Car advice please. Criteria: 1) 5k budget 2) good fuel economy 3) 1.4 engine minimum

[Monty91]

4) likely to last at least 5,6 years.

[Peter]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

:-(

[Classic Jorge]

[PSRB]

should be doable for that budget

[PSRB]

[Monty91]

is that it makes a new car affordable.

Absolute horse**** of a business model other than that. How the hell did it ever take off?

[Snin]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-reviews/64280/most-reliable -cars (http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-reviews/64280/most-reliable-cars)

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-reviews/64557/most-practica l-cars (http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-reviews/64557/most-practical-cars)

[Classic Jorge]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Not worth their time buying outright an asset that depreciates hugely the moment it is driven.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

with the depreciation, all sorts of complicated stuff you have no reason to have considered.

You live in London, don't you? Avoid diesel if you're only doing a limited mileage. While the fuel economy figures look better, diesel is more expensive than petrol, diesel cars are more expensive than the petrol equivalent and cost more to service and repair.

[Brentwood]

If you had 30k cash you could have it earning interest in the bank and lease one, or you could pay cash up front for one, pay all of the service costs over its lifetime and factor in depreciation costs

[Snin]

[Snin]

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110103100300AA b7z2L (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110103100300AAb7z2L)

nothing like a stereotype or two.. i like the way its all discussed so casually..and suprised yahoo havent just deleted it tbh

[halfsharkalligatorhalfman]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C399029

[Brentwood]

You might get one that still has a warranty left (Kia has 7 years). The diesels are very good for fuel economy and they are now well built

[Harry Balls]

Actually, not bad suggestions.

[Harry Balls]

http://s3.hubimg.com/u/6100006_f520.jpg

[Harry Balls]

[Brentwood]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dcd9f21e-bd73-11e2-890a-00144feab7 de.html#axzz2X8ijj4eM (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dcd9f21e-bd73-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html#axzz2X8ijj4eM)

Meanwhile, the company established a quality-control division that obsessively monitored every stage of the supply chain. By 2006 Hyundai had become the third most reliable automotive manufacturer, according to JD Power’s quality study, with only Porsche and Lexus performing better.