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Best family car that doesn't cost a fortune to run?
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:eek:Well I got a Ford Focus in the end!
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As long as your happy with the deal :money::A Luke 6:38 :AThe above post is either from personal experience or is my opinion based on the person God has made me and the way I understand things. Please don't be offended if that opinion differs from yours, but feel free to click the 'Thanks' button if it's at all helpful!0 -
Yeah, decided to go for spending less rather than spending more.
I now want a Honda Civic though.. lol. Maybe in a few years, although by then I will probably want something else
I would still go for a Passat, but the missus already finds it difficult to drive the Focus, so she would have no chance
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Did you not read the post above about the Civic, it came bottom of the four :A Luke 6:38 :AThe above post is either from personal experience or is my opinion based on the person God has made me and the way I understand things. Please don't be offended if that opinion differs from yours, but feel free to click the 'Thanks' button if it's at all helpful!0
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Reliable Golf? Pah! My son had one which regularly broke down - starter motor each time. Electrics, I think. What's the matter with Vauxhalls? The Astra is a great family car and I love the new CorsaMember #14 of SKI-ers club
Words, words, they're all we have to go by!.
(Pity they are mangled by this autocorrect!)0 -
A Corsa is definately a 'girly' car though, not a family car as was asked about by the OP the Astra is 'ok', but merely that, nothing special. I have never known an issue with a starter motor on a new Golf, once they get 10yrs old maybe...? And the fact that your son's kept going is probably because he used a pattern one and it wasn't refurbished correctly. A genuine unit has a 2yr warrenty and Ive never had need to claim for one yet...
:A Luke 6:38 :AThe above post is either from personal experience or is my opinion based on the person God has made me and the way I understand things. Please don't be offended if that opinion differs from yours, but feel free to click the 'Thanks' button if it's at all helpful!0 -
Quite happy with my Focus now 0
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Happy with a Ford??? What's the world coming to?! :rolleyes: :A Luke 6:38 :AThe above post is either from personal experience or is my opinion based on the person God has made me and the way I understand things. Please don't be offended if that opinion differs from yours, but feel free to click the 'Thanks' button if it's at all helpful!0
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For anyone in the same situation who hasn't got a specific car in mind and wants something reliable cheap to run etc etc.
(This is unusual advice i know) but take a look at what cabbies are driving.
They drive the cars they do because they are spacious, comfortable and because the whole life cost is cheap!!!!!!
Keep an eye on the ranks decide what u like and you wont go far wrong!!!0 -
Lemonade_Pockets wrote: »For anyone in the same situation who hasn't got a specific car in mind and wants something reliable cheap to run etc etc.
(This is unusual advice i know) but take a look at what cabbies are driving.
They drive the cars they do because they are spacious, comfortable and because the whole life cost is cheap!!!!!!
Keep an eye on the ranks decide what u like and you wont go far wrong!!!
then you'd probably end up with one of those 7/8 seater fiats with a row of fold down seats facing the back. lol
Seriously tho, you'd end up with a skoda octavia diesel, or a vectra/mondeo/passat. Perfectly good cars if thats what you want but they're probably the most dull new cars you could possibly buy. And im not sure about them choosing reliable ones, otherwise you'd see a lot more toyotas.
Apparently new york yellow cabs have 4 litre engines and do about 12mpg, crazy considering they probably rarely get over 30mph0 -
pollypenny wrote: »Reliable Golf? Pah! My son had one which regularly broke down - starter motor each time. Electrics, I think. What's the matter with Vauxhalls? The Astra is a great family car and I love the new Corsa
Vauxhall notoriously unreliable! check out the surveys.0
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