lozgti1

Our main car is an X Trail 2.5 petrol (mx5 is the 'spare')

Wife has decided need a small ,cheap to tax,good on fuel car and can fit two kids and the big one has to go!!

Predicament..I've got to drive the god damned thing everynow and again and I know stuff all about little cars and feel a bit like my life is over

Citroens ,peugots etc noooo.....possibly Fiesta but I think Golf/focus size might be best

Dont mind that little Alfa

Any sensible suggestions (prob 10k budget new/used)

Rob Day

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Whats your budget mate ? How many miles a year ?

Rob

lozgti1

About £10k...probably looking at (with p/ex) paying £150 month

7-8k a year

Cheers

Trout

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Swift Sport

beef-on-the-bone

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fabia vrs.........

lozgti1

P/xd one to get the X Trail.Fantastic car

Been eying the classifieds.How much!!!! still tempted...

s70rjw

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I have a run out edition Focus TDCI on hire at the moment. Other than uncomfortable seats it ticks all the boxes for an A to B car. It has bags of kit, parking sensors, auto lights, satnav, decent stereo with USB on top of wat you'd expect. I just can't get diesel engines though, 1500 revs of power band before it's over. Its like premature ejaculation...just as you get going and things become lively, it's all over (that's what I understand of PE anyhow)

Flight

Vectra. Bigger but as cheap as a small car. 1.8 petrol is cheap to run and you can by a low mileage one with a year's warranty remaining for less that £8k.

kj200sx

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fiesta/fusion tdci not the best looking (fusion)but who cares for £30 year road tax and 60mpg combined and not bad to be honest plus all them extra goodies for the subaru the saved money can fund

dpb

Are ford forever over their rust problems era ??

I presume they are , cos otherwise id go french every time if it was me or hi an dry / ( insert asian car )

My mondeo looks feels okay inside but im worried about / dont like the way its put together underneath ( 2004)

JonMc

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VW Polo, £30 a year to tax, TD so 50mpg and reasonably well screwed together

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...1500?logcode=p

dpb

i guess you can never discount ze germans

alistair

Just bought a Mini Cooper S convertable - great little thing - I'm very impressed with it

paulwrxboro

another vote for swift sport 100bhp

sonu

Swift Sport ~130bhp...

Very good car, good around the Ring also

vindaloo

You said no French but - Citroen DS3 or a Maxi, sorry, I meant a MINI!
If you look at Fabias, try looking at the Ibiza and Polo too. Fabia VRS is a bit of a heavy lump. Though IMO none of the Polo/Ibiza/Fabia ride properly.

Fiesta TD Si or whatever they call it these days, Zetec D? Thought of trying diesels from a few years ago to avoid DPF, Euro 4, 5 emmissions etc?

J.

prodriverules

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Focus c-max is a very good alround car,good boot and if you go for the ghia then well equiped.

fivetide

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We have a top spec Nissan Note. A drivers car it isn't but it's nice inside, plastics feel good. Auto lights/wipers, parking sensors, built in sat nav, mp3, keyless go etc etc

Bonos, its almost british as a chap in sunderland (just one) screws them together. We've done 3000 miles in ours now and it is a good wee performer and hauled a family load of luggage away for a week too.

5t.

lozgti1

Had one as a courtesy car only this week.

Have to say....was rather good! Wife liked it a lot.

Thanks for the other ideas too folks.Food for thought

Alan Jeffery

Fiat 500 turbo diesel. Surprisingly lively, chippable and 75 mpg.
Great handling, and who could be cross with it?

Frosticles

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Would you really like to be seen it it though?? UGLY AS SIN!

jonc

Non MPV 5 door Golf size "respectable" hatches:
BMW 120d
Audi A3 2.0 TDI
MERCEDES-BENZ B200 CDI SE
ALFA ROMEO 147 1.9 JTDm 16v Lusso

Dunk

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You'd get them all in this, shame they wouldn't want to be seen




D

lozgti1

Ha! Been looking at lots and lots this weekend.Lot of the cars very small!Shortlist is.......

BMW 320d about 4/5 years old with 50k on the clock.Seem to be loads around

Seems to tick every box,road tax,fuel economy even insurance!

Thanks all....JonC...some of those were good choices and considered

Jamescsti

Sensible money would be on a Focus, although i'd also suggest a Seat Leon (I have one) build quality is far superior to the Focus (Wife has one) but pound for pound the Focus will be a better spec so be prepared to spend more to get a good spec VAG car

wrxsti280

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Smart forfour brabus, 1.5 turbo, 177 bhp, 4 doors, handles well, lots of toys, heated leather seats etc etc pick them up for around 6k almost new.

lozgti1

Well,one that ticked all the boxes was a four year old 318d with 40k on the clock.Basic but very nice and do us for another four years

£130 road tax,60 mpg,stuff all to insure.

Though I am still completely hacked off that this government has forced me to change my car to save a penguin.Lying bar stewards

MX will get the bullet next frigging £260 road tax and about 25 to the gallon.Can't afford to run a teeny sports car!!