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I had an 07 plate Zetec automatic, it was an ok car but i struggled to see the point in an autobox in such a low powered car but it was a decent motor.
Its interesting you mention hills as one of our residents, a certain lovely Mrs Threadbare had a mk1 1.6 Focus and found hills annoying eventually. The mk2 is heavier than the original.
Its hard to choose a Focus because theres so many of them, to get the right one is tricky. I'd prefer it over the Astra (rock hard seats), Civic and Golf both fall into the too-expensive-for-what-it-is category for me, the C'eed is a good little car but if you can get a Focus instead then take it.
The fuel bills will be heavy with the petrol but if you can get the car for half the price and half the potential risk (in regard to DPF etc) with cheaper insurance over a year-18 months it still wont cost as much as the purchase price of the diesel before you've taxed, insured or put any diesel in it.
The diesel is high mileage for its age, more expensive to insure, twice the price to buy, runs on more expensive fuel and twice as likely to have a massive failure.
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