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Fusss

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Friday 26th July

Looking at best options around £12-14k.

£12k is the sweet spot, but could rise up to £14k for something that would really work and be a good deal for us.

Family of 4, kids are in school now, so no need for prams etc anymore, so a hatchback is absolutely fine – Focus, Astra size etc.

Currently leasing, but want to get out when it expires in a couple of months time as the rates are just not favourable anymore, and would rather invest the circa £12k spent over the lease term into something we could keep beyond the 3 years.

I do roughly 13k miles a year including work commuting, so something low mileage and preferably 2020-21 onwards.

After some experience really, what is the best option to be looking at for some reasonably trouble free future motoring to keep the car up to 9-10 years old.

Focus St Line ones look the nicest styling wise around the higher end of the price point, but open to anything really.

oilslick

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Toyota Corolla hybrid. If you keep it serviced at a main dealer it'll be under warranty until it's 10 year old / hits 100k miles.

Edited by oilslick on Friday 26th July 14:02

Master Bean

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