Need a new car. What shall we buy?

tomstickland

Why don't you use the other car? Running one vehicle is probably cheaper than owning two.

Kez100

Our other car is an 8 seater (with camper lift roof) and does 25 to the gallon (turbo diesel). Presently it's not depreciating or, if it is, it is very low as they are in great demand down here and quality imports are not plentiful - obviously the more use it gets it will become tattier and higher mileage. It also costs a lot per mile to run. However, it's a fantastic vehicle for camping, holidays, when the family stay, large shops and as a second vehicle if the first is out. It will cost to have a second vehicle but if we buy a very economic one probably not much more and the convenience of two cars cannot be forgotton.

I am thinking we may compromise a bit. We quite like the Aygo - a car I have never seen before. We would have to use our larger vehicle when we need five+ seats but that's not that often and the boot will be only for daily use as it's tiny. This choice will mean more use of the second vehicle tha I anticipated but it also comes in with up to 68 mpg fuel consumption and a mate who recommended it gets 63 mpg on mixed use and the very low RFL of about £40. Quite a saving over most of the small cars we have test driven - Jazz, Mazda 2, Yaris (so far) which come in at a tad below 50 mpg and RFL £115.

Decisions, decisions......

quickstepqueen

harz99 wrote: »

A tip, if you live outside of an area that uses London style taxi's, is to look at what cars the Taxi (not mini cab) drivers are using and be guide by which model dominates.

Good thought harz99....in our area there do seem to be more and more Skoda Octavias appearing as taxis. (And the Brighton skoda dealership told us that they sell ALOT to the taxi industry (1.9tdi's in particular) because of there reliability etc. My OH wouldn't swap his OCtavia for anything now (well an Aston Martin if he won the lotto! LOL)