Old Audi Q7 or a (relatively) new Kia Sorento?

JackeeBoy

More a thread out of curiosity. My wife and I are looking to try for another child this year. What is likely to happen is we are going to try and get by with the Ford Fiesta. For 99.99% of our time last year, it gave us adequate space using the front seat as a boot with the wife and child in the back and pram in the boot. With two children it is going to be a little more challenging and a bigger car would be so much easier as we can load up the boot with both the pram and shopping and still have space to carry a friend.

Looking at autotrader, I noticed you can get a 10 year old Audi Q7 for around £7,000. My plan when it came to buying a bigger car was to get the Sorento simply because it has a 7 year warranty, even second hand, but that would cost closer to £28,000. However, buying a car with 100k on the clock get be a bit risky. Is there a way to somewhat safely buy a high mileage car?

forgotmyname

Safely dont buy something thats run to within an inch of its max service limits.

Buy something you can afford to rerpair, warranties wont cover everything. Plenty of large bills that wont be covered by a warranty.

2 kids, 2 adults and 5 seats? Where is the issue with the current car?

AndyMc.....

JackeeBoy wrote: »

More a thread out of curiosity. My wife and I are looking to try for another child this year. What is likely to happen is we are going to try and get by with the Ford Fiesta. For 99.99% of our time last year, it gave us adequate space using the front seat as a boot with the wife and child in the back and pram in the boot. With two children it is going to be a little more challenging and a bigger car would be so much easier as we can load up the boot with both the pram and shopping and still have space to carry a friend.

Looking at autotrader, I noticed you can get a 10 year old Audi Q7 for around £7,000. My plan when it came to buying a bigger car was to get the Sorento simply because it has a 7 year warranty, even second hand, but that would cost closer to £28,000. However, buying a car with 100k on the clock get be a bit risky. Is there a way to somewhat safely buy a high mileage car?

As long as you remember it's a £55k car and as it's 10 years old expect some big bills.

macman

Why do you need a huge vehicle like a Q7 with just 2 small kids? I shudder to think what you'll need to upgrade to should you try for a third child!
Wouldn't a standard 5 door hatchback or SUV (Nissan Qashqai kind of size) be perfectly adequate for your needs?

JackeeBoy

macman wrote: »

Why do you need a huge vehicle like a Q7 with just 2 small kids? I shudder to think what you'll need to upgrade to should you try for a third child!
Wouldn't a standard 5 door hatchback or SUV (Nissan Qashqai kind of size) be perfectly adequate for your needs?

Future proofing was the main thing about wanting the Sorento. It's not that much bigger than the car below it bu has the extra seats for the odd occasion I need to carry more than 5. Always had it in my head that if I am going to buy a car that big, I would get a car that can carry more people that my Fiesta.

System

£7000 would get you a damned decent Ford Focus, Ford Mondeo, B/C-Max, Vauxhall Insignia, Zafira or any number decent fairly low mileage cheap to run well looked after cars from a raft of manufacturers without having to resort to a 10 year old 100,000 mile car from a premium marque with costly maintenance and parts.

edde

Don't buy a q7 and think it's cheap to run tyres alone are expensive and they go through them quick enough.

Buy a high milage car with eyes wide open, idealy a young one which has done low load motorway etc miles ie no towing. Often high milage means not as likely to be clocked vs a one careful owner never took it anywhere 30k 5 yr old model people love.

Your two cars re very different 7k vs 28 10 yr old vs new.

What about a 15k 4yr old sportage so 3 yrs warenty still or a one yr old people carrier.?

DoaM

edde wrote: »

Buy a high milage car eats wide open,

Translation please?

edde

DoaM wrote: »

Translation please?

With eyes wide open.

AndyMc.....

JackeeBoy wrote: »

Future proofing was the main thing about wanting the Sorento. It's not that much bigger than the car below it bu has the extra seats for the odd occasion I need to carry more than 5. Always had it in my head that if I am going to buy a car that big, I would get a car that can carry more people that my Fiesta.

So you need one with more than five seats.

parking_question_chap

The Q7 is a lot of car for the money.

But if when carrying out a service your garage phones you and says it advises replacing X part at a cost of £500 would that be a problem?

If yes, cross the Q7 off your list right now.

100k miles isnt a problem as long as its been looked after, and you can continue doing the same.