Sub £5k daily commuter to replace Golf R

[firman]

Wouldn’t be a weekend without one of these threads would it.
So a reshuffle of the garage means the Golf R is leaving the fleet next week the finances are being redistributed accordingly leaving around £5k to find myself a daily.
Time is properly against me so here is the challenge

£5000ish budget
Needs to seat 4 and ideally have space for the dog
Cover between 60 and 100 miles daily without bankrupting me
Prefer petrol over diesel but guess I have to be open to both


I know how good you lot are at this so let’s see what you come up with

Thanks in advance

[ChocolateFrog]

Volvo V70 D5 is the standard answer.

[firman]

ChocolateFrog said:

Volvo V70 D5 is the standard answer.

What are the Geartronic boxes like?

[Mr Tidy]

At that sort of daily mileage I think I'd go for diesel.

Anything petrol that is vaguely economical probably isn't a great place to spend that much time every day!

I'd probably choose a BMW 330d, 530d or Mercedes C or E 320Cdi

[JackReacher]

Something with the VAG 1.4 ACT engine would probably be the best petrol option if you can get something for that budget. Easy 50+mpg with 150bhp, we had a Leon with it and took it up to 100k miles with no major problems.

[Wheel Turned Out]

Mk 4 Mondeo. The 2.0 diesel will go for miles, bags of space, very comfortable. Ideal "do everything" car.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208118...

[Demented]

How about a Skoda Octavia vRS (mk2)?

Hatch version:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209079...
Or estate:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275431736933?mkcid=16&a...

Or if you don't mind a bigger car, a Superb is well... superb (IMO)
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209079...

Loads of kit, comfy and average 45mpg over a mix of motorway/town easy enough.

Diesel is probably better if you're doing 60+ miles a day even with the current price difference, however the petrol's aren't half bad MPG wise to be honest, and you wouldn't have to worry about the DPF.

[ZX10R NIN]

firman said:

Wouldn’t be a weekend without one of these threads would it.
So a reshuffle of the garage means the Golf R is leaving the fleet next week the finances are being redistributed accordingly leaving around £5k to find myself a daily.
Time is properly against me so here is the challenge

£5000ish budget
Needs to seat 4 and ideally have space for the dog
Cover between 60 and 100 miles daily without bankrupting me
Prefer petrol over diesel but guess I have to be open to both


I know how good you lot are at this so let’s see what you come up with

Thanks in advance

Can the dog go on the back seat? If so here are some cracking coupe mile munchers.

RCZ GT:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209109...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202207047...

CLK320cdi Sport:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209059...

Avantgarde:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208279...

220 Sport:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209079...

The CLC200 may hit your brief better than the above as it's a hatchback:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208178...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206257...

Alfa Giulietta Veloce Petrol 170:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208028...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208078...

Diesel 170:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202207147...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202208198...