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Can you recommend a cheap, reliable runabout?
We need to buy a secondhand car for my wife for local trips. She will probably do no more than 2000 miles per year. Can you please recommend something between £3000 and £5000, which hopefully would prove reliable? We can garage the car, too.
Asked on 15 July 2021 by Smartmart
Answered by
Dan Powell
I would recommend a Suzuki Swift 1.2 petrol: www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/suzuki/swift-2010/
or
Toyota Yaris 1.3 petrol: www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/toyota/yaris-and-yar...1
or
Toyota Yaris 1.3 petrol: www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/toyota/yaris-and-yar...1
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