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5 hours ago, UNR33L said:

Was a long time ago, should of got it properly inspected, young and stupid and too eager to get into a turbo car after Ps :P 

I reckon you were too eager to get into a Ford personally

You kunce seem to know some shit.. I've asked before but I'll try narrow it down a bit this time..

2010 onwards, small/medium sized, preferably 4 door, not ugly, some luxuries would be good (sunroof / leather / heated seats to name a few) decent sound system (ipod integration essential) auto or manual is fine

Was thinking $10k max but happy to drop another $5k if it gets me something that meets the above criteria

Go.
Gold star if your suggestion leads to purchase

At the moment Honda accord euro seems to tick most of those boxes, my mate has an 04 for a daily and seems to rate it for that purpose, but apart from that I'm pretty much just searching all makes between $7,500-$15000 which doesn't narrow it down much...

my first thought with the above description would be a subaru liberty Premium

12K leather sunroof Bluetooth 12 month warranty

https://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Subaru-Liberty-2011/OAG-AD-15056361/?Cr=2 

E90 BMW's have dropped big time recently.

320 leather sunroof, usb

https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/BMW-320i-2010/SSE-AD-5367120/?Cr=10 

 

But my actual suggestion, and from a little left field.

Skoda Octavia RS

https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/SKODA-Octavia-2011/SSE-AD-5185939/?Cr= 1

think Golf Gti in a 4 door with all the luxuries.

we will be test driving these when Katie gets a new car later this year.

 

For reliability and features I'd be staying Japanese

These seem like awesome value for recent cars. 4 door, leather, iPod garbage, not completely gutless, 7.5L/100, look okay for a modern sedan

https://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Nissan-Altima-2014/OAG-AD-15476472

6 hours ago, Leroy Peterson said:

Is altima even jap anymore?

Yeah gonna be over 10k for those luxuries and post-2010.
How much do IS lexus fetch?

Engine is Jap, that's the most important thing

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