OK, sorry to have caused so much confusion on here, and thanks for all your responses. Let me set out specifics.
It was my husbands 13 plate Mondeo that we used for towing the caravan that I wrote off. The Civic is mine, but as I had to take ill health retirement a couple of years ago, my husband was using the Civic to get to work and back. Therefore, we often swapped cars, depending on what we were doing each day.
My husband is 6'2" tall and earlier in the year found out he has one leg half inch shorter than the other. This can cause him some discomfort on long journeys, but nothing a few pain killers won't sort out when we do have to do them in future.
We are not replacing then Civic, we are buying a car to replace the Mondeo. However, the fact that so much has changed over the years that I have obviously not kept up with, is what has got my knickers in a twist. I first used this forum when I was looking in early 2016 to buy another car. The Skoda Octavia and the Honda Civic were the two cars I had my eye on.
We have always had dogs, and also I have always had cars with a decent back end on. My two daughters lives if being involved in a rear end crash, as well as the all round decent protection in a car has been important to me since my first daughter was born in '87. We only have one daughter now, and also have an almost 3 year old grandson, which is why I still want a car with a decent back end.
I can't afford a Volvo (my Dad had a 740), so am now looking for a petrol engine that is not going to cost an arm and a leg due to the potential impact of new potential regs regarding diesels (can't remember the exact letters/number that this one is).
So, still considering looking at a Skoda Octavia. Also going to ask my friend if I can borrow some money off her and pay her half a percent above what she gets in her longer term lower access savings account. She will be back from the Canaries on the first, so will go over to see her a few days later after she's had chance to settle back in.
Now you have the actual info re: why and what we are looking for, backed up by some of the reasons behind my thoughts, maybe it will be a little easier to offer info on what car may be best for me.
Do not really want to look at a 1.0 engine as I feel it is to small, but that's just me. Prefer to pay a little more for a more substantial car around us, and get a few miles per gallon less.
Don't see our motorway use on 50+ round trips ever two weeks or so ever going down until we are both relatively housebound. Also, a couple of hols per year in this country will be here to stay for us and our daughter and grandson are here to stay. Also will still be also going off for a couple of nights per year 2 or 3 times a year by ourselves. Possibly even more so when husband retires in February next year.
ROFLMAO.... now you more or less know my life story, does that help any more??
And continued admiration for those of you that have managed to stick with me so far, and are still prepared to offer help and support!
J.
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