Car drivers - advice please

Kia ceed cracking motors plus you get 7 year warranty

 

Get a SEAT Leon. Basically a Golf with a different badge on and miles cheaper.

 

Don't forget costs for insurance, mpg and road tax.

Left field selection is a Hyundai i20. It's cheap to insure, reliable, does 50+ mpg and costs £30 road tax per year. Cheaper to buy and to repair, also comes with a 5 year warranty. Plenty of boot space and highly rated for safety.

 

Didn’t Dike leave his car for you? If you worked for Man City you could have been driving a pimped up Range Rover by now.

 

He doesn’t drive.

 

Yorkshire Traction into training every day?

My mate saw Robinho on the bus going to the Trafford Centre with his missus a few years ago! Completely bizarre.

 

I'd say go VW for quality Whitey. But one thing I would suggest is have a look at the Polo. The 2018-on ones are not much smaller than a Golf but considerably cheaper from new. It's possible you'd get a better spec Polo for the same money, depending on what you want. I find the seats considerably more comfortable than the Golf, and the rear loading and split seats are very convenient to use - perfect for the airport run (if we're ever allowed to visit one again). You'd also save on fuel over the Golf. They are surprisingly nippy with the small Turbo that comes on most models.

 

For longevity Ford Focus

 

I got a Mazda 3 about a year ago and like it so far but barely driven it since I got it. Had the Leon for 4 years and an Ibiza before that for 3 years and couldn’t fault either of them.

 

nissan juke1.5 dci pure drive .nice motor but rubbish boot space

 

I'd not buy from new, either outright or on one of those loan to buy schemes. Waste of money straight out of the show room. Find one second hand, decent mileage, get it checked and you're sorted.

 

LH Drive.

 

My missus has had six VWs, Golfs, Polos and a Tiguan. She now has a Skoda. It is a better built VW with more ‘bells & whistles’ and a damn sight cheaper.

 

You get very few if any bad cars anymore. Some cars used to rust terribly. Some used to break down. The trim on some used to fall off. A lot of the advice you're reading is based on those bad old days. There used to be a big difference in the build quality and reliability across the different makes and models of cars. But everyone has upped their game. Us older members of the forum have owned the cars that used to be crap and vowed never to buy them again. For the last 30 years we've stuck with what was good back then. Meanwhile all the others have caught up and in many instances overtaken. But we'll never drive them or recommend them because we were stung years ago.

Buy the car you like.

 

I’d definitely endorse this. I work for Volkwagen UK (the importer) in warranty and the Skoda product is generally better screwed together than any of the VW, Audi or Seat ones. Definitely recommend an Octavia (I drive a Vrs) well built, decent to drive, cheap to run, roomy and practical.

 

Having got a civic i swear by them.
In my experience hold value better than fords or vauxhalls.. and tend to be alot nicer inside.
If you were to look on any list of the most reliable cars, honda (and the civic) will be on it. Ive always found golfs interiors abit average/dull. But thats probably just a taste thing. Defo Civic for me.

 

Seat Leon. Basically a Golf with a different badge. Same chassis, virtually the same engine, not the same price.

 

It depends really what your priorities are...for me it's a combination of cost, fuel economy and reliability...style and impressing the neighbours
are secondary. Reliability is probably the single greatest factor, there is nothing worse than being sat at the side of the road waiting for the AA.
If that is a major factor for you I would trawl through Which Mag, the AA, Autocar, Parker's etc they all publish reliability league tables.
Looking at WhatCar's reliability table for cars upto 5 years old...one you haven't mentioned, Toyota comes in 3rd.
Of those that have been mentioned so far..
Skoda 5th
Hyundai 6th
Kia 7th
Honda 8th
Mazda 9th
Ford 18th
Seat 19th
Volkswagen 20th
Nissan and Vauxhall =27th.
One league table doesn't tell the whole story though...a maker that has introduced a couple of new models will drop down the list as new models
bring new problems that usually get sorted out in time, and equally one really bad model can make the brand look worse overall than it perhaps
is so it's worth also looking at the reliability of each model in isolation.
Currently I have a Civic1.6D, and it's very good in comfort and driving terms, real world 60 plus MPG although it hasn't proved to be quite as bulletproof
as the Hyundai's I ran for the previous 10 years, neither of which required a single repair.
When I replace it...if not another Honda I will probably go for Toyota who seem to be in the Champions League places year in year out...unless cost is
a factor in which case I'll probably revert to Hyundai with a 5 year warranty.
Just a quick add...I know a few taxi drivers who only use Toyota or Skoda,

 

Looks like you need to go on a few test drives @YTBFC !

 

I 2nd this, had ours since November, incredibly reliable. One of the best rated too.