Thanks for the reply

Some advice would be good then if you have any? Of course I understand there has to be some kind of trade off.

What sort of car would you be looking at?

Thanks badbusdriver and Avant, I'll take your advice on board and ask around, which I am doing as well. Seems likes Subarus are used a lot here and parts are available, I was just wondering if there was anything particularly 'bad' about the cars I mentioned. I guess aiming for reliable cars with low mileage is the aim of the game.

Skidpan quite obviously had no intention of providing any help. He must get a kick out of trolling the forum I presume.

Edited by Avant on 05/07/2019 at 18:44

Most used cars of that age have done around 150 - 250,000 km here, seems like quite a lot?

My main priorities are:

• Reliability
• Good fuel economy
• Not too expensive to repair

You are never realistically going to meet any of those 3 requirements with an ageing 4 x 4 that has 150 to 250,000 kn on the clock.

• At that mileage (and age for those cars) you are going to have issues.
• Its a 4 x 4 thus mpg is going to be much less than a traditional family car.
• Its an ageing 4 x 4 thus its likely to be expensive to fix when it goes wrong.

Best of luck.

Skidpan quite obviously had no intention of providing any help. He must get a kick out of trolling the forum I presume

My original answer was intended as helpful. I tried pointing out to you that buying a vehicle pretty much at the end of its life with your expectations was totally unrealistic.

Not a single poster has told you what a good idea it is.

Edited by Avant on 05/07/2019 at 18:45