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    Non-member Penfold aka The Dealer's Avatar
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    Possible Family Car, advise please..

    Myself & Charlotte are looking to get a new "family" car, its mainly for Charlotte to use for work, will have a tow bar fitted , and will need to ba able to fit out boxer in the back when he is fully grown.

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    Ford Mondeo titanium 2 or 2.2 TDCI 09/10 reg
    Vauxhall Insignie 2.0 160ps cdti
    Or a Laguna 2.0 DCI 150

    We have around £12.500 to spend...

    Anybody got any pro's, cons about the above cars??

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    Re: Possible Family Car, advise please..

    Quote Originally Posted by Penfold View Post
    Ford Mondeo titanium 2 or 2.2 TDCI 09/10 reg
    Vauxhall Insignie 2.0 160ps cdti
    Or a Laguna 2.0 DCI 150

    We have around £12.500 to spend...

    Anybody got any pro's, cons about the above cars??
    As you know I LOVE my Mondeo, but I only get circa 580 - 600 miles to £78 worth of Diesel which is what is costs to fill it up?

    I think the Mondeo MK4 was a bit better on the fuel as it's not such a fookin massive car? I'd go for a MK4 ST TDcI. Hatch or estate if I were you, one of my neighbours has just got one in black l it &ooks cool as....!

    As for the other cars, the Insignia and Renault have a crap boot so not much room for the pooch!?

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    Re: Possible Family Car, advise please..

    wouldn't charlotte be better off in a bumper car

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    Non-member Penfold aka The Dealer's Avatar
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    Re: Possible Family Car, advise please..

    Funnily enough I was only saying the other day i want a bumper car...

    There is a ford Mondeo ST TDCI coming next week, but 3 years old and still wanting £10k!! - although low mileage.

    We have seen the insigina & I think Charlotte prefer's it, boot space is not to bad, tbh Eddie will spend most of the time on the back seat anyway.

    Laguna looks sportier, but f*ck all room in back or boot.

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    Re: Possible Family Car, advise please..

    Lagunas used to have alot of issues but the newer models are much better, but because of the previous history they seem to depreciate alot. second hand they can be a bargain.

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    Re: Possible Family Car, advise please..

    I have a 2007 laguna 2, 2.0 dci dynamique. Bags of room in boot and never had any grief with it.

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    Re: Possible Family Car, advise please..

    Quote Originally Posted by Big Steve - Raider View Post
    As you know I LOVE my Mondeo, but I only get circa 580 - 600 miles to £78 worth of Diesel which is what is costs to fill it up?

    I think the Mondeo MK4 was a bit better on the fuel as it's not such a fookin massive car? I'd go for a MK4 ST TDcI. Hatch or estate if I were you, one of my neighbours has just got one in black l it &ooks cool as....!

    As for the other cars, the Insignia and Renault have a crap boot so not much room for the pooch!?
    Test drove the Mondeo ST, 2.2 diesel pulls very nicely

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    Re: Possible Family Car, advise please..

    I assume diesel is your preferred flavour of fuel?

    Passat, Bora, A4, A6, 320d/330d (or even the bad ass 335d if money allows), Mondeo, Focus, Skoda Octavia (vrs ), Seat Leon - Majority of those are available in estate variants, if that tickles your fancy more.

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    Re: Possible Family Car, advise please..

    New poster! (less than 10 posts)

    Mini Cooper S 2002/2003

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    Re: Possible Family Car, advise please..

    Quote Originally Posted by Mart View Post
    I assume diesel is your preferred flavour of fuel?

    Passat, Bora, A4, A6, 320d/330d (or even the bad ass 335d if money allows), Mondeo, Focus, Skoda Octavia (vrs ), Seat Leon - Majority of those are available in estate variants, if that tickles your fancy more.
    Yeh diesel is prefered... and Charlotte dont want an estate as its more of an old mans car... her words not mine.

    but cheers for the list mart, a few I hadnt thought off...

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    Re: Possible Family Car, advise please..

    Good rule of thumb: If it's German and diesel, you won't go far wrong

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    Re: Possible Family Car, advise please..

    octavia 1.6 or 1.9tdi....cant go wrong

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    Re: Possible Family Car, advise please..

    You can have my bm, but no boot

    I would go for a a4 estate s line, or a 3 series estate m sport, a nice 2.0l or 2.5l diesel, you wont go wrong.

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