Potential Car purchase

[EltonFrog]

Sell the wobble box. Keep the car.

 

[screenman]

The Mondeo, is fine if you want to lose big bucks in depreciation. Personally I dislike them a lot, and I work on many of them weekly.

 

[F70100]

Ford S-Max ?

If you need a tow car, choice depends rather on MPLM of your caravan.

 

[mustang1]

Why?

Seriously, no offence, but this kind of thinking just plain baffles me.

Replace 'car' with 'bike'. Now are you still baffled? Maybe Mr grumpy is just bored of his car.

I like the cx7 and qashqai suggestions above and if you get a Mondeo, I shall do something awkward with your bike such that you wont want to ride it again. A friend had a new qashqai last year and said there are some design problems with the engine mounts. Check into that.

Edit: typo.

 

[Globalti]

The new Skoda Superb is MASSIVE inside; it's on the same floorpan as the new Passat. VAG have managed to eke out an extra 40mm of legroom by lengthening the wheelbase while keeping the car the same length; you can see it in the bigger back doors.

We have had 4 people + 4 bikes inside our Passat estate, two of the people being kids and their bikes small. By using the 33/66 split rear seat and dismantling the bikes it's a pretty easy fit. We sometimes have 3 + 3 and very often 2 + 2. With the bikes fully dismantled, you can easily hide two in the boot with the blind pulled and all three rear seats in use and nobody has a clue they're there. No need to mess around with roof or boot racks and the bikes are secure and out of harm's way.

 

[Crandoggler]

[QUOTE 3849448, member: 45"]This. Get a VRS.[/QUOTE]

Indeed. Sold my Octavia VRS estate earlier this year. Worst decision I've ever made.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Thanks for the replies thus far, keeping the Honda ( best car i`ve had ) may well be the final outcome however I also have a second car which might be the one that goes. Honda is quite battered and bruised just now, interior has not lasted bit tired however apart from the occasional puff of smoke from the back. Might be we keep that as the tow car and get something economical, just wanted best of both. However keep it coming

 

[Profpointy]

to be fair the "naysayers" have a point given the OP's question - which is (I paraphrase) "i have a perfectly ok sensible car working fine, what should i replace it with?"

This is different from "i'm moving to Chelsea so need a 4x4", or " I want to upgrade, bentley or roller?" Or even "my car is knackered, what are similar these days"

 

[Over The Hill]

The Mondeo, is fine if you want to lose big bucks in depreciation. Personally I dislike them a lot, and I work on many of them weekly.

The remit is a new car, that is big enough to tow a caravan and to come in at under £20k.
Personally I would not buy a new Mondeo, in fact I would not buy a new car or a ford! But the Mondeo stands out as a good car that is not an overpriced "prestige" brand and (in my view) is actually a very good looking car that would be quite at home if produced by Alfa. It is miles better than these ugly Tonka toy boxes that seem very popular but really are horrid.
So what can you buy new that will do the job and NOT depreciate?

 

[Over The Hill]

to be fair the "naysayers" have a point given the OP's question - which is (I paraphrase) "i have a perfectly ok sensible car working fine, what should i replace it with?"

This is different from "i'm moving to Chelsea so need a 4x4", or " I want to upgrade, bentley or roller?" Or even "my car is knackered, what are similar these days"

Some people are happy to buy a car for £20k, keep it 3 years and sell it for £8k.
Great I say as it keep the market full of cars that are sold for a fraction of their new price but still have most of their life still in them.
If that is how they want to spend their dosh then why not.
Some people seem very reluctant to have a pre-owned car.

 

[MrGrumpy]

to be fair the "naysayers" have a point given the OP's question - which is (I paraphrase) "i have a perfectly ok sensible car working fine, what should i replace it with?"

This is different from "i'm moving to Chelsea so need a 4x4", or " I want to upgrade, bentley or roller?" Or even "my car is knackered, what are similar these days"

My bad choice of words, but yes its working absolutely fine at the moment, I do have to replace the droplinks from time to time to get through the MOT but its defo showing the age, probably down to the fact it was our only car for our family of 5 till this year. If I`m honest if the better half had been working a few years back I think I would of traded it in for something else as it does have it nuances. However its done now 112000 which is no probs for a diesel, and there are better cars for driving out there. From what I`ve sat in thus far and what we could afford reasonably there ain`t nothing out there The new CRV and X trail sit lower on the ground and sitting higher does have it`s advantages. Defo would not buy new, did that once and never again, you lose a tonne of money. A car 1 or 2 yrs old is good enough.[/QUOTE]

 

[Drago]

Our Gen II CRV disdeasal was one of the best motors we ever bad, and regret selling it. The current Sportage we have runs it close, but the CRV was still the better drive even if the Spurt does have proper 4wd instead of the CRVs on demand AWD set up.

 

[Drago]

That's why I don't have one of the latest ones!

 

[MrGrumpy]

What I also liked about the Honda, was the timing chain, change the oil regular and you should get no issues. Timing belts scare the life out of me as having one go before cost plenty to put right and that was me doing the work.

 

[Wafer]

@Crackle's time has arrived! Cars, choices, apathy and inevitability.
Pug 5008 was his choice though don't think he had the towing requirement.