Hiya I have a Ford Fusion and its a lovely drive same set up as the fiesta justa higher base or something but easy access you sit on not sit down into it...brought it a lot because of transporting my elderly parents 81 and 79 now and Mom's dicky back...one irritation to me is although seats do go down they do not go flat estate wise but like a Step but loads of room. Lovely lovey drive very very comfortable long distances adn from B'ham to Lands End Cornwall and up to Scotland no problems driving at all.

Focus estates here, both me and the other half have one each, which makes 3 we've had, very rarely go wrong and when they do cheap to fix

maybe in a few years wheh my insurance goes down

hmm didn't think of a golf, love the new ones. ill have a look at some

wow that was a bargain, did you get it private or from a dealer?
alot of people had reccomended astras...its just trying to find a bargain like u did lol and also do they come in a 1.4?

thats a good idea, i might go down available car just check out the boot sizes, what there like etc...thanks

i have heard all good things about these cars but unfortunately there out of my price range maybe in a few years time when there abit older lol

are they good on petrol?

I dunno about the new ones Kirsty...the one we have is the older model, like this:



Check Autotrader...you can get these for a great price now.

what year is the one you've got? i like the look of the one on the pic

2000 I believe!

Yes, my previous one was a 1.4 I think. All of them have been well over 100 miles on the clock, but hubby never minded that because he said they are always so reliable anyway and cheap to fix (he owns a garage does hubby!) I wouldn't recommend the diesel, I had that one too, and it was sooooo sluggish even though it was the TD! This one is the best yet, but hubby said the reason it was so cheap, is because it's the top of the range, biggest engine so a gas guzzler, but quite honestly, I haven't noticed that tbh, and therefore, he said not many people wanted this particular model that I've got because of the engine size.

I just searched locally, and up it popped, and I liked the colour (it's a lovely dark blue!) you know, the way women shop for cars, by colour lol! Two hours later, hubby came home in it, coz I did a deal with the guy over the phone for my horrible Volvo V40 that Dave had got me for Christmas which I hated with a passion, it was like driving a toy car, much too light for me, I like something solid and beefy like the Astra is!

Why don't you go around some car sales places and try out different cars, they're always so willing to take you out in one if they think they're going to get a sale, but if you don't like the drive or the space in the back, then you walk away! Good luck

Ford Focus hatch are good. But a little estate is better. Either a Focus Estate or a Golf Estate are fine. I currently have a Golf Estate and I love it. I looked at the Golf Hatch, but did not think it was roomy enough for two large dogs.

Pergeot Partner Combi (same as Citreon Berlingo)........perfect!

Takes up less floor space than our old estate, seats fold right up so the back is like a van (but still plenty of room in the boot if you need the seats up). Washable floor in the back....

...and it counts as a van so insurance is cheap

hi ive just got a new vauxhall astra 1.4 it easily fits ruby (a rottie ) in the boot with room to turned around and stretch out in
just to give you an idea of insurance my car is 10 plate, ive been driving for just over 5 years and have 2 years no claims the rest of the time was as a named driver on my mums insurance ( with no claims ) and i pay around £120 per month for fully comperhensive insurance (one of the cheapest i could find with good level of cover )
hope this helps