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Looking to buy a 2nd hand family car; we have 2 kids aged 4 and 2. Husband is very tall and our 13 year old VW Golf has been fab but needs some work doing to it.

What would you recommend that is economical & inexpensive? Thank you!

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We had a Nissan Note which was really family friendly. The interior feels much larger than it looks (my husband is very tall also and this car felt the most comfortable to him), and the boot can fit a decent sized buggy and a bit of shopping or a very large suitcase (not much more than that though). There are little tables built into the seat backs that fold out for your passengers, a feature I miss now in our current car.


There is a dealer in Penge that we bought from (think it's called Ancaster?), and we have no complaints. It's an easy bus ride from ED so that's helpful for repairs. We had a minor accident in Kent and the local Nissan dealer treated us as if we were their most important customers; very impressive.


The Penge dealer has a number of models in your price range right now.... they were great about letting us spend time driving each option and the sales person could not have been nicer or more helpful. I would buy that car from that dealer again, no question. Good luck!

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Skoda octavia estate here too for family with a 3 and 1 yr old - enormous boot and if you get the vrs quite a bit of oomph. And parking sensors - important!! Only complaint would be with 2 car seats in the back there's not much room for a passenger in the middle - but this could be common to most non 3 seater width cars.
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snowboarder Wrote:

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> Skoda octavia estate here too for family with a 3

> and 1 yr old - enormous boot and if you get the

> vrs quite a bit of oomph. And parking sensors -

> important!! Only complaint would be with 2 car

> seats in the back there's not much room for a

> passenger in the middle - but this could be common

> to most non 3 seater width cars.



I don't own an Octavia, but I had a VRS estate hire car earlier this year. Very solid build, great to drive - as you say, quite a lot of oomph. Really impressed!

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