My brother has/had/has a Hyundai IX35 - on a 14 Plate.
All was well to be fair, until he thought the clutch had gone. He's had a Hyundai main dealer take a look at it and they have said it'll need clutch.....and a new gearbox, been quoted in the region of £3k for the repair.
He has said he will go an get additional quotes - but conscious he needs a car for work and for holidays. He's supposed to be going to Cornwall on Monday, I've said he shouldn't be rushing car purchases!
It's him and his wife, two kids (6yr old and a 1yr old). So there is always a fair amount of stuff whenever they are travelling and especially so if they are staying away from home.
I don't think he's particularly fussed SUV or Estate - I think he lived the idea of small SUV last time, but realised that maybe it wasn't offering particularly mush more capacity to carry.
So I'm thinking of pushing him towards estate where he should get more for his money.
He's thinking he either spends £9k - £10k on something or pushes the budget to £13k - £14k and gets something newer, nicer and hopefully last that little longer.
Any recommendations from the far more knowledgeable. I genuinely don't know what to recommend to him. Me, I'm a Skoda fan - on my third Octy vRS in a row. I know all about them - but outside of that, not really sure what is nice to drive, reliable etc.
Currently trying to put him off going out and about tomorrow looking (I cannot get the time off work to keep an eye on him). But the least I can do is throw him some suggestions.
All was well to be fair, until he thought the clutch had gone. He's had a Hyundai main dealer take a look at it and they have said it'll need clutch.....and a new gearbox, been quoted in the region of £3k for the repair.
He has said he will go an get additional quotes - but conscious he needs a car for work and for holidays. He's supposed to be going to Cornwall on Monday, I've said he shouldn't be rushing car purchases!
It's him and his wife, two kids (6yr old and a 1yr old). So there is always a fair amount of stuff whenever they are travelling and especially so if they are staying away from home.
I don't think he's particularly fussed SUV or Estate - I think he lived the idea of small SUV last time, but realised that maybe it wasn't offering particularly mush more capacity to carry.
So I'm thinking of pushing him towards estate where he should get more for his money.
He's thinking he either spends £9k - £10k on something or pushes the budget to £13k - £14k and gets something newer, nicer and hopefully last that little longer.
Any recommendations from the far more knowledgeable. I genuinely don't know what to recommend to him. Me, I'm a Skoda fan - on my third Octy vRS in a row. I know all about them - but outside of that, not really sure what is nice to drive, reliable etc.
Currently trying to put him off going out and about tomorrow looking (I cannot get the time off work to keep an eye on him). But the least I can do is throw him some suggestions.
