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Buying a cheap, used estate- what's best?

We have 3 large dogs and want to buy a cheap, used car to carry them in. Can you recommend anything? We cover 6000 miles a year and would prefer an automatic.

Asked on 26 January 2014 by RVS

Answered by Honest John
A Ford Mondeo automatic estate would be my recommendation.
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