As regards Chevrolet reliability, bought a new Matiz for my wife 3 years ago. 20,000 miles later it has never faltered, and the only thing I have had to ask for at a service was to adjust the handbrake as the travel seemed a little excessive.

I was so impressed I bought a used Kalos, with 30,000 on which has done 9000 miles in the past 6 months also without any problems. Hasn't even used any oil.

Old porsche lovely cars expensive on petrol but who cares live is for living.:)

I'm an old codger

My wife is an old codgeress.

I drive a Yaris. She drives a Matiz.

Ease of entry/exit .. comfort and low running costs plus ease of parking are all.

Fiat? Read the forums full of lists of things that go wrong when they are older and the lack of quality shows...

As for Rover 75s, you don't need to be an old codger to own one: just slightly dumb. Far too big around town, expensive to run and looks like a rather tired old bus... :-)

Edited by madf on 06/02/2011 at 17:33