3k station car
Discussion
I received a lot of help in my last thread here
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=16...
I love my R8 but don't enjoy leaving it at the station or carrying things to the dump in it. My wife had a great idea to stop me using her car which is to buy another shed type thing to park at the station.
I was thinking Golf, MK4 or 5, but one series are also quite cheap and I have heard that golfs can be unreliable.
I would love suggestions. My requirements are:
- Mpg above 40, above 50 ideal
- seats two adults and two children including isofix rear facing child seats etc
- can carry an 8 to 10 foot Xmas tree (foldable back seats, roof rack, etc)
- circa 3k, if it is 4K that is also ok, but don't want to spend 7k etc
- absolutely bullet proof. I would hate to spend money fixing turbos or rust or stuff on a car like this. I have a high maintenance mistress ;-)
Thanks for the help
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=16...
I love my R8 but don't enjoy leaving it at the station or carrying things to the dump in it. My wife had a great idea to stop me using her car which is to buy another shed type thing to park at the station.
I was thinking Golf, MK4 or 5, but one series are also quite cheap and I have heard that golfs can be unreliable.
I would love suggestions. My requirements are:
- Mpg above 40, above 50 ideal
- seats two adults and two children including isofix rear facing child seats etc
- can carry an 8 to 10 foot Xmas tree (foldable back seats, roof rack, etc)
- circa 3k, if it is 4K that is also ok, but don't want to spend 7k etc
- absolutely bullet proof. I would hate to spend money fixing turbos or rust or stuff on a car like this. I have a high maintenance mistress ;-)
Thanks for the help
For a practical station car you'd be hard pressed to beat a Ford Focus or if you want to go for something a bit more spacious the Mondeo would be the next option.
2006 Ford Focus Titanium 64k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
2008 Titanium 83k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
Or another good option is the Mazda3
2009 Mazda3 Sport 50k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
2007 Mazda3 Sport 66k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
Next size up:
2004 Mondeo ST220 80k FSH these are underrated & well worth consideration.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
2008 Titanium X 2.5T 90k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
2009 Mazda6 Tamura 74k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
2006 Ford Focus Titanium 64k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
2008 Titanium 83k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
Or another good option is the Mazda3
2009 Mazda3 Sport 50k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
2007 Mazda3 Sport 66k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
Next size up:
2004 Mondeo ST220 80k FSH these are underrated & well worth consideration.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
2008 Titanium X 2.5T 90k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...
2009 Mazda6 Tamura 74k
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
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