Spec me an estate or mpv please

Juggy1985

Juggy1985

Juggy1985

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Hey all, im after a biggish car for my family. I've got a lexus is220d which is far too small and becoming annoying on holidays not fitting things in.

Im after preferably a petrol estate or mpv. We do a maximum of 10k a year, it will be our only car. Willing to go upto 10k. Low miles (40k and below). It will be doing a daily 10mile round trip for the missus work. Nothing french or vauxhall please.

Things i have in mind are honda accord estate, c max, s max, mondeo/focus estate.

Any others worth a look? Im well out the loop of decent cars so im at your mercy.
 
Ahh, good shouts on the skoda and volvo.

I want space, reasonable to run, abit of power and no tractor engine. Been in diesels for 10 years, i want a change.
 
Has anyone used or know of anyone to use available car? Im struggling like mad to find a petrol titanium c max. Sandicliff dont have 1 and evans halshaw have 3 but want £200 to bring one 80mile to Leicester! If i buy the £200 will be deducted off the price but if not i wont get it back.

Available car have 3, 1 of which has done less than 5000 mile and its only 15 mile for me.
 
Tried a c max and found it abit small for how big the car is outside. I'm defo leaning towards a qashqai. Trying a 1.6 petrol after work, though from the internet its underpowered. I did actually start and sit in a 1.5 dci and was amazed at how quiet it was and no wobbling of gear nobs on idle!

I was set on a petrol but i'm going to try both just to make sure. I actually like the qashqai+2 quite a lot, all that room will be much appreciated!

I'm not in a rush though, i dont mind if i dont find anything in the next few months to be honest. I want to try a few.

So only a c max and more than likely s max as not sure on looks ticked off the list so far. I was adamant on not getting a vauxhall as i and a few i know have just had endless trouble with them but a lad at work has an astra gtc and the quality has come up in leaps and bounds inside, and they must have faith in the mechanical side as they do a crazy long warranty (100,000 mile i think).

Anyway, qashqais tomorrow then maybe volvos.
 
I said i've already put money down for a grand c max folks. Cheers for the help.

The qashqai +2 in 1.6na petrol is dire, the poor engine was not made for a 1 1/2 car!

I'll put pictures up when i get it.
 
rodenal said:
No sorry, they feel absolutely massive and ungainly despite just being quite tall - they wallow everywhere, the (diesel at least) gear ratios are judged terribly, they are particularly unrefined, brakes are terrible, steering is terible and the wheel has a horrid covering, seats are terrible.

It gets tiring reading everything from Ford is great when having driven them myself I really can't agree. They are a car for people who have totally given up in life.

I do think the S Max is pretty rotten to drive, but at least it is better than most of its size and that's more a case of reality vs what you read about them- these are just rotten.

Have you actually driven one?

Edit - OP apologies this wasn't really meant to be a rant about how bad your new choice of car is. If all you want is some sort of transport(which it sounds like is the case) I'm sure it will be fine.

I'll counter the above with - the sliding door is quite good
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I take everything you said with a pinch of salt to be fair. I have actually drove it and not just talked/looked/heard about it. The gearbox is extremely light and smooth, and the ratios were spot on. The steering was nice as it was light but didn't feel vacant. Road noise was better than my Lexus IS220d SE (probably due to it not having a tractor engine). It felt rather small to drive in my opinion, I did not have to adjust my driving style from driving the Lexus really, though in the car park the turning circle didn't seem very good, but hardly a deal breaker.

The wing mirrors are a little small I suppose, but I have noticed the ones on my Lexus are like Dumbo's ears and bloody massive so you see everything looking in them.

If you can be bothered to take your c max hate out of your head for 1 second and look at the video below from around 2min30ish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6k0fuzRKvw

And for the reason of not getting an estate was simply space and height. If you've ever wrestled a 2-3 year old out of a car seat before you will know space is everything, and when you have to do it 10-20 times a week you thank god for the space.
 
boxman2000 said:
Sorry to bump an old thread but was just wondering how you are getting on with the C-Max Grand Juggy?
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Its a strange looking thing but does everything i want. Space is unreal compared to my old Lex. I can have 4 adults and 3 kids in it quite easily. The quality of interior/plastics is pretty good too. Speakers are terrible, i think my iphone sounds better.

Its actually quite nice to drive, nice light predictable steering, great road visibility with its 10footx8foot window screen :p. Power is ok, nothing special but plenty. I've averaged around 36mpg's over 10k miles so again just ok. The engine is nice and quiet, i've nearly left it running on a few occasions as i'm so used to dagdagdagdag tractor engines.

I do miss keyless entry a lot, but least its keyless start. Climate controls perfect, heated front window is a game changer on icy days!

It had 1 problem with not letting me in one day. It was a central locking fault which an ecu update seems to have solved.

Overall i would defo buy again as its what i need with a little kid and lots of uk holidays/day trips.
 
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