I’ll start by stating all cars are shit. Overweight underpowered boxes that lean the wrong way round corners.
Now the boring bit, Mrs P needs a new car. She has 6K to spend, no more.
It must have 4 or 5 doors.
Be petrol, 1.2 to 1.6 litre.
Able to have roof bars.
Reasonable boot space.
Cheap excise duty a definite bonus.
Cheap to run/maintain.
I have total disinterest in cars unless it has a blue light and batenberg. So obviously I could do with some suggestions…
I foresee a Honda Jazz in your future.
Skoda yeti
Yeti maybe too big.
Shes been looking at a suzuki swift, they any good?
It’s a Suzuki, so reliable and cheap to run, but also cheap to sit in and doesn’t offer much for keen drivers.
The 3 door swift is tiny.
What about the Fabia? Get the 1.2 and it’s cheap tax/running
Bad experience with a Fabia, albeit it due to a dealer that needed a cock punch
As small cars go, it’s hard to beat the Fiesta.
That must be a Skoda dealer trait then…. Same here
Festers are ok then?
For some reason I thought Ford was to be avoided.
The Fiesta is a nice car. Comfy, but good handling. Nippy, but economical. Can’t go wrong really.
Well that certainly opens up more on autotrader
The 1.0 Ecoboost ones (which are now in your budget) are better cars than the older 1.25 models. It’s a very good little engine (and turbo’d so it’s not dog slow).
She is looking at Peugeots, do I need to dissuade her?
I’m getting tempted to steal the 6k and pimp the bike.
Yes. I’ve had a 3008 since 2012. It is a piece of shit. Poorly built and horrible to drive. Very reliable though.
tl,dr
Buy a modern Bugatti.
If the Fiesta is a little on the small size, the Focus is good.
So shit you kept it for 9 years?
Can it carry 2 kayaks?
Get a Galaxy and you can probably get the canoes inside the car.