My GF's parents currently have a toyota previa, with the 2.8 litre petrol engine in it,
bought it when they were childminding and had to carry loads of the brats to school and back, now they are retired they want something that is a lot cheaper to run (get about 200 miles to 60 quids worth of fuel they say)
her dad has always driven large vehicles (used to be a 7.5 ton truck driver for parcel line) and wants something big, but seems to be realising that on a pension, something economical is better, and big cars arent ecconomical unless you are getting a new un with the latest engine technology.
half their family is in london, so they want to be able to drive down there and back without spending their entire weeks pension on fuel.
i've said they want a medium sized diesel car, but am struggeling to think of a good un, fords wont be entertained at all, all our families agree on that.. they've all had very expensive repairs on them in the past (my dads was a fraud mundane which had the cam belt changed along with the plastic ideler wheels,
3 months later the bearing seazed in the tensioner wheel and stripped the belt, and fraud wouldent entertain even a small discount on the 1200 quid repair bill, as we haddnt specified the tensioner wheel to be replaced at cam belt time)Anyway, the car for them will be a few years old as they prolly have around a grand to spend,
i came up with the pug 306 TD, smaller than he's used to, but not too small for their use, and about 50 or 60 mpg, but not sure what old uns are like.
what other cars like that are available? dosent have to be a turbo, but really wants to be a diesel, able to fit 5 comfortably (1 of them is a 3 year old, so 4 and a quarter really :) have a half decent boot space for an alsatian dog plus luggage.