Used big car choice-crazy selection

[smallzoo]

Please be kind , bear with me and dont throw me under the bus

We've been looking for nearly 2 months now to find a suitable car for our 3 dogs which has a low, spacious boot, is under £3500 and from what I can find out is going to be reliable. We did look at estates and although the boots were spacious they did not have enough height for big dogs for long journeys like other types

NB: Ok I know that any cheap older car could be inherently a money pit but maybe I've been lucky with my others. I will make sure they have a Long MOT, FSH etc

So this is the crazy choice so far

Dacia Logan MCV 1.5Dci
Honda CRV Mk2 Petrol or Diesel
Suzuki Grand Vitara Petrol or Diesel

Obviously we can get a much newer Logan for the price

Comments or suggestions..without too many insults lol. ?

[Jamescrs]

Why not look at some kind of MPV? maybe not as stylish as an SUV but far more space, the obvious thing to me would be a Vauxhall Zafira or maybe a Citroen Berlingo Multispace?

[smallzoo]

Thanks for that. I guess one of the reasons is when I have asked about the zafira or touran I was told an older model of these 2 will definitely cost me lots of money as they are not reliable with loads of miles on them

could be total tosh of course

[LeeM135i]

A not particularly big car but it does have an estate size boot is the Skoda Fabia Estate we had one and it was a comfortable reliable car, it was a 2011 or 2012 1.6tdi and we ran it for 5 years with no problems at all. I think Seat do an Ibiza in the mini estate size as well?

[Summit_Detailing]

For £3.5k the Berlingo Multispace was the first thing to come to mind.

[ZX10R NIN]

Ford Galaxy 2.3 Ghia:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202202052...

2.0i BiFuel

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202201271...

1.8d Zetec

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202111059...

Seat Alhambra

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202201281...

Chevrolet Orlando a stretched Zafira & a good pick if it's tall enough height wise.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202202032...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202202032...

[WelshRich]

Ford S Max

[georgeyboy12345]

Not this guy again. You have made around 9 threads so far on this supposed purchase - are you actually going to buy something at some point? If you had bought something in October when you made the first thread on this subject, I'm sure you'd have found something better than what's available now! Just have another read of one of the 9 other threads you made for some suggestions.

[smallzoo]

No need for that. My mum became poorly and sadly passed away so things all changed
Next time keep you opinion to yourself until you know the reasons why

Edited by smallzoo on Friday 11th February 14:02