Pincher Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Right, as some of you may know, even after nearly 2 years, I still really miss my old T Sport and bitterly regert getting rid of it. I had it from new for 3 years but decided it had to go due to expanding family. Since that, I have had a brand new Lexus 200 (hated it) and have now got a Zafira (but it's an Automatic). Anyway, I spotted this on the Fontain website and thought it looked quite nice (and it's a 5-door) 2 things you guys can help on - are the miles a bit high? They don't worry me too much as I only do about 6K per year. The other thing is the colour - is Dolphin Grey nice or not? I can't really make up my mind from the pictures. I reckon my Zafira is worth around £12.5K and I would like to bank a bit of cash if at all possible. Help me out please!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drillslinger Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Well, I CAN tell you that 4-doors are MUCH more convenient for the A3 IMO, and my 2001 has more miles on her than the one advertised Not much help, sorry, but I've little to no experience with resale/used cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted November 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Drill, what's the access like via to rear doors? I know that the A3 isn't the biggest in the back. My old one was reasonable because the front seats were quite clever in the way they flipped forward. I need to fit in a 3 year old on a booster seat and a 1 year old in a regular fixed car-seat (that also reclines). Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drillslinger Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Well, giving it a bit of thought.... it depends on how big the folks in the front are I'm 5ft 6 and like to sit kinda close to the wheel, and we had no problems getting our friends 2 y.o. and seat into the seat behind me. The only problem was his feet were within striking distance of the back of my seat So I figure the youngest would be no problem. Now the 3 y.o. with booster, not sure. I know there'd be room, but just not how MUCH Tell ya what I'll do if you can wait. Tomorrow after work (If you remind me, cause I'm an idiot ) I'll take and post some pics of the front and back seats with someone (Prolly me) in them so you can get a better idea. When we got the A3 we figured 4-doors would be no prob for the 1st kid, and kinda tight, but doable for a second. We just haven't got the kids yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted November 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Cheers Mikey!! Pics would be great. I'm 6ft 1 and the baby sits behind me, rather than the missus, so she can keep an eye on him whilst we are going along. Not sure how the it would be when he is laying back though?? Can you possibly borrow a baby while you are taking the pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drillslinger Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Sorry, no access to a baby Got a Frau though I'll think of something and try to give you as good a frame of reference as possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted November 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 I can't wait to see what you're gonna come up with!! BTW - did you spot I tricked you into repeatedly posting ON TOPIC!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drillslinger Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Yeah, but it's late, and I may be deleting a few of them to get rid of any incriminating evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted November 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 LOL @ Drill. If you wind the driver's seat back most of the way, that would be a big help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drillslinger Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 Sorry Dude, family's not having a good weekend, so I stayed home with the Frau yesterday. A friend here at work has 2 kids, so I'm gonna try and get him to put his 2 car seats in the TQ today, and take some pics. Will also try to get him to sit in the car, as he's taller than me Will try to get them up today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted December 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 Excellent. Cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drillslinger Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 OK, my buddy's 5'11" and he moved the drivers seat back a bit far for him. It looks like legroom for the rugrats MAY be an issue Not really sure, but you can see by the PICS . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pincher Posted December 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 Cheers Drill - the lack of space is what I was afraid of.It wasn't too bad in my old 3 door, with 1 rugrat, but not sure about loading in 2. Passed by my local stealer last night and they had a silvery 5 door 1.8T Sport, which looked nice. Called them up this morning and they knew nothing about it (!). They said they would call me back within an hour and, to their credit, were back on the phone inside of 30 minutes. They only got it in yesterday but it is Crystal Blue. Not sure about that, as I have never seen one in the flesh during the daytime. I might pop down there at the weekend and have a gander. Might have to be an A4 if the 3 is no good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drillslinger Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 No prob dude, just figured I could help out Your best bet is definately to take a look for yourself, but if you DO decide to go back to an A3, I'd really recommend the 4-door Hope ya get it figured out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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