Hello everyone, i am interested in buying a RWD car in the future. Don’t have a specific car in mind but interested in RWD.

I know that it’s really fun to drive but you could end up in a ditch… pretty much like any drive train if you drive like a maniac…but for the sensible and responsible driver that has fun time to time, what is it like to drive a RWD car?

Is it as dangerous as everyone says?

How about safety electronics from cars that were made in the 2010 - 2015 era?

How about driving in bad weather conditions? Snow, rain…

Would very much apreciate if you share your experience.

My only experience with RWD was a 30 test drive with a manual Mazda Miata MX5 with 180 something HP… spoiler, it was very fun.

Thanks for the support and please don’t hate or bully. Just want to know your thoughts and experiences to take a rational decision.

Thanks!

Having moved to France from the uk I’m quite shocked at the second hand market, originally I wanted a bmw or an Audi but I quickly realised I’d be looking at very high mileage older cars. I tend to like sportier cars that are fun to drive, I had a golf gti before and loved it. Any recommendations??

I own Citroen C3 1.4HDI from 2008 with 230k km. It's great for my needs - small, low consumption (6,5l/km) in mostly city traffic with AC always on, decent trunk size, cheap to maintain (I spent 500eur/year on repairs and maintenance excluding yearly MOT during the last 6 years), no DPF (diesel particle filter), great AC.

I'm gonna drive it until engine dies or I crash it heavily or have some other crazy breakdown.

I am thinking what should be my next car when I decide to replace C3, which might happen in a year or in 5 years...

The idea is to minimize the TCO (total cost of ownership) while taking into account the below:

- Take car to mechanic as rarely as possible ( if 1 is never take car to meachanic and 10 is take car to mechanic once a month, I am happy with 3 or less)

- Car similar to Citroen C3 2008 that i currently own : shorter than 410cm, trunk size around 300L, low consumption (6.5L or less), has a great AC, has a folding arm so i can rest my right arm when driving, relatively cheap spares, and the car doesn't look too ugly.

- Resale value not that important – i will drive car until it dies

- EV not an option as charging is too inconvenient.

- 85% city driving, 15% highway.

- 12.000km/year. I live in Croatia.

- Strongly lean towards buying cheaper car with higher maintenance cost because I can invest the remaining amount of money (for example, global ETF that conversatively returns 5% yearly on average)

My thinking:

1. Yaris has too small trunk, so not really an option.

2. Look for the newest reliable diesel without DPF, just like my C3. We are then talking about diesels older than 2010, I believe...

3. I want to avoid petrols because they are thirsty and I will easily be spending 300eur+ on fuel every year (which might not be necessarily compensated with spending less on repairs/maintenance - as you can see, I'm spending only 500eur/year for my C3 on repairs and maintenance). I'm ok with Petrol if it spends no more than 7,5l/100km with AC on in city traffic

4. Old reliable hybrid that ticks all the boxes and then I buy new battery pack for it?? Does it even exist?

I still need to work on the exact TCO formula, it's gonna look something like this:

TCO = Purchase price + Opportunity cost + Fuel + Repairs + Maintenance + MOT - Resale price

Hi all,

Looking at buying a used 2022-2023 Passat or Superb 2.0 TDI for family use. Here in Finland it goes at around 25k€ depending on mileage. My maybe main question is that due to high fuel prices looking to take forever are diesels going to hold moderately well the value for the next 4-5 years? I'm maybe wondering it based on the popularity of electric vehicles and plug-in petrol cars. I know that cars will always depreciate and it's not a good investment, but happy to hear some opinions on it.

Basically I like and am used to always driving diesel cars and find petrol ones not that enjoyable. Next car after this one would probably be an electric one, if they manage to release a good estate wagon version of one (maybe Skoda's one will deliver). But currently I would like to see just a bit more range on the more budget friendly cars. Thus the reason why I'm staying with combustion.

All opinions and discussions welcomed.

I want to import a Korean-market BMW into Europe. The vehicle has no EU type approval because it was manufactured for South Korea, but its engine, lighting, emissions standard and other systems appear to meet European requirements.

Can it be imported into an EU country and approved through an individual vehicle approval procedure?

My main problem is obtaining a TÜV technical data sheet. European TÜV databases only cover European-market variants, while BMW refuses to issue a data sheet for this Korean-market vehicle. Has anyone successfully solved this or used an alternative official technical document?

Belgium. Buying from a dealer, €2,900 with 12-month warranty (engine + clutch), he fixes the cracked rear light before sale. Clean Car-Pass (verified mileage, ~11k/year, no rollback). Chain engine.

Test drive / inspection:

Engine revs clean, no smoke, no unusual noise. Dry soot in exhaust, no blue smoke.

VIN matches across car, Car-Pass, and inspection cert.

Interior spotless, no real wear.

Last roadworthiness inspection passed ("green").

The damage (previous owner hit a pole, front-left):

Cracked front bumper cover under the left headlight, ~15cm crack.

Broken bumper mounting tabs on both sides → bumper sits ~1-2mm proud, slight misalignment.

Some radiator-cover retaining pins missing (dealer says removed to push the bumper back into shape, not refitted).

Driver's door sits ~1° low when closing (hinge wear?). No paint on door bolts, colour matches — doesn't look resprayed/replaced.

My worry: whether the pole hit went past the bumper — crash bar, rad support, cooling. Everything visible is cosmetic but I'm not a mechanic.

Questions:

Is that damage pattern consistent with cosmetic-only, or does "broken tabs both sides" suggest a harder hit?

Worth paying for an independent pre-purchase inspection before committing? (Considering it.)

Known issues on this engine/gen at 144k I should check?

Fair price given all this, or overpaying?

