just sold the missus motor as we need to get a bigger motor now we have the baby, have been looking around but i aint got a clue with motors, we have 6 and half thousand to spend, its gona need to last for another 2 kids, have seen some good offers at car giant and carland, so far were down to either:
ford c-max or focus
Volkswagan Touran
Toyato Verso
Mazda 3
Honda Jazz
Audi A3
or a Nissan Note.
Anyone else with young familes got any advice or know where to go for a good reliable safe deal, as this will be a major amount of cash were gona have to part with and gona need to take buggies and shopping for at least 5 years i reckon. any help much welcomed.
Adam.
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Have driven one as a hire car over a period of months. They are small, uncomfortable and boot is way to small for family day outs, shopping etc...
Mazda 6's are cheap, reliable and masses of space, especially in the boot.
Don't laugh, but a Skoda Octavia - Huge boots and good to drive.
Got home and realised my neighbour has a blue one... doh!
Looked at a Focus and felt they weren't value enough for the trim/age I wanted, better size though
I got the 7 seater - the seat at back fold flat makes for a great big boot. We can get the buggy in plus dog carrier and shopping.
Lovely motors
Isn't there an A3 estatey type car
I don't think I'll ever buy a car outright, but would recommend doing the 3 year thing. We've got a car for £160 a month for 3 years brand new, and will upgrade in 3 years or give it back or buy the car for the remaining balance.
its only a tiny car but top of the range with all the mod cons, brand new, and weve had it a year now. in 2 years time we may need a bigger car so we'll just adjust the cost and upgrade.
If we'd have got a loan for the car, we'd be paying off the loan in 3 years time on a car that isn't worth what we're paying on it and I just can't see the point in owning your own car.
You could use your 5k fund to pay that off monthly to no cost to you immediately and the cash could earn interest whilst it isn't being spent (haha) or use it for a large deposit on the rental of the car (we didn't have any)
Volkswagan Touran
Toyato Verso
Mazda 3
Honda Jazz
Audi A3
or a Nissan Note."
You won't get a lot of those for 6k depending on age of course and whether you do dealer or not.
Our shortlist based on what we would be willing to drive was the
Focus (bit priceier) but good size,
Seat Leon (felt a bit cheap),
Mazda 3 (as I said seemed best all rounder for me.
Loved the RX8 though, luckily it was out of our bracket, only 2 back seats though and they are quite tight at that.
Am selling my Freelander but its a 3 door, shame I loved that car.
cos I eat a lot and get fatter by the month
Happy to be corrected, but I'm pretty sure there isn't.... not in this country at least
Go to the British Car Auction web site (they have an auction at Paddock Wood) and have a look at the catalogues.
For a more in depth view of the catalogues, go to Auction View and log in as follows;
Username; tpotter
password; opriolle
I am looking to buy a 2nd/3rd hand card that will have done about 30-40,000 miles and is in good nick but can't decide between:
Car A) a Fiat Punto (53 Plates) done 27500 miles @ £2200 or
car
Both look like they have had front end repairs but MAY not be anything serious on them.
Anyone know a cheap way I can check their histories for serious repair work?
;o)
:)
If you are a member of the RAC (and probably the AA) they will check it out for you or certainly used to about 10 years ago.
Try rac.co.uk
You won't be disappointed. Obviously be careful because these are popular amongst the Mini Scab drivers so if last owner was Asif Iqbal give it a wide berth :-)
Cheers Ledge, just found out my sister has one, but they are looking a bit pricey now between 7 and 8 k for a used one from beadles in dartford.
Main dealer? Sod that!