Help deciding which car?

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mark5 wrote: »

Some diesels feel a lot quicker than they are, i dont think it would compare to a modern Golf TDI personally.

It will almost certainly be more reliable and cost about half as much as the over - rated Golf does.

harveybobbles

Inactive wrote: »

I disagree.

I disagree.

rev_henry

Korean cars are pretty good these days. Not really comparable to a Golf which is 2x the price at least. I personally don't think you should get the rio petrol. You'll make your money back on the cheaper tax and higher mpg with the diesel. What kinda driving do you mainly do? If you're mainly on the motorway then the rio diesel would cope much better than the picanto - less strained and bigger road prescence. If its more smaller A roads then the picanto will probably be fine. Have you looked on places like drivethedeal yet? They basically specialise in new cars at knock down prices. You may find the cars a bit cheaper there.

rev_henry

You do know the 7 year warranty is now on ALL kia's don't you?

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harveybobbles wrote: »

No, but you don;t look a knob driving one either

Do some people actually care what others think?...how very shallow.

It is a means of transport.

buglawton

For OP's 15k annual mileage I would choose a medium sized car. This is MSE so I would recommend something like the Hyundai i30 1.4 petrol - 5 yr warranty so all exceptional bills covered for 4 more years beyond a typical warranty. If you were to load a Golf with the same features (some call them toys) such as AC, Stability, usb stereo with truly good sound, you are looking at 14-15k. Catch is, practically no list price discounts on Hyundais while the scrappage scheme continues.

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Why not a Kia Ceed? it is almost an identical car, with the 7 year warranty.

rev_henry

Inactive wrote: »

Why not a Kia Ceed? it is almost an identical car, with the 7 year warranty.

As I said, the 7 year warranty's now on all kias.

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rev_henry wrote: »

As I said, the 7 year warranty's now on all kias.

Yup I know that, it has been on the Ceed for years now.

Great value car.

buglawton

i30 vs Ceed, might come down to price and if you have a scrappage car to use.

e.g. this £9000 scrappage deal on 1.4 petrol i30
http://www.123premier.com/offers/view/109

If it was a cash purchase and diesel was a necessity, then Ceed might win out, at £4k more.