Another "Wife pregnant what car?" thread

tin79

Hello All

Sorry to have to do this to you all again

But my wife is pregant at the mo and her much cherished hyundai coupe must go.

I am looking at a budget of around 8-9K cash after we off-load the coupe (based on minimum trade in value or selling it).

We already have a diesel and her commute when she goes back is not long so we are going for a petrol. i think anything up to 1.8 would be fine for tax and insurance. I would prefer 1.6 but will go up for a nice model. Would like to get a 2007 or 2008 if possible.

So we have the following suspects in mind.

Ford Focus 1.4 or 1.6
Mazda 3
Volvo S40
Astra

but lately I have been looking at Mazda 6s and really like the look of them.

How do the 1.8 petrols rate - they seem to be free of the diesel issues.

Any thoughts appreciated. or any other models?

Matthewjohn

A 1.8 petrol 6 would be very reliable and great value but rust is a problem