It was a van not a car, but a 2003 Iveco Daily with 170k when i bought it (in 2009). Didn't keep it that long as it was much more heavy duty than i needed, but i really liked it!.

Nothing stratospheric, mileage wise, but my 89 F reg Rover 820 Fastback showed 80k when I bought it, and it quickly became apparent that it had been clocked. To what extent I don't know, but I found concrete under the wheel arches, and just about everything electrical that could go awry went wrong in the first year of my ownership. Rust also broke out all over the show, and in response to my requests to fix all these problems, the aerosol-haired car salesman who sold it to me made the proverbial chocolate teapot look useful.The garage was Motapoint of Little Sutton; now long gone, so safe to name them.

Yes, concrete under the wheel arches. BIzarre, but true.

I've bought a few around the 100k-120k mark - but only if the usual servicing has been done around that time (major service, cambelts etc.) and there's plenty of service history.

We have quite a lot in common, Senexdriver! Like you we have four children (two of each in our case), and we too had a Savanna followed by an Espace in the 1980s. Fortunately they were company cars and we had them from new - indeed they were nos. 4 and 5 of seven consecutive Renaults.

In those days there wasn't much choice if you had more then three chidren, and there was always a big family Renault to fit us all in. None of them gave any major trouble, even though the Espace did 125,000 miles wth us: Renaults tend to be vulnerable to neglect or abuse by previous owners but (apart from the poor ones between about 2000 and 2006) can do very well if looked after from new.

Their other problem was that they didn't hold their value - big French cars still don't - so when I changed to a new job in 2002 with a higher salary but no car, I went German.

Now, like you, we have two Audis, a Q2 with the same 2.0 TFSI petrol engine as your A4 (per the other thread) and a 1.5 TFSI A3 convertible. A Q2 or Q3 might suit you next time.

Edited by Avant on 29/04/2019 at 18:33