinny, very non-ergonomic controls and don't get me started on Currie Motors who have the local service centres.

Diddy had to get mine brought down from edinburgh to a dealer in that place in Buckinghamshire. 5 door you see. To be fair they were great and not one person I spoke to followed that scummy local team. A mixture of Spurs and Chelsea. The scum have really caught the imagination of the locals.

Out of interest which Toyota?

Must have changed then Lurker, six years since I switched to a boring Toyota though I'll go back if we buy another car. I think BMW drivers have a slightly less bad reputation now than in the days of the yuppies.

Diddy it was the bushes, not sure if there is anything left of them now - being bounced through pothole hell several times a week has seen to that

OI yeah I can imagine BMW drivers get nothing from anyone, we have a competition on drive to work, spot the Audi driver who'll be told to give the car back cos they're not up the arse of the car in front. Very rarely find a winner.

When people use to go on about Fuertaventura I always thought that was a STD!

Lurker that sound you are getting from your note is the wish bone bushes which are prone on the Note. Bluewomble... Funny enough bought mine two years back from Epsom Ford and the chap there is a Womble and see him at games. Have to admit knowing my cars as was part of Mini scene and come from family mechanical background but have to say Epsom Trustford have looked after me well.

Yes come on own up who's got a Sexually Transmitted disease then.

No one has admitted that they've got a STD yet.

Took the new Fiesta ST for spin back in the summer, new interior is great and the manufactured sound effects such as the firing exhaust is cool but very happy with my current ST mark 7

I adore my seat mii/vw up. It goes and drives like a go kart. Love the fact I have to thrash it to actually go anywhere. The (new model) Qasqai I’m driving is ok... find it just very cramped and feels like I’m driving a tank. Also very weird driving a diesel for the first time

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I'm getting around 31mpg in my ST which I suppose isn't too bad as you cannot help putting your foot down within reason. Had a Red Edition Eco Sport Fiesta (1 litre) pokey little motor and great to drive. Got around 38mpg as it was so nippy. Kinda miss the cheaper running costs, but the ST won me over. I would hate to think the fuel costs of running the Focus ST or Focus RS. If I was given one I wouldn't turn my nose up either. Although 30 grand is too much money for a motor

Never had that problem although BMW drivers tell me they do. I still let Audi drivers out too :)

OI - genuine question - did you find you never got let out at side roads driving an Audi?

I liked my Note a lot, much more practical than the Astra I had before. That was until the constant journeys to lower level football club car parks wrecked the suspension - now it makes some terrible noises. Like most people (I suspect) I learned on a focus and love them but not great for leg room for me. Do like Ford's generally - would love a Kuga but too expensive.

Top Gear WUP this afternoon.

I have the Fiesta ST and doesn't use that much juice even when I drive like I stole it! But it does turn into a bit of a animal when you put the revs up. As for the ST Focus that's another animal and does like to drink with the 250bhp engine!

Get a Ford ST. Hungry on petrol but shifts and is a pleasure to drive. You would never guess I have one too

Lurker... A Nissan Note does have loads of room and very square at the back. Actually a decent motor if you have kids to carry and comes with some nice extras. Quashqai are ok and look nice and both built strong. My Ford ST goes very well but the body is as strong as a baked bean can!! Yes Lurker he is failing as he is not listening to me and playing Hartigan and Pinnock just behind the front two.