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mindthegap

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Saturday 1st December 2018

Hi,

I have a friend who is after a car which needs to be reliable, ok on a rough unmade road to her house and practical as she has one child. Lots of short journeys so probably petrol is better and at the moment thinking of SUV type cars. Budget is 7k

I'm thinking of things like Toyota RAV4, Honda Crv, Skoda yeti, Kia Sportage, Hyundai IX35.
Toyoota's and Honda's are still fairly old at that price range but are they reliable?

Anyone know what the 1.4 TSI is like in yeti's aged around 2012?

Any other ideas? Thanks

Nick-ST

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Sunday 2nd December 2018

Honda CRV's are nice cars. I would imagine pretty bombproof as well!

Personally I would steer clear of anything with the 1.4TSI VAG engine. I know they supposedly redesigned it around 2011 and it was meant to be far more reliable but it still drinks oil for fun and I would still have doubts over reliability. Pre 2011 engines were well known for being ropey at best!

ninjag

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There a black 2009 Honda CRV EX 2.0 petrol auto with 75k on the clock going for £6,994 on Autotrader. No tow bar and it's the top spec model with all the toys such as all windows being one touch, front and rear sensors, reversing camera, pano star gazing roof, heating seats, lovely leather seats that you sit in rather than on, dual climate control, excellent sound system, power folding mirrors, sliding rear seats, huge boot etc

This is the 3rd Gen which used a more capable hydraulic dual pump AWD system rather than the electronically controlled multiplate clutch in the 4th gen which is lightweight and won't allow as much torque to go to the back wheels (although a software update did improve this). It's not going to do serious off-road but I took mine down some pretty bad country lanes and never had a problem.

The MOT history is faultless (VRN: RV09 NFA) and it will double that mileage with ease if you keep it serviced with regular fluid changes. Chain cam, no timing belt to worry about. I gave mine to my parents (diesel CDTi version) and it still sails through each MOT and has over 120k miles, the petrol is even more bullet proof.

Edited by ninjag on Sunday 2nd December 12:42

mindthegap

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Thanks for taking the time to post that. It does look like a good one. Just remembered the Dacia Duster as well. You can get a 2013/4 for £7k, mostly the 1.5 diesel. Anyone had any experience with them? Seems to get good write ups

ZX10R NIN

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1Rb

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Seat Leon (13 onwards)? I've recently bought one as my first sprog has just turned up and the Scirocco wasn't cutting it.

Mqb chassis so quiet and comfortable, 7 spd dsg box makes driving a cinch, tech pack means you get sat nav Bluetooth and led lights.

Mines an FR with the perky 1.8 TSI.. 30k miles on a 13 plate for £8k. Just over budget but little out there can touch it for the money as a family hack.

aaron_2000

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I'd go for one of these

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Dolf Stoppard

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