Boring car for Parents in law

[anonymous-user]

I'm looking to help my parents in law buy a new car as they ferry my kids around a lot and i don't like them going in the knackered car they currently have.

It needs to be Civic/Focus sized, with 5 doors and needs to be diesel (as he drives circa 25,000 miles/year).
Budget is very, very tight as they don't have much money. It doesn't need any bells and whistles.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

[Sir Bagalot]

Can't go much wrong with a Diesel Focus

[mike9009]

How tight is the tight budget?

Our Nissan Note has been pretty good over the last few years. Returns 64mpg, £30 road tax. The sliding back seat is useful dependent on what you are ferrying round. (kids/ adults/ tip run or both) I know toys are not a priority but the Tekna specification is pretty good. Had no reliability problems with it either.....

It is boring though .... so fits with your thread title....

Mike

[Munter]

I'd say a Toyota Corolla/Auris/Avensis with the 2.0 diesel engine. Definitely not the 2.2 made of chocolate though.

[anonymous-user]

mike9009 said:

How tight is the tight budget?

We are thinking of buying it for them and then them paying us back, with us probably subsidising it a bit. Basically, I want to do it as cheap as possible, but at the same time it needs to be something decent.

The Hyundai's with 5 year unlimited mileage warranties look good, anyone got any experience?

[PositronicRay]

My wifes just purchased a new 1.2 5 door active i20, seats 4 okay. Very impressed so far cost just over £8k sfter discount. It does 40mpg short runs around town and close to 50 on a run. Fairly comfortable on a recent 300 mile run and drives well on the motorway. We wanted petrol anyway but not sure how good the diesels are.
A pal has an i30 seems a spacious thing.

[anonymous-user]

PositronicRay said:

My wifes just purchased a new 1.2 5 door active i20, seats 4 okay. Very impressed so far cost just over £8k sfter discount. It does 40mpg short runs around town and close to 50 on a run. Fairly comfortable on a recent 300 mile run and drives well on the motorway. We wanted petrol anyway but not sure how good the diesels are.
A pal has an i30 seems a spacious thing.

Thanks, that's what I've just been looking at. Looks like a smart purchase, with basically 5 years of fixed cost motoring.