155bhp in a fiesta? More than enough these days. Get something you can thrash mercilessly without constantly brushing 3 figures.
The Mini Cooper is 130bhp. Itās not slow.
Heard a great quote the other day
Love - A temporary insanity cured by marriage
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Civic Type R ?
Not as funny as that shit box Vauxhall youāre so pleased about thoā
I had use of a Fiesta ST for a fortnight and it was the second most fun Iād had driving a car., not far behind my āmodifiedā A3 
A real hoot, plenty quick enough and handled like it was on rails.
Canāt afford anything that I like, basically.
While it may be more expensive up front Iād imagine itāll be cheaper long term - might be worth doing some calcs over a year or two?
Take it RM/PO doesnāt offer salary sacrifice for the short wearing brigade?
I kind of did do some fag packet sums when I looked at a Pug 208E (Ā£34k), deducted what I spend on fuel from the finance cost and it still worked out a bit expensive for a 208 that I didnāt really fit in properly.
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Might this offer a solution?
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To hell with āimageā - weāre middle aged men, weāre close to invisible, we only exist so Zoomers have someone to blame for everything. Buy the smaller, lighter, nimbler car and enjoy the shit out of it, indifferent to the opinions of morons.
Two in our village, and one is paired with a Mito. They seem to be running all the time.
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Ignore all that. Take one for a test drive and make up your own mind.
Seriously, theyāre great to drive. 170bhp in a light car means itās quick when you want to press on but it is also very comfy, handles well and the 6 speed auto box means you can pootle about like a Sunday pensioner when required. Flappy paddles and drive mode selector for when you want to drive like a hooligan.
ULEZ compliant and Ā£30 per annum road tax. Also theyāve proved to be extremely reliable according to those annual reliability surveys the name of which escapes me.
Well worth checking out. I have been delighted with mine.
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Very much this. āReviewersā exaggerate differences for effect and lots of people seem to go onto the internet principally to share their opinions about other peoples choice of car like it has any relevance whatsoever to anybody else.
Find something that you like that meets your needs.
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Buy summat you fill up with lectricity.
Seek therapy for mid-life crisis thing you seem to be having.
Or buy a 911 
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Itās what happens when you start a thread asking what car should I buy!