What jam jar??

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in the market for an estate car to fit the baby, dog and all their parafinalia

really wanted a Kia Ceed SW but they are few and far between for my price range (8k ish)

always liked the mitz lancer(had a 90s model) and theres a nice 1.6 '04 going for good money

if i go for the mitz i can think about that cruiser bike ive been wanting to buy and chop up:D and still have money left over


what should i do?? 1.6l top engine size due to road tax


(No suggestions of bmws, french scrap or italian muck thanks)

MugMugs

Fuel?

CianRyan

I'd say suck it up on the tax and buy a Subaru Legacy/Impreza 2l.

bazz26

Kia Ceed is light years ahead of that model Lancer in every department.

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CianRyan wrote: »

I'd say suck it up on the tax and buy a Subaru Legacy/Impreza 2l.

i couldnt physically allow myself to pay that amount of tax to the robbing gov. every year

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Antares wrote: »

Fuel?

not important to me

the kia is diesel and the lancer is petrol

cgal093

Syllabus wrote: »

not important to me

the kia is diesel and the lancer is petrol

You would want to be doing a lot of miles per year to justify having a diesel

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cgal093 wrote: »

You would want to be doing a lot of miles per year to justify having a diesel

true but the 1.4 ceed is impossible to find for the right money and milage

colm_mcm

Mitsubishi

cgal093 wrote: »

You would want to be doing a lot of miles per year to justify having a diesel

Whys that now, it being a 1.6 diesel ceed and all that. How many miles do you reckon he'd have to do to justify it?

cgal093

colm_mcm wrote: »

Whys that now, it being a 1.6 diesel ceed and all that. How many miles do you reckon he'd have to do to justify it?

Dunno, don't diesels have problems with something DMF or somethin?

MetzgerMeister

colm_mcm wrote: »

Whys that now, it being a 1.6 diesel ceed and all that. How many miles do you reckon he'd have to do to justify it?

Ah now don't be like that! He has a point and it's been said here by a lot people a lot of times that a diesel is a false economy unless you are doing a lot of miles. Even at that they usually turn out to be more expensive due to things like DPF's and DMF's etc.

colm_mcm

Mitsubishi

There's the danger of taking it too far though, they have a dpf alright but they don't give trouble in that respect. Unless the op is doing tiny mileage I wouldn't worry, you don't need to do massive mileage to justify buying a used ceed that's 4 or 5 years old and pretty much the same price as a petrol one,


It's cool to tell people not to buy diesel nowadays now that everyone wants them, but let's not get carried away

MetzgerMeister

Good point but I wasn't telling anyone not to buy a diesel

Mycroft H

Citroen C5 estate.

Big, roomy and frugal with the 1.6 PSA diesel. Plus top quality comfort.

cgal093

I don't see why your ruling out French cars. Like the above poster says, the C5 is a nice car with lots of space.

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BX 19 wrote: »

Citroen C5 estate.

Big, roomy and frugal with the 1.6 PSA diesel. Plus top quality comfort.

good god no!!

horrible car

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cgal093 wrote: »

I don't see why your ruling out French cars. Like the above poster says, the C5 is a nice car with lots of space.

i have worked for citreon dealers over the years. i am well versed on the potential issues that come with french cars - plus they are generally horrible to look at and have a brake pedal like on on/off switch

i'll stick with my asian/jap cars thanks

Pdfile

Syllabus wrote: »

i have worked for citreon dealers over the years. i am well versed on the potential issues that come with french cars - plus they are generally horrible to look at and have a brake pedal like on on/off switch

i'll stick with my asian/jap cars thanks

looks are marmite but the ride comfort alone is lovely, brakes... who needs them really ? oh right... erm... gentle is key, i would only fret over the hydro-dynamic-moneysucking-suspension systhem that citreons use bar that the stanard model is a decent work horse, my uncle has a generic blue model and well, 170k on the clock, suspensions only died twice plus usual maintenceance. Whats not to love ?