10k budget - family/work car

What about an EV? Take advantage of the depreciation, 2021 VW ID.3's with <50kmiles for a shade over £10k..

Crazy low running costs (If you can charge at home), we had one for 2 years with 2 large kids, but squeezed everything in for holidays, including the Dog!.. It's very plus size inside for its external size, like a mini tardis.

Even base spec has adaptive cruise and full climate etc..

They come with an 8 year / 100,000 mile warranty on the battery, but its already proving to be excellent in terms of battery degradation..

I know some hate EVs but when you just plug it in every few days at home whilst you are sleeping and it costs <2p/mile it's quite compelling..

The Kia eNiro is larger, more boot, and more practical, but that are around £12k for a 2022 model (will have 4 years manufacturers warranty left)..

£16K gets you 2021 Hyundai IONIQ 5 or VW ID.4's.. both 'family' sized..
 
One of the Toyota/Lexus hybrids with a CVT. Any of them. They actually know how to make a car which drives nicely AND lasts.
 
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marcus_667 said:
ive just gone from a leon mk3 tdi for a daily to a superb 280 4x4 cost me 13k with 63k on clock absolute awesome barge comfy soaks up everything not too unreasonable to run either
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I'm looking at going from a Fabia estate to a Superb Estate - is the interior as big as it looks in photos? The Fabia is amazing but it has two issues:
- The kids feet get crushed when I drive
- Holidays and trips mean the car is rammed

The last time we went away, I had to drive with my legs in a Y because I had to have the seat forward...
 
MatteRB26 said:
I'm looking at going from a Fabia estate to a Superb Estate - is the interior as big as it looks in photos? The Fabia is amazing but it has two issues:
- The kids feet get crushed when I drive
- Holidays and trips mean the car is rammed

The last time we went away, I had to drive with my legs in a Y because I had to have the seat forward...
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im 6ft 2 and i can sit behind my driver seat setup for me , had 3 adults in back no complaints on comfort , nearly a month into ownership and not regretting it at all. i went for the "liftback" instead of estate i felt it was too hearse like for myself.

go look at one, you will appreciate all the little things skoda have done with it
 
I'd try and find the best Skoda Superb Estate you can for your budget. The challenge will be finding a petrol as at this budget we were in peak 'buy a diesel' territory.
 
marcus_667 said:
im 6ft 2 and i can sit behind my driver seat setup for me , had 3 adults in back no complaints on comfort , nearly a month into ownership and not regretting it at all. i went for the "liftback" instead of estate i felt it was too hearse like for myself.

go look at one, you will appreciate all the little things skoda have done with it
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Didn't get to it this weekend sadly, but there's a few around us - mostly around 20-30 miles. I've been watching reviews and such and there's a lot of praise for the spacious interior.
Conanius said:
I'd try and find the best Skoda Superb Estate you can for your budget. The challenge will be finding a petrol as at this budget we were in peak 'buy a diesel' territory.
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This is possibly going to be our trouble. There's tonnes of diesels but a lack of petrol/ petrol hybrids that aren't well above the 13k price range. We could maybe get away with a modern diesel, but I'd worry that we don't do frequent longer trips yet.
 
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Didn't get to it this weekend sadly, but there's a few around us - mostly around 20-30 miles. I've been watching reviews and such and there's a lot of praise for the spacious interior.

This is possibly going to be our trouble. There's tonnes of diesels but a lack of petrol/ petrol hybrids that aren't well above the 13k price range. We could maybe get away with a modern diesel, but I'd worry that we don't do frequent longer trips yet.
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there is a load of the 2.0 190 TSI this would be the one you would want as its the budak cycle engine the one i test drove did 44mpg vs mine i have doing 25's (mine will be 400 bhp in a few weeks) , FYI i drove to southampton for my car as it was the spec i want , you will find some of them are oddly specced some miss front parking sensors or other silly things . Dont discount the liftback as estates do come in at a bit of a premium, and coming from a fabia it will be massive regardless

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Thanks everyone.

So it seems avoiding diesel may be more problematic than I had first anticipated in this budget. Therefore diesel is back in, which opens up many more cars......

So good diesel engine list that I can see so far:
VAG 2.0tdi 170
Honda 2.2dtci


How about these?
Volvo D5?
Ford 2.0tdci?
Ford 2.2tdci?

How do Volvo stack up reliability wise? Assume part costs are similar to audi/BMW?

looking at V70 and xc70 with D5 engine
Reviews seem positive etc, high mileage cars about etc. it's not entirely what I need but have become fixated on a 2014 xc70 D5 auto with 90k on the clock at the top end of budget.....looks exceptionally comfortable, practical and safe for a family car. Watched plenty of reviews on yt.

Id still prefer a petrol version of something, but I'm becoming a little overwhelmed with all of the options, most cars seem vastly overpriced with inflated prices and it's getting a little tedious.
 
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BAcon said:
Thanks everyone.

So it seems avoiding diesel may be more problematic than I had first anticipated in this budget. Therefore diesel is back in, which opens up many more cars......

So good diesel engine list that I can see so far:
VAG 2.0tdi 170
Honda 2.2dtci


How about these?
Volvo D5?
Ford 2.0tdci?
Ford 2.2tdci?

How do Volvo stack up reliability wise? Assume part costs are similar to audi/BMW?

looking at V70 and xc70 with D5 engine
Reviews seem positive etc, high mileage cars about etc. it's not entirely what I need but have become fixated on a 2014 xc70 D5 auto with 90k on the clock at the top end of budget.....looks exceptionally comfortable, practical and safe for a family car. Watched plenty of reviews on yt.

Id still prefer a petrol version of something, but I'm becoming a little overwhelmed with all of the options, most cars seem vastly overpriced with inflated prices and it's getting a little tedious.
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I've got a 2012 xc70. On the one hand it's just needed pads, disks and the occasional suspension part or tracking rods here and there, which tbh with the state of the roads here (we're rural) wasn't unexpected, I really can't complain.

On the other hand, volvo don't seem to glue the windscreen all the way round anymore. On our car the whole top side never had any sealant, it was just pressed against the rubber so when that got to around 10 years we randomly got water running into the car. A lot of water. Took ages faffing with sunroof and drains, in the end it was obvious and you could tell it wasn't sealed from a wiggle. You could just slide a sheet of printer paper through it and seems that is a common cost cutting measure.

I took it to a guy who does windscreen stuff and the price to replace with a new screen of equivalent spec was less than trying to undo the 3 sides neatly to put it back on and potentially crack it in the process so I just stuck a new screen on for about £250.
 
Both Ford 2.0 and 2.2 TDCi engines are very reliable. My 59 plate Mondeo has the 2.0 which has crossed 132k miles. They are not Ford engines, they are from the PSA group (Peugeot, Citroën etc). Can't go wrong with them.
 
Yep the PSA diesels seem to be pretty strong. Like the Ford ecoboosts, it's their wet belted petrols (puretech) you need to avoid. Their newer diesels do suffer from problems with the adblue system, but you can just have it mapped out if it breaks.
 
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