Need a new car. What shall we buy?

1jim

have you thought about the citroen picasso? 0% finance and you can pick these up for around £10,000 brane new via one of the on line brokers

joshtbh

Hi,I would definately recommend a Honda civic, they have masses of room yet don't look like a people carrier style car. I have an 01 black civic with low mileage that i paid 3700 from a dealer, never had any problems with it.

My_Fathers_Daughter

I have a new style civic and I love it. The boot is massive, it is the nippiest car I have ever driven and I love the looks!

Additionally, the back seats are bench style and fold up so you can get bikes in behind the front seats (or anything else I suppose!!) great idea but not so great if you have bikes AND kids :rolleyes:

The view out of the rearview mirror is not the best with the spoiler across the back window - but having said that you very quickly get used to that - the wing mirrors are large and seem to compensate somehow.

fonzy8

People have been saying about the Skoda Fabia in previous posts. Good car - one of my friends has got one (diesel though) and it's great and very nippy so he says.

Don't quote me on this (as I can't remember where I read it), but apparently Volkswagen bought/merged with Skoda and have basically combined Skodas reliability with Volkswagen build quality - hence Skoda's are now more expensive than they were a few years ago but the quality is a lot higher than it used to be.

For instance, to reduce manufacturing costs in the merger, the car body fabrications are the same. As I recall it's something like :
VW Passat = Skoda Octavia with different engine/interior
VW Golf = Skoda Fabia with different engine/interior

I was seriously considering an Octavia a few years ago because Volkswagen had started to add their quality to them!

dazed

Kez100 wrote: »

We have a large family car which is on it's last legs and we need to change. We already have a second vehicle which is big enough for family holidays, big shops, etc so are looking for a run around. We've not been in this market for years so can anyone who has a car they would recommend that fits in the catagories below tell me what you have.....

Cheap-ish road tax
Good mpg
Petrol
Can seat four (and squeeze in a fifth occasionally for short journeys)
Has a boot that isn't absolutely tiny.
Not sluggish pulling away at junctions
Possible to add roof bars too


Think thats all

Cheers

How much is budget and why petrol?

You get cheaper Tax with a clean diesel and more MPG.


Any none like makes?

joshtbh

go for a Japanese car, best reliability.

Nissan Micra, Honda Civic, any Toyota etc.

matmcgregor

new Honda civic's are pretty crap,

no back windscreen wiper whats that all about??????!!!

Can't go wrong with the japanese reliabilty though, esp Mazda

joshtbh

not tried the very new ones, but I have a 01-05 version and its an absolutely superb car.

matmcgregor

oh yeah there are a superb old model

horsechestnut

I am on my third Volkswagen Polo. All bought from new. They are very solid. Good on fuel etc. Very reliable.

If you can go up a bit in price, then the Golf. My daughter had one and put 180,000 miles on it!

The Dealers are always doing offers and of course you can haggle on the price if there isn't an offer.