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What car for £7,000
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 11:01 am
by Ben
Hello all, a friend of mine is looking to buy a car. He has a couple of young kids, lives in Bristol and it'll do mainly short journeys, the odd run into London. His budget is £7,000. What would you go for?
Re: What car for £7,000
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 11:33 am
by Couchy
Look at whatever petrol engined Toyota or Honda fits the budget, that's it.
Re: What car for £7,000
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 6:32 pm
by mangocrazy
Couchy wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 11:33 am
Look at whatever petrol engined Toyota or Honda fits the budget, that's it.
Agreed, modern diesels really don't like short journeys. Premature DPF failure awaits with that kind of usage. I'dd add Mazda to that list.
Re: What car for £7,000
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:33 pm
by DPG
What Couchy said. Go Japanese. Even the Suzukis are realible. Maybe even an older Subaru if you can find a standard one. The estates are bloody brilliant.
Re: What car for £7,000
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 11:25 pm
by BikerGran
Honda CR-V. I was going to get one of these and my research included nabbing drivers of them at petrol stations and shop car parks and asking them what they thought about it. Without exception, they said "Best car I've ever had! "
Only reason I didn't follow through was I went to the darkside and got a VW campervan.
Re: What car for £7,000
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 5:39 pm
by Stig
My classic mini, perfect for Bristol