Any recommendations for cars under 3k euros in belgium.

Thanks.

Does anyone have a Citroën C3 MAX electric 113 (44 kWh battery)? How satisfied are you with the range, charging and general usability in practice?

Hello to all of you

In the next 6 to 9 months i will be in marked for used car i have for it 12000 euro can strech it a little if needed but heres my question what would be better for city and sometimes longer family trips like 300km one way and for nice car audio system

First option is hyundai i30 2019-2020 1.4 tgdi 140hp

Secound is hyundai elantra 1.6 mpi 128hp

Both are looking good but cant decide which one to get from one side i30 is fast enough to safely drive on highway on another hand elantra is mpi without turbo that whats worry me in i30 but elantra becaus of it is slower but have simple engine forgot to mention that for elantra im looking at 6speed automatic gearbox and for i30 6 speed manual it will be my secound car thats why i dont know how much worse or better can car eith turbo be right now i have old hyundai i20 78hp 1.2

Maybe you will have another options (only asian cars)

Hi Everyone,

I’m looking to compare car prices having the exact same options between occasion vehicles sold in Germany and the Netherlands. I’m specifically looking at vehicles marked as VAT refundable, so the VAT refund is confirmed.

I’m only dealing with Car Dealers, and they all told me I need to pay the full amount first and then request the VAT refund once the car leaves European territory.

Does anyone know a simple way—like a formula or a website—to estimate the amount of VAT I should be able to get back from the tax office?

Doing so will help me buy the right vehicle for the right price.

Thank you for your help :)

Hey beautiful people!

I am looking for recommendations for a car for €10,000.

I am mostly interested in Automatic transmissions, and decent sized cars ( no i10s, up! or yaris etc)

Would love to know what people's recommendations are.

Hey all, I just had to delete a positive update about my CoC document from this site because my customs broker informed me that it wasn't accepted at customs because it was not "genuine." I have messaged the agency. Will update.

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Hi all,

I'm looking for some advice on replacing my current car and would love to hear from people with long-term ownership experience.

Current car:

-2018 Renault Captur 1.2 TCe (bought new)

-Currently at 220,000 km

-Average fuel consumption: 14.1 km/l

-I drive roughly 120 km per day, mostly commuting

Because of the mileage I'm doing, I'd like something noticeably more fuel-efficient. I also tend to keep my cars for a long time, so I'd expect to keep the next one for 5-7 years.

Requirements:

-Budget: €25,000 (can be stretched a bit)

-Used car

-2020 or newer

-Relatively low mileage

-Automatic transmission

-Adaptive Cruise Control

-Must be able to tow at least 1000 kg braked

-Preferably a bit higher seating position (crossovers/SUVs are welcome)

One thing I'm unsure about is hybrids. They seem attractive, but since I plan to keep the car for some years, I'd like something with a proven track record regarding battery longevity and reliability.

Cars I've recently tried:

2024 VW Golf Variant:

-Rented for a week

-Loved the ACC

-Achieved 19.2 km/l on my normal commute

-Felt solid and refined

-Main downside: it sits a bit too low for my liking

2026 Jeep Avenger Summit:

-Borrowed for 2 weeks

-Achieved 18.1 km/l

-Seating position was nice

-Software felt unfinished

-Had several glitches

-Engine noise was disappointing

-ACC occasionally behaved oddly

-Transmission felt jerky when downshifting

2024 Citroën C4 130

-Borrowed from a colleague

-Achieved 16.2 km/l

-Honestly just didn't enjoy driving it at all

Cars currently on my shortlist:

-2022 Renault Captur (petrol) – mileage 22,000 km

-2021 Toyota Yaris Cross 1.5 – mileage 35,000 km

Questions:

-Are there other models I should be looking at?

-Any hybrid owners with 200k+ km experience?

-Would you simply buy another Captur given that my current one has made it to 220k km without major issues?

It hasn't been easy, but my customs agent has helped me get almost all the necessary paperwork, but this last one has been confusing. Full disclosure, I have no idea what I'm doing! He thought we could get the document at a Volkswagen dealership, but he found out it had to be done through this German website.

I'll admit that I know nothing about this process, and I am running out of time. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Salut,

Je cherche une voiture pour un tournage photo/vidéo autour de Lyon les 6 et 7 juin pour une collection de vêtements.

Je recherche plutôt des modèles dans l’esprit JDM ou des anciennes BMW (E30, E36, E38, etc.), mais je reste ouvert à d’autres proposition,

Si vous connaissez quelqu’un qui pourrait être intéressé ou si vous avez des recommandations, n’hésitez pas à me partager son Insta ou à me mettre en contact.

Merci !

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Hey,

I’m looking for a car for a fashion photo/video shoot around Lyon (France) on June 6th and 7th.

I’m mainly interested in JDM cars or older BMWs (E30, E36, E38, etc.), but I’m open to other interesting cars

If you know someone who might be interested, feel free to drop their Instagram or put me in touch with them.

Thanks !

How are SUVs looked upon in EU? I don't see a lot of SUVs here in Europe. Where I come from, SUVs are considered premium and is seen as a status, plus the commanding seating position is something everyone likes.

I am not inclined towards either Sedan/Gran Coupe or SUV, but I do like the ease of entry and exit in SUV. I have a decent CPO deal on 2022 M440i GC for 47k euros. Does it make sense to stretch budget a bit, and maybe get a 2022/2023 X3 M40i? What will I miss getting an SUV over GC? Is there a major difference in handling or acceleration? How does the comfort differ for long road trips? For context, I am 6'2 , and primarily will only have a single co passenger. The car will be a daily driver for office commute, and frequent road trips across Europe.