Recommend me a good car

[NowDownSouth]

HI banjodeano,

 

I think the taxi drivers often use a Nissan (The Nissan NV200 London taxi) and that brings me to my car which is a 2009 Nissan Qashqai 2 litre diesel.

It’s absolutely brilliant to drive, powerful, reliable and reasonably economical to run.

It’s one of my favourite crossover types of vehicle.

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[banjodeano]

HI banjodeano,

 

I think the taxi drivers often use a Nissan (The Nissan NV200 London taxi) and that brings me to my car which is a 2009 Nissan Qashqai 2 litre diesel.

It’s absolutely brilliant to drive, powerful, reliable and reasonably economical to run.

It’s one of my favourite crossover types of vehicle.

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cheers, i will have a look at that

[Obelix]

so it was a design fault? shouldn't they have all be recalled and rectified?

 

If you want your cars to cost about twenty times what they do nowadays then I guess so.

 

Recalling a million or so units to fix perhaps a thousand or so with problems is going to be expensive.

[sgtkate]

Are you certain you want a diesel? Looks like they are going to get a hammering by tax changes soon enough and resale values will be low. If you are planning to keep a car until is dies on you then resale value won't matter, but high tax might?

 

My OH has a Hyundai i40 estate and it's a lovely car. It's not got the same grunt as my BMW 320d, but you should be able to pick one up within your budget for a high mileage one (over 100k).

 

I see a lot of taxis using a Toyota Avensis. No idea on how good or bad they are mind you.

 

Also consider using this guy:

https://flippingcars.co.uk/

 

He buys cars on your behalf at car auctions. We saved well over £2k using his services on the car price we paid even when his fees of £250 were added on. He can help you find a car and give advice on guide prices and so on. I'd have no problems recommending him.

[banjodeano]

Are you certain you want a diesel? Looks like they are going to get a hammering by tax changes soon enough and resale values will be low. If you are planning to keep a car until is dies on you then resale value won't matter, but high tax might?

 

My OH has a Hyundai i40 estate and it's a lovely car. It's not got the same grunt as my BMW 320d, but you should be able to pick one up within your budget for a high mileage one (over 100k).

 

I see a lot of taxis using a Toyota Avensis. No idea on how good or bad they are mind you.

 

Also consider using this guy:

https://flippingcars.co.uk/

 

He buys cars on your behalf at car auctions. We saved well over £2k using his services on the car price we paid even when his fees of £250 were added on. He can help you find a car and give advice on guide prices and so on. I'd have no problems recommending him.

 

Thanks Kate, i dunno, i just kind of like diesels...thanks for the input

[Snooker147]

Subarus are extremly reliable

[banjodeano]

views anyone?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201705135423361?sort=sponsored&minimum-seats=4&price-to=5000&minimum-badge-engine-size=2.0&postcode=s627lu&fuel-type=Diesel&radius=10&onesearchad=Used&seller-type=trade&maximum-mileage=90000&price-from=3000&year-from=2009&transmission=Manual&advertising-location=at_cars&page=2

[Tomm06]

I have a Ford Mondeo 2011 in the Titanium X spec, which I think you will probably be able to find something similar for the price. Far as I'm concerned it's stupidly high spec for half the cost of a German car.

 

I'm aware people aren't fans of the Ford badge however I've done over 35k faultless miles in mine since I've owned it so I'd certainly recommend one.

[willman]

I think its horses for courses, i had an avensis and hated , i have a passat and wouldn't have one given to me.

My favourite to date is the Skoda Superb and Mazda 6 although they've all been diesel i do always have estates.

I know a couple of reps with i40's and they rate them, i'm currently looking at the megane diesel mainly 'cos of the bells and whistles that come with it.I'll be trading in a peugeot 206 sw which is a little tired now but a very good little car.

[Baz1]

I think its horses for courses, i had an avensis and hated , i have a passat and wouldn't have one given to me.

My favourite to date is the Skoda Superb and Mazda 6 although they've all been diesel i do always have estates.

I know a couple of reps with i40's and they rate them, i'm currently looking at the megane diesel mainly 'cos of the bells and whistles that come with it.I'll be trading in a peugeot 206 sw which is a little tired now but a very good little car.

 

I agree on Mazda 6. Had a 13 plate from new and absolutely fantastic car.

 

Also as pointed out by others, Skoda' s are great and I've owned Octavia before and was great.

 

I was looking at new Superb but opted for something different as family wanted an SUV type.

 

So have got the new SEAT Ateca- still part of VW group though is made in Spain.