Out of these three cars, which would you be leaning toward?

OddballJamie

Horizon81 wrote: »

+1 for the Avensis. You'll struggle to find a good mazda 3 ffom a dealer for 4k.

Especially a dealer that only seems to stock three different cars.

AdrianC

WTFH wrote: »

I'd probably choose the Avensis.

C4 is too big for my liking

<scratches head>
Umm, a C4 is smaller than an Avensis.

Horizon81

OddballJamie wrote: »

Especially a dealer that only seems to stock three different cars.

Very true! And I should have said Mazda 2 (not 3) as that is what was posted above.

OddballJamie

I'm wondering if this 'dealer' is more interested in selling finance than cars.

Seems odd to shortlist used cars based purely on a £4k limit.

£500 limit I completely understand but £4k is enough to be picky.

jase1

For all that (basic) 'Yotas are boring, I'd rather cut off my nads with a rusty blade than drive around in a bloody Coarser.

C4s seem very cheap, but they seem to be cheap for a reason -- build quality is suspect.

My advice would be to decide what size you want, then buy either a Ford, Skoda or Japanese in the chosen size. Model not especially important.

Would agree that, out of the three mentioned, the Avensis wins.

scheming_gypsy

OddballJamie wrote: »

Especially a dealer that only seems to stock three different cars.

to be fair, there is an s on the end of dealer, in the first post. 'they are all from dealers', so I'm guessing they're not from the same place.

AdrianC

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

to be fair, there is an s on the end of dealer, in the first post. 'they are all from dealers', so I'm guessing they're not from the same place.

Seems even stranger to have such an apparently random mix, then.

OddballJamie

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

to be fair, there is an s on the end of dealer, in the first post. 'they are all from dealers', so I'm guessing they're not from the same place.

I'm even more bewildered then. How have those there ended up on a shortlist together?

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forgotmyname wrote: »

One with at least one Mondeo

Funny you should say that, but I've just been looking at a 58 plate Mondeo Diesel.

It looks nice (haven't had a chance to look it over yet, as the dealership was closed), but it's priced at £5,000, which is my absolute top limit, including Insurance and VEL.

fivetide

Beware the engine!

The Mondeo diesel can have a lot of issues in certain guises.

I'd still go 1.8 Avensis over a diesel Mondeo. Will still get 40mpg but no DMF etc to worry about. Ok it will not win the traffic light GP but if you just want to get from A to B in comfort you won't go far wrong.