Safe reliable family car for £5000?

wba31

Honda Civic.

2005 - 2012 model has room for 5 adults. Massive boot. Reliable. not sure about petrol engines though, i have a 2.2 diesel which you're not really doing the miles for... but something like this http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201402031514597/sort/pricedesc/usedcars/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/make/honda/quantity-of-doors/5/fuel-type/petrol/price-to/5000/radius/40/postcode/ws41nn/page/1/model/civic?logcode=p
why not save some £££ and look for a 54/05 model. 5 door has room for 5 adults, decent sized boot, they did a 1.6 petrol engine in it. Super reliable.
but something like this (most expensive one i found in the brief search i did...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201403032219256/sort/pricedesc/usedcars/page/2/model/civic/postcode/ws41nn/radius/40/price-to/5000/fuel-type/petrol/quantity-of-doors/5/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/make/honda?logcode=p

Tiddlywinks

Foxy-Stoat wrote: »

What cars aren't safe these days anyway?

Look at the NCAP website... There's a big difference between a 3 star and a 5 star rating... I know which one I'd rather choose for my family.

WestonDave

If you want 5 doors, cheap, reliable and not necessarily size, at a push a Honda Jazz might do the job. I picked up an 08 plate a year ago (admittedly the base model) for around your budget - it has 5 doors and the way the back seats fold would give you flexibility if you had to transport stuff! We've taken ours around with 2 kids in the back and a bike or a load of shopping in the boot. Its not a "family" car as such but before you rule it out have a look and see if it would suit as its about the same size as your polo.