Espada and Victorbox are right - it all depends if you want a 7 seater or a 5+2. Suggest you line up some test drives and take it from there.
Our Grand Scenic has been with us for almost a year and continues to delight. The flexibility and space (especially load space) are excellent. Drives well and SWMBO loves it. Don't believe all of the rubbish about "unreliability", my experience is that Rennies are far more reliable than, say VWs.
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Agree with Edward and Hawkeye regarding the Synergie and C8. We were very pleased with our Synergie TD (XUD) and replaced it with a C8 HDI Auto. The benefit of sliding doors cannot be underestimated. Wouldn't touch an MPV without them now. Yes, the new Galaxy looks intereesting, but it's big and wide, and I wouldn't like to park it in a supermarket car park!
These are proper 7-seaters, whereas Corolla Versos, Zafiras, and other mid-size MPVs have rearmost seats that are almost so small as to be useless.
Seats that fold into the floor are also a no-no for me, because I often whip all the seats out and use our C8 as a van. Folding seats take up too much room.
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We bought a VW sharan last year - we had the 5 2 or full 7 dilema. It came down to the fact that our kids are small so still need to carry puschairs in the back, plus all still in car seats (we have 3, 3 and under) we also go camping so wanted lots of space plus sometime have other children in the car (also in car seats).
However removable seats are a pain, and with hindsight should have held on for the new galaxy with the folding jobs - think its also chaeper than the outgoing model.
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If you are considering 'new' and not in a desperate hurry the 4 x 4 Chevrolet Captiva to be launched in the UK in January can be specced with a diesel auto with 7 seats and should be worth a look.
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After 2 days of car searching, im still ,like a kid in a sweet shop (oh dear)
Mazda 5 sportnav 2 .0 d ,we were priced just over 18 k and we could drive away their showroom model (i think desperate to get rid of) looks like, from trailer to showroom.
Toyota verso t180 d now this baby shifted and i like this has same saftey items like traction control etc as the mazda 5 but has other nice things as automatic windscreen washers, i also like the fact that its keyless and uses a transmitter type box, it als has push button engine start/stop, but there must be some sort of implications with a keyless entry, what happens when the batteries give up,also come with dvd player as standard but not know as of yet as to a games console can be connected. Price well their demo car is up for 18k on a 06 registered in march, can i knock em down ?
Lastly my ideal choice is the s max but price is a issue here and the lack of traction control etc as standard is putting me off, i would like the 1.8 d titanium but paying well over 20 k is a def no no ,and i did ask if they could match internet prices as drivethedeal and i got the, well how do you know its a uk spec car etc etc.
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After Top Gear - the S Max anytime.
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Yeah but did you see the way they pushed the SMax? For instance, JC messed up the Zafira back seats (deliberately?) but, conveniently, they were already up on the SMax.
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drivethedeal.com only do UK-spec cars and I would expect it to be from a main Ford dealer.
Unless the part-exchange offer is superb, I'd buy from them and sell privately, back to the dealer, through auction or eBay, depending on what you're getting rid of. What are you chopping in? DTD are doing a 2.0 TDCi Titanium with metallic for £19,642.31. (Don't forget the 31p).
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Will be choppin in a p reg mondeo worth what, 200 quid tops.
Maybe will try and put a deposit down on a s max demo car, i think be about 6 weeks before the demo`s are replaced.
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It's cheaper to scrap or auction the Mondy and get a broker discount then (or give it away even).
Obviously if the demo is cheap then that's a good thing and it may be worth considering but I'd rather get £40 scrap for the Mondeo and £2,000 off the new car than £500 for the Mondeo and nothing off the new one.
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If you really want to be a bus driver, get a Routemaster.
Why do you need to chauffer 6 other people, whatever size?
Bring back Family Planning Clinics!
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If you really want to be a bus driver, get a s/h Routemaster.
Perhaps the Family Planning Clinics should be re-introduced!
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Think im gona go for the corolla verso price given is 17,800 ,seems ok for a march registered 4000 mile car. Any things i should watch out for before handing over the hard earned.
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Just before you go ahead, take a quick trip to your nearest Mazda dealer. We got rid of a troublesome C-Max and replaced it in March with a new Mazda 5 TS2. It is such a great car to drive and the sliding rear doors are brilliant in tight car parks. I really like the Verso too, but give the Mazda a try first - its a lot of car for the money and ours hasnt put a foot wrong since we got it - seems Mazda reliability is still there.
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If you need a 7 seater and also want a boot, may I suggest the Ssangyong Rodius. We got ours in December last year and we love it. It swallows all 6 of us (two aduts and 4 kids aged 11, 8, 6 and 2) and all the associated stuff they carry. It is coping very well with the abuse it gets, goes and stops well and, for a two ton automatic, is returning around 30 mpg. Brand new for 14995, they are a little to new (the oldest will only be a year old) to find second hand but we are very happy with ours. I admit the looks take a little getting used to.............
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