Reply to: New car suggestions

[bobsmithldn]

Toyota Prius

[VectraMan]

Caterham R500 + bus tickets for the family

Now we're talking.

[ThomasSoerensen]

Caterham R500 + bus tickets for the family

[ThomasSoerensen]

Time to look for a new car.

Looking for a 4 door family saloon or similar size, diesel or LPG'able up to 15k.
Huge performance less important than low running costs and reliability.

Any suggestions?

3 meters of rope - off to the basement to end it all

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Proton Saga

[Peoplesoft bloke]

what ever best ride in its class for those with the hydropneumatic thingies was all I was trying to say -along with a good range of enginesm and afaik good value for money interms of servicing/purchase costs etc - also the C% has a big boot - useful if you have a small family and so have push chairs etc.

Totally agree on the ride - if my old BXs were anything to go by. Useless in ice and snow though for some reason.

[original PM]

?Air suspension

Not exactly The C5 uses Citroen's hydropneumatic suspension, but the C4 has conventional springs, except for some models of C4 Picasso that use a self-leveling air system.

Hydropneumatic is not "air suspension" in the sense of the systems used on Range Rovers, S class Mercs etc.

what ever best ride in its class for those with the hydropneumatic thingies was all I was trying to say -along with a good range of enginesm and afaik good value for money interms of servicing/purchase costs etc - also the C% has a big boot - useful if you have a small family and so have push chairs etc.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

citroen c4 or c5 - great cars and lovely ride due to air suspension.

?Air suspension

Not exactly The C5 uses Citroen's hydropneumatic suspension, but the C4 has conventional springs, except for some models of C4 Picasso that use a self-leveling air system on the rear only.

Hydropneumatic is not "air suspension" in the sense of the systems used on Range Rovers, S class Mercs etc.

[Fred Bloggs]

Don't overlook a Skoda Octavia TDi, preferably estate version.

[original PM]

citroen c4 or c5 - great cars and lovely ride due to air suspension.

[TheVoice]

VW Jetta - neat bits of kit & cheap to run. Plus they;re in the beneficial tax band if trousers brown gets his way.

[DimPrawn]

Passat?

Good man!

Or get a £5K Vectra/Mondeo instead. Same sort of boring nondescript transport as the VW, but cheaper to buy and run.

[oracleslave]

Time to look for a new car.

Looking for a 4 door family saloon or similar size, diesel or LPG'able up to 15k.
Huge performance less important than low running costs and reliability.

Any suggestions?

Passat?

[Charles Foster Kane]

Morris Marina.

[Charles Foster Kane]

Just saw the running costs and reliability bit.