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Seriously, i think the OP may be on the wrong forum!, remaps, tuning parts, £2k tops?!. If you want to buy yourself a (probably) high mileage diesel car, then tune it so you can let out your inner boy racer, that is entirely up to you. But you won't have much joy on this forum looking for someone to endorse such a foolhardy mission.
You have 2 toddlers and another on the way and you are prepared to spend a maximum of £2k. Under those circumstances you really want to be looking at what the safest car you can get is, but is also going to be reliable. And if that is all you can afford to spend on a car, well so be it, you just need to do the best you can in finding something decent, safe and reliable. But, you do seem to have extra money available for remaps and tuning equipment!. Given that, maybe you should include all you were planning to spend (on top of that £2k) to get a better car.
A diesel car at that price point, unless you are very lucky, could easily turn into a money pit and the repair costs (much higher than a n/a petrol) will wipe out any fuel saviings and then some.
If you were to up your budget a bit to include 'boy racer expenses', say £2.5k, you could get into something like this,
www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/20180202333...1
SAFE, fast enough, rides and handles brilliantly, spacious, big boot, etc, etc. BTW, you can get into this shape Mondeo for £2k, but it will have a little more miles which is no big deal.
Here are some other options;
www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/20180719860...1
The 2.0 would be more sensible, but you'd probably find this more appealing.
www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/20180717851...1
The Civic has an enormous cabin for its size, a big boot and reliablity.
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