Car advice, please...

[cybermule]

The time has come that 0ct0pus and myself feel we should combine and buy a "proper" car i.e. one that costs more than 200 quid. This sort of thing gives me an achey head as soon as I start thinking about it, even putting aside the psychic pain of driving something that looks like I might take owning a car remotely seriously. So we were looking for suggestions based on following loose criteria:

- costs about £1000 and has a reasonable length of MOT (tax is a bonus). We could go more than this, but I'm really tight we don't want to.
- family friendly i.e. no vans :(
- we also have non-family alter egos that carry regular large heavy things, so ideally a small estate or a very roomy hatchback. I can't be lifting amplifiers and garden kit in and out of boots.
- not a FIAT or a FORD, unless you have a really compelling reason to own one.

Any suggestions gratefully received - this is not our speciality area as D has owned green car since I've known him and I just repeatedly buy large scruffy Peugeots with long MOTs and £200 price tags.

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[0ct0pus.livejournal.com]

I should clarify this. I have trashed green car (the Micra). Put about 120,000 miles (largely motorway driving) on it in about 5 years, crashed into a load of stuff and skimped on servicing. It is still going... every year I put it in for an MOT with a heavy heart and every year it passes and JUST KEEPS GOING. However, this zombie-car attribute is starting to make it come apart around the edges, and it only behaves in town traffic for me, not cybermule.