Small family car

Jonny_Darcy

I am looking to get a small family car , have a one year old so reliability, safety and boot space are the main issues. Unfortunately I know little about cars but was looking at Toyota Auris, VW Golf or something along these lines.

Any ideas or recommendations??

Moneymaker

How much money do you have to spend?

How many miles a year?

bazz26

OP, we need a budget otherwise you could get recommended anything really.

Jonny_Darcy

Hey sorry yeah budget would be about 10k , living in Dublin and round trip to work is 6 miles so I don't drive long distances. Very rare would even be on a motorway except maybe going west for the odd wedding

Very low miles per year

bazz26

Some suggestions:-

Honda Jazz:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=92219804

Jazz is really from the class below the likes of the Auris and Golf but has almost more space and very practical boot. Very reliable too being a Honda.

Hyundai i30:

http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/Hyundai/i30/DELUXE-1.4/73914102668127510/

Kia Ceed:

http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/KIA/Ceed/CEED-1.4/79714104369888940/

i30 along with the Kia Ceed are pretty much the same car, very reliable and generously equipped.

Jonny_Darcy

Thanks very much for all that. A friend has an i30 and said he'd recommend it but the reverse being same gear as 1st gear put me off a bit but I guess you get used to something like that pretty quick. Will definitely check them all out.

A lad in work said to me at lunch , go for German, Japanese or Korean cars. From what I have read online seems like good advice.

Do Opel have a car in this class?

Moneymaker

Opel Astra. I wouldn't be a big fan of them.

You won't go wrong with the cars Bazz suggested.

You could look at an Octavia if you want something slightly bigger.

Jonny_Darcy

Thanks for help, much appreciated. Will look at those, would these be better cars than say a golf or the same but better value for money

bazz26

They will definitely have a less chance of costing you money over the lifetime of your ownership than a Golf or Astra.

George Dalton

Jonny_Darcy wrote: »

but the reverse being same gear as 1st gear put me off a bit /quote]

What?

bazz26

I presume he is referring to the reverse gear being located up next to 1st as opposed to be being below 5th as on some cars.

mannionjp

I'd would recommend a VW Golf estate nice 2009 one donedeal in mayo for €9500, VW Passat 2008 for around €8000 or a 2009 one for around €9000 ish. Or a Audi A4 2008 really nice one in mayo on donedeal for €11950.

bazz26

Are you selling all these recommended cars in Mayo?

Hachiko

all that Jazz.........

mannionjp

Just as luck would have it

bazz26

Shilling doesn't go down too well around here.

Noccy_Mondy

Oh, where abouts in Mayo are you? Business musn't be great if you're trying to sell on here!

colm_mcm

please don't plug your cars for sale here....