Recommended me a family bus £10kish

Recommended me a family bus £10kish

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Monday 25th May 2015
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Wife has a Zafira - she's half sworn by the brand after years ago walking away relatively unscathed from a nasty crash which involved travelling some distance on the roof (in an Astra)! Today however, I drove home from the south coast to Buckinghamshire and it's a frightful thing! It's an 09, so about time we looked at a replacement. It's a 1.6 'Design' version but at motorway speed I kept checking I wasn't in 3rd.

Think the wife has resigned herself to looking beyond the 'safety' (in her world) of the Vauxhalls. Budget around 10k, but I would consider buying new for a belting deal.

Car needs to take our family (2 kids, dog, tons of clutter) plus occasionally seat 6 (don't think 6 rather than 7 is a deal breaker) as wife and her friends share lifts to kids clubs etc. Not many long journeys, but ideally something quite capable when needed (not performance, just a pleasant drive).

Like the look of the Mazda 5 MPV but has bad reviews (not too bad on PH itself). The Citroens seem to do better on the reviews.

Need to be a good few years newer than 09 if we're replacing. Petrol, manual and that's about it.

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Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Popped in to see the Citroën today as working near a branch. I'm probably old fashioned but the guy couldn't have been less interested so for now it's crossed off the list. Liking the look of the mazda,will ask the wife for her thoughts.