You've got £7-8k for a motor

[Gutmackem]

2011
BMW 330d
£6,400 and it's yours, let me know

 

[Mary Hinge]

Chrysler, possibly the worst cars on the planet.

Bollocks.....had the forst one for 6 years, took us all owa Europe

 

[Goat Eyes]

Bollocks.....had the forst one for 6 years, took us all owa Europe

Shite Mary. Absolute crocks of shite. You must’ve got a good one.

 

[ToneSAFC73]

Shite Mary. Absolute crocks of shite. You must’ve got a good one.

You might have had a bad one

 

[Mary Hinge]

Shite Mary. Absolute crocks of shite. You must’ve got a good one.

Great Cars ye Donkey

 

[Goat Eyes]

You might have had a bad one

Never owned one. Would steer well clear personally.

 

[SPUFF]

On my experience a dodge journey or chevvy captiva, both were brilliant for the cash.

 

[TheWanderer]

As long as its got plenty of room for our summer Dads And Lads/Lasses camping trips to Stonethwaite, I couldn't give a fuck what you get.

There’ll be room for your cans, don’t worry about that!

 

[Hugh Gains]

What’s the budget for the rest of the car

 

[madone]

...now that I'm working from home I dont need a car to do 30 mile round trip to work each day, its just to cart the family round on a weekend and the occasional UK holidays

Looking for MPV or estate, needs to have space for a wife and 3 kids, two in child seats and plenty of boot space, big enough for a dog cage. 7 seats would be an advantage.

Decent MPG, cheap to run and reliable.

What should I be looking at? Vaxuhall Zafira, Ford Grand C-Max, Peugeot 5008, Citreon C4 Grand Picasso, Mazda 5 all coming up in searches, all around 2011-2013.

Think you need a transit

 

[jarramackem]

Porsche 911 and 4 POP cards

 

[houghton cut head]

I picked up a 7 year old Lexus RX400h for £5,800, still had a years Lexus warranty, FSH, excellent condition and it’s been great.

Loads of space, comfy and quite a few have the tv screens in the headrests to keep the jam eaters happy. Only gets 30mpg, but is a £40K car on the cheap. A bit left field, but a good one

 

[DaveH]

I did some research a year or so ago. The two skodas, Octavia and Superb have the biggest boots of estates, and the best cost per litre of capacity. For another couple of thousand, a Galaxy is massive. I got one of those in the end and loved it.

Being a nerdy type, I made a spreadsheet of size v cost. PM me if you want a copy. I didn’t include French cars

 

[marley's ghost]

Renault Grand Scenic. Loads of bang for your bucks.

Agree. Had one myself and you should get a fairly recent one for that £.

 

[the boot]

And spend >£1k keeping it on the road every year

This. After spending the £1k putting right what is wrong with it the second you buy it.