I'd appreciate your advice about options a friend has when changing his car. He currently drives a 13-year-old Renault Grand Espace diesel with 150,000 miles on the clock. He has owned it from new and has enjoyed driving it. It has given him and his family excellent service. In its present condition he has been told it is worth only a couple of hundred pounds. He would like to replace it with something new or nearly new. Do you have recommendations for me to pass on to him? He travels regularly to southern France and needs the space for luggage, equipment and for a dog.