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Need a new car. What shall we buy?
We have a large family car which is on it's last legs and we need to change. We already have a second vehicle which is big enough for family holidays, big shops, etc so are looking for a run around. We've not been in this market for years so can anyone who has a car they would recommend that fits in the catagories below tell me what you have.....
Cheap-ish road tax
Good mpg
Petrol
Can seat four (and squeeze in a fifth occasionally for short journeys)
Has a boot that isn't absolutely tiny.
Not sluggish pulling away at junctions
Possible to add roof bars too
Think thats all
Cheers
Cheap-ish road tax
Good mpg
Petrol
Can seat four (and squeeze in a fifth occasionally for short journeys)
Has a boot that isn't absolutely tiny.
Not sluggish pulling away at junctions
Possible to add roof bars too
Think thats all
Cheers
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some quite high expectations you have there... however I would say of the top of my head;
Ford Fiesta with the 1.25 or 1.4 zetec engine
OR
Seat ibiza 1.40 -
Hiya
I've got a Toyota Yaris. Despite being the 3 door version I can get three kids in the back (has three full seat belts)
Like you we have a main 'family' car and mine is usually just used to drop kids off at school (so eldest, age 10 and tall, ie not on a booster sits in the front) and then for me to get to work. However, on the occasion that the main car is in the garage or whatever, we can all, as a family of five fit in the Yaris (my two youngest are on boosters and the eldest squeezes in the middle). It wouldn't be ideal for long journeys but is fine for short journeys (also dont like going on long journeys anyway with them in the back with it only being 3 doors, I'm paranoid about them not being able to get out in an accident!)
I can, with some creativity, fit a full weeks shop in the boot, and if noone is travelling in the back you have the facility to shunt the rear seats forward (or fold them down) to make the boot bigger.
I only have the 1.0l and its nippy as anything, and I've had much bigger engines in the past, its the way its driven I'm sure
Insurance is also very low.
No idea on the roof bars
Tax is £100 a year, and does 45mpg on average
Very very very pleased with my Yaris, as you can probably tell
Feeding my 'sheep' money box with any £2 coins I get - no idea how much is in there will empty it when full0 -
We are also in the market for a new car and looking into similar aspects as you. We test drove a skoda fabia this weekend and it was a comfortable small car and would tick many of your boxes.:j Trytryagain FLYLADY - SAYE £700 each month Premium Bonds £713 Mortgage Was £100,000@20/6/08 now zilch 21/4/15:beer: WTL - 52 (I'll do it 4 MUM)0
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If you want to pull away from junctions I wouldn't recommend anything below at 1.4
Personally, my next car that I am getting next year satifies all your requirements...
The Audi A3 TDi. :cool:"I'm not from around here, I have my own customs"
For confirmation: No, I'm not a 40 year old woman, I'm a 26 year old bloke!0 -
shop-to-drop wrote: »We are also in the market for a new car and looking into similar aspects as you. We test drove a skoda fabia this weekend and it was a comfortable small car and would tick many of your boxes.
I bought one last year, and love it - mainly coz it was very cheap indeed (main reason for buying), the basic model comes with 5 doors, the boots ok, and very spacious with the back seat down, you can put only 1/2 the back seat down if you need to, and people sat in the back seat comment on the amount of space there is.
Downside - my brother (car snob) commented that it looked tacky, but nothing's fallen off yet, and they're said to be very reliable.Don't know about the roof bars though, though I vaguely remember seeing in the blurb that something could be fitted.All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.
Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.0 -
I also have a Yaris. I had a Tigra but had so much trouble with it, and after what was to be his final journey, I actually asked the man from the AA what he recommended. He said a Toyota Yaris or a Honda Jazz. Hope this helps
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I have a vauxhall agila - i did not buy it from choice i bought it on price!!
(i was lucky a family member lent me some money to buy it)
My agila is only a 1 liter - they do 1.2 liter versions.
Mine cost £5,000 with delivery miles only on the clock (plus my test drive it was pre-registered so was classed as 'second hand'- the insurance on it is really cheap and the roadtax is the lower band (i think!). It also has 5 normal seat belts - which is a real bonus for us.
The negative things are that the boot is small when the back seats are up - although when the back seats are down the boot is huge - very good for taking stuff up to the dump!!
It's not trendy but it suits my needs - mine is a basic model so only has a radio!! but has all the stuff you need and WARRENTY which after the lemon second hand car i bought in march last year is a major bonus. They are bringing a new model out this year and its quite funky... so you can get some really good bargins on new ones or low mileage second hand ones.
I wouldnt have considered one of these cars but my friend has a top of the range 1.2 version and has had it for 3 years and raves about it. Not a car for everyone but for me it is perfect.Debt free May 2016 (without the support of MSE forum users that would never have been possible - thank you all)0 -
me personally would buy an range rover vogue.....can fit all luggage in great for cruising ...
or if on a budget renault scenic is a great car for families on a budget.0 -
I'm another Skoda Fabia fan. The last one regularly took me from the North to the south coast, many times until some herbert did a u turn into it and wrote it off.
I have another one now, which I am equally pleased with. It's roomy, it's a 5 door hatchback so the back seats fold down for runs to the tip etc, and I can get a buggy and a weeks shopping in the boot at the same time (as well as all the other junk that lives in there).0
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