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It’s 2006 and you’re after a fun, small, automatic, 2/3 door car. What do you pick?

It’s 2006 and you’re after a fun, small, automatic, 2/3 door car. What do you pick?

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25 Comments

  1. Bulky-Ad-7630

    I personally pick the Auris, it’s a nice looking 3 door hatch with some great reliability. It’d be pretty fun to drive, even in the base models

  2. chonkin-donuts

    Mk5 Golf GTI, but with the wet clutch dsg

  3. M25always-stuck

    1 Series. Even though the space of boot was sacrificed by the RWD, But it’s 2000 BMW

  4. The golf GTI or the cobalt ss, with the NFS Most Wanted soundtrack playing.

  5. In 2006 I bought that exact 2-dr 5-cylinder golf (was rebranded the Rabbit for a year or two at the time). $16000 out the door with 8 miles on the odometer. Went 278,000 on the original clutch and engine before I traded it in for a GTI. One of the best most reliable cars I’ve ever owned.

  6. I love Minis, 2006 – 2012 were awful. It will spend more time in the shop than on the road. The BMW is no different. The VW while fun has its issues, I’d go with the Toyota.

  7. ElderScrollsBoss

    Mk5 Golf Rabbit, love those little cars

  8. gezyy1008

    the toyota auris is the opposite of fun in every way. id choose the mini and make my mechanic rich

  9. ArbyCreeper

    Fun and auto…

    Those two don’t go well together as much imo

  10. Cobalt SS would be the fastest and the most fun at the track or auto-x. But I would probably get the golf.

  11. railsandtrucks

    If it’s 2006 and auto, I’m going Saturn Ion instead of any of these options. One of the last Saturns you could get with the plastic body panels.

    The VW will be a mechanical pile of shit after the warranty runs out (or before), the Yaris was roomy but tolerable only with a manual (and even then I hated the way the one I test drove felt- way too clunky) , the Mini’s of that era I’m pretty sure had the gauges in the center which annoy the hell out of me, the BMW is the most tempting of these options IMHO, but I’d still go saturn, or maybe cobalt, to at least have cheaper repair bills if /when it breaks.

  12. Peterkragger

    Why would I want them 3 door and automatic?

  13. Comfortable_You_1927

    it’s 2006? buy crypto and buy lambos now forget those cars, McLaren and lambos only wooot

  14. Equivalent-Wall-2287

    Why auto small 2 door hatchback? Auto makes more sense on big sedans in my opinion. Also i would pick either a Golf or a Cobalt SS but with manual

  15. Hyperspec42

    Honestly if we’re looking for a fun car, why an automatic?

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