New Driver needs MPV!

GwylimT

What about the Honda fr-v? It has six full sized seats.

fred246

I have had a VW Galaxy for the last 11 years and it's been the most fantastic family car you could ever imagine. Bought mainly for the kids. Each have their own individual seat with a picnic table and DVD screen in front of them. Inverter for Xbox. Anything from a 2 seater transit van to a full adult seven seats. Been on family holidays with grandparents using a roofbox. Transported all sorts of furniture. Loads of seating arrangements to stop you getting bored. Travelled all over Europe in massive luxury. Nice big front seats with armrests. Climate and cruise control. All our friends have posh BMW/Mercedes and the kids always jump out of the car and tell their parents they want a car like ours.

turbadiesel

Would you be interested in a low milage toyota corolla verso, they come with an auto box 1.8 petrol vvti, if you need 7 seats they have it and japanese reliability. One with low millage and toyota full service history? there are some on auto trader that look good value! Just a bit different to the normal zafira/picasso/scenic mpv

Or vw touran 2.0tdi with a dsg gearbox?

Bewar3them00n

I quite like the looks of the Honda FR-V, not sure about the 3 seats at the front arrangement, driver distraction comes to mind ( wife and mother in law! On a long journey...hmmmm)

bigjl

motorguy wrote: »

Like Bigjl, i have never come across it.

I used to sell cars and we bought a load of trade ins from a local Vauxhall dealer. Never had any issues with cambelt / pump failure

Now i know its a risk though, its just another reason why i'd never buy one.

Annoyingly the 1.9 CDTi is actually a nice engine. Smooth, flexible just a reliability nightmare.

Buy a 150cdti and remove the DPF and get it remapped for 200bhp, pity removing a DPF now is against Construction and Use.

Tigerprint

I would suggest the Seat Alhambra.

I would steer clear of auto anything...

bigjl

Tigerprint wrote: »

I would suggest the Seat Alhambra.

I would steer clear of auto anything...

What what is wrong with Autos?

Aside from using more fuel and being nicer to drive that is?

I don't consider an automated manual to be an Auto though. I would steer clear of an automated single clutch manual unless I had no choice.

Bewar3them00n

There's now another factor to think about, my wife was asking about leasing, or even buying a new car, she likes the idea of our first car, being a new one!
I did tell her new cars lose their value quickly, and that getting one a couple years old might be a better option if she wants a "new" looking car

gilbert_and_sullivan

PCP, leasing or whatever seems to be a very common way for people (who arn't mechanically minded so reliant on garages for everything) to have cars now.

It has its good points, you know the fixed costs straight off, then add in the real costs of servicing and consumable parts and fuel/tax/insurance, and at the end of the probably 3 year 'rental', either pay off the balloon and buy it or simply hand it back...but we aware you will get charged for negligence such as missed services, excess mileage and any damage.

However be warned, and there is a current thread running on this very forum that highlights this exactly, be sure that your car use is suitable to keep a modern Diesel happy, get this wrong and it won't be warranty work necessarily especially if the DPF spits its dummy out regularly.

To be fair, PSA group Diesels don't seem to suffer DPF blocking problems in quite the same way as others, whether that is a result of their use of EOLYS fluid to help keep the DPF clean i do not know.

If you still want to buy a 2 year old car, then remember that most european makes will only have a max of one years warranty remaining, whilst some Japanese or Korean makers will still have between 2+ and 4+ years...always providing the previous owner has had the car serviced in accordance, and that you continue with this regime.

Bewar3them00n

Decided against leasing, going for a 1-2 year old car, I was almost set on a 2015 Citreon C4 Picasso ( diesel 2.0 exclusive) for around £15k . But having people warn me off French cars, and checking out the reliability of the C4 Picasso, on the reliability index, and other places, it looks like I'm heavily leaning towards a Ford C Max now, as being a new driver, reliability, parts etc is important.
I just need to find which model to go for, and if there is a decent automatic in this car?