*Hipster* Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Needs to be a small, family car - 5 door, less than 3 years old, low mileage (<20k) Current shortlist is (as per poll): VW Polo (would love a Golf but dont think we could get one within budget) Renault Clio Ford Fiesta (Zetec?) If you select 'Other' please let us know what you'd go for! Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Peugeot 207 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 +1 to a Pug 207 or 308. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Sadly Ford. Cheap to run, cheap to insure and cheap to repair. Angel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardoor Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Avoid Peugeot like the plague they are riddled with faults and are dangerpously put together, I had a virtually new courtesy car Peougeot 207 and the interior dashboard actually fell of whilst on motorway and I nearly crashed, they're nasty and extremely low down on the reliability index. http://www.gizmag.com/the-100-most-reliable-cars-of-the-last-decade-in-order/5657/ http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=147865289 Generally go for a Japanese cars, if you're forking out £7,000 then you at least deserve something reliable and safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Avoid Peugeot like the plague they are riddled with faults and are dangerpously put together, I had a virtually new courtesy car Peougeot 207 and the interior dashboard actually fell of whilst on motorway and I nearly crashed, they're very extremely low down on the reliability index. Absolute cobblers we have had 4 and never had any issues bodily or mechanically, we have 406 now and prior to that two 405s and a 305. Two got wrote off in accidents (neither our fault) and the 3rd we sold for more than we paid for it to buy 406 which we've had 4 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Stiles Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Avoid Peugeot like the plague they are riddled with faults and are dangerpously put together, I had a virtually new courtesy car Peougeot 207 and the interior dashboard actually fell of whilst on motorway and I nearly crashed, they're nasty and extremely low down on the reliability index. http://www.gizmag.com/the-100-most-reliable-cars-of-the-last-decade-in-order/5657/ http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=147865289 Generally go for a Japanese cars, if you're forking out £7,000 then you at least deserve something reliable and safe. On the other hand, I had a peugeot 406 from new and did 140,000 miles in it. Nothing ever went wrong with it, nothing ever fell off it and it always started first time. Apart from normal wear and tear it was a fantastic car. I've had no experience of other peugeots however, but I wouldn't avoid them like the plague! I personally also recommend Renaults, although as far as French cars go I don't recommend citroens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Orange Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Peugeots seem to be 10 a penny so you should have no problem getting something for your budget. However, if you want to get the most from your money, what about a Toyota Auris. See what you get for about £7,000: http://www.tescocars.com/cars/toyota/auris/609250/toyota-auris-diesel-hatchback-20-d-4d-t-spirit-5dr/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardoor Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 You must be an exception to the rule as everyone else has I've known with a Peugeot has had nothing but problems, and are all these reliability index surveys etc wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget_man Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Nissan Almera -Note- etc.reliability second to none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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