Need 4 door car, 1k to spend.
#4
Assuming you could not stomach a rover 45 perhaps a 1.6 avensis ? There are some audi a4's at that money but will have well over 100k. Personally I would pay a bit extra insurance and get a Honda accord V-tech can be got for £500 and last for hundreds of thousands of Miles.
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Volvo S40 (96-04 model).
Had one S40 and two V40's (estate) over the last ten + years (now got a V50) and they have all been pretty bulletproof regards reliability. Great build quality, plenty of kit if you get the right model and extremely comfortable, so much so that when my wife suffered from slipped disc she would want to go for a drive because it was the most comfortable place to sit. Only drawback is they use a bit of fuel no matter which engine they have unless it is a diesel. Cheap insurance though, my last one was 200bhp T4 model and even though it was group 16 was still less than £400 for my wife to insure with 4 years ncb.
Had one S40 and two V40's (estate) over the last ten + years (now got a V50) and they have all been pretty bulletproof regards reliability. Great build quality, plenty of kit if you get the right model and extremely comfortable, so much so that when my wife suffered from slipped disc she would want to go for a drive because it was the most comfortable place to sit. Only drawback is they use a bit of fuel no matter which engine they have unless it is a diesel. Cheap insurance though, my last one was 200bhp T4 model and even though it was group 16 was still less than £400 for my wife to insure with 4 years ncb.
#6
I've narrowed it down to these:
VW Bora SE
Mondeo Ghia late 01 shape
VW Passat 20V sport
Vauxhall Astra DTI LS
Focus ( upto 2.0ltr )
Lexus IS200
VW Bora SE
Mondeo Ghia late 01 shape
VW Passat 20V sport
Vauxhall Astra DTI LS
Focus ( upto 2.0ltr )
Lexus IS200
Last edited by ScooByer Trade; 09 February 2012 at 11:05 PM.
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Personally I wouldn't bother with the Astra, not particularly nice to drive and turbos can go on them, and they have one of the worst gearboxes (any Vauxhall of that age) I have ever used. Focus and Mondeo are ok, like to go through suspension bushes but are pretty reliable, be a bit wary of a Lexus IS for that money, although very reliable could be costly to fix if it does go wrong.
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If its for a 70 year old a Volvo would suit down to the ground.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...ge/9?logcode=p
Or http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...11ll?logcode=p
Last edited by WRXrowdy; 11 February 2012 at 10:06 AM.
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