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Rec a travel car.

karltimber · 2016-07-26 19:45:45

so , drive a 2007 petrol octavia but may be getting a job with a 140km round trip. may need to change motors, something reliable and economical. To a diesel, smaller than an octavia and an automatic would be handy. it will be second hand, more than likely from the UK. so - any rec's on what that car would be ? we have a…

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26-07-2016 8:45pm

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karltimber

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so ,

drive a 2007 petrol octavia but may be getting a job with a 140km round trip.

may need to change motors, something reliable and economical.
To a diesel, smaller than an octavia and an automatic would be handy. it will be second hand, more than likely from the UK.

so - any rec's on what that car would be ?

we have a family car - which we will be changing too, so mine can be small enough.

thx

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#2 26-07-2016 8:47pm
George Dalton

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What's the budget?

Btw a small car isn't really ideal for a long daily commute. You'd be better off going for a larger car.

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#3 26-07-2016 8:50pm
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No real budget - probably around the 15k mark.

was looking at the Hy i30 - too small for that type of daily commute ?

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#4 26-07-2016 9:00pm
George Dalton

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That's your decision to make but I would rather something like a Passat 2.0TDI DSG for a 140km daily round trip.

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#5 27-07-2016 12:35am
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Volvo S80. Plenty of toys and comfort

Or a skoda superb. Same reasons as above.

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