Granny School run car

[Peter911]

I would imagine this subject has been done to death, but I can’t find anything recent.

After a car in the £10-£12,000 range to take two/three grandchildren to school etc.

My wife has been using my Q7 which is brilliant, but a bit big for her to park at school gates .

Looking at the school gate, it seems to be Audi Q3‘s and Ford Kuga. I would like something with Parking sensors and cameras as wife’s parking isn’t the best.

Prefer not to have a Ford as the brand is a bit naff (our other cars are mainly BMWs, Porsches and classics)

Any suggestions as to what we should look at? I know Skoda is classed as a naff brand but many years ago I did a evaluation on them and they were great value.

[AB]

Macan

[hammo19]

Peter911 said:

I would imagine this subject has been done to death, but I can t find anything recent.

After a car in the £10-£12,000 range to take two/three grandchildren to school etc.

My wife has been using my Q7 which is brilliant, but a bit big for her to park at school gates .

Looking at the school gate, it seems to be Audi Q3 s and Ford Kuga. I would like something with Parking sensors and cameras as wife s parking isn t the best.

Prefer not to have a Ford as the brand is a bit naff (our other cars are mainly BMWs, Porsches and classics)

Any suggestions as to what we should look at? I know Skoda is classed as a naff brand but many years ago I did a evaluation on them and they were great value.

You need a larger budget than that to join the Skoda suv brigade. They are superb cars and in my opinion much better than Audis and VWs.

[Moulder]

Sounds like one of these would be ideal.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Semperagressus]

Seat Ateca, cheaper than the `Skoda and same space and running gear.

[DonkeyApple]

Peter911 said:

I would imagine this subject has been done to death, but I can t find anything recent.

After a car in the £10-£12,000 range to take two/three grandchildren to school etc.

My wife has been using my Q7 which is brilliant, but a bit big for her to park at school gates .

Looking at the school gate, it seems to be Audi Q3 s and Ford Kuga. I would like something with Parking sensors and cameras as wife s parking isn t the best.

Prefer not to have a Ford as the brand is a bit naff (our other cars are mainly BMWs, Porsches and classics)

Any suggestions as to what we should look at? I know Skoda is classed as a naff brand but many years ago I did a evaluation on them and they were great value.

Sounds like a job for a mid sized EV coming off its lease? Just charge it from a normal plug. They're the cheapest solution at present for basic local pottering. Anything ICE has lots of competition but EVs have a limited number of potential buyers.

[DonkeyApple]

Peter911 said:

I would imagine this subject has been done to death, but I can t find anything recent.

After a car in the £10-£12,000 range to take two/three grandchildren to school etc.

My wife has been using my Q7 which is brilliant, but a bit big for her to park at school gates .

Looking at the school gate, it seems to be Audi Q3 s and Ford Kuga. I would like something with Parking sensors and cameras as wife s parking isn t the best.

Prefer not to have a Ford as the brand is a bit naff (our other cars are mainly BMWs, Porsches and classics)

Any suggestions as to what we should look at? I know Skoda is classed as a naff brand but many years ago I did a evaluation on them and they were great value.

Sounds like a job for a mid sized EV coming off its lease? Just charge it from a normal plug. They're the cheapest solution at present for basic local pottering. Anything ICE has lots of competition but EVs have a limited number of potential buyers.

[sherman]

DonkeyApple said:

Peter911 said:

I would imagine this subject has been done to death, but I can t find anything recent.

After a car in the £10-£12,000 range to take two/three grandchildren to school etc.

My wife has been using my Q7 which is brilliant, but a bit big for her to park at school gates .

Looking at the school gate, it seems to be Audi Q3 s and Ford Kuga. I would like something with Parking sensors and cameras as wife s parking isn t the best.

Prefer not to have a Ford as the brand is a bit naff (our other cars are mainly BMWs, Porsches and classics)

Any suggestions as to what we should look at? I know Skoda is classed as a naff brand but many years ago I did a evaluation on them and they were great value.

Sounds like a job for a mid sized EV coming off its lease? Just charge it from a normal plug. They're the cheapest solution at present for basic local pottering. Anything ICE has lots of competition but EVs have a limited number of potential buyers.

This
A second hand Tesla model3 is well within budget

[DonkeyApple]

Peter911 said:

I would imagine this subject has been done to death, but I can t find anything recent.

After a car in the £10-£12,000 range to take two/three grandchildren to school etc.

My wife has been using my Q7 which is brilliant, but a bit big for her to park at school gates .

Looking at the school gate, it seems to be Audi Q3 s and Ford Kuga. I would like something with Parking sensors and cameras as wife s parking isn t the best.

Prefer not to have a Ford as the brand is a bit naff (our other cars are mainly BMWs, Porsches and classics)

Any suggestions as to what we should look at? I know Skoda is classed as a naff brand but many years ago I did a evaluation on them and they were great value.

Sounds like a job for a mid sized EV coming off its lease? Just charge it from a normal plug. They're the cheapest solution at present for basic local pottering. Anything ICE has lots of competition but EVs have a limited number of potential buyers.

[911Spanker]

Honda Jazz is perfect.

[John D.]

Rover Metro.

[DonkeyApple]

John D. said:

Rover Metro.

Surely, as the driver is a grandmother the default PH choice is a Camaro?

[andy43]

DA seems very keen on an EV and he’s probably right.
MG, Kona, Leaf, all are 5 door easy access mini SUVs available with 360 cameras depending on spec.

[redred]

Op, keeping up with the joneses is quite expensive, I think you’ll need to up your budget unless you want to drive something significantly older or “naff”.

[John D.]

DonkeyApple said:

John D. said:

Rover Metro.

Surely, as the driver is a grandmother the default PH choice is a Camaro?

Just going on what my granny drove. Did the job. Easy to park to. YMMV.

[andy43]

John D. said:

DonkeyApple said:

John D. said:

Rover Metro.

Surely, as the driver is a grandmother the default PH choice is a Camaro?

Just going on what my granny drove. Did the job. Easy to park to. YMMV.

Mine had an Allegro.
I’d rather walk.

[HocusPocus]

911Spanker said:

Honda Jazz is perfect.

This 100%. The OAP favourite vehicle.

[Bonefish Blues]

We went with an i3 for this purpose and it's great. I wouldn't voluntarily do the school run in a full-sized SUV again.

[omniflow]

You would have thought that someone for whom Fords are "a bit naff" and they have mainly BMWs and Porsches then their Grandchildren should be sent to an acceptable school. One with a nice long drive with a drop off area at the top - having to park on the road is terribly common.

[Sheepshanks]

HocusPocus said:

911Spanker said:

Honda Jazz is perfect.

This 100%. The OAP favourite vehicle.

Hmmm...my wife had two of them, and she wasn't even that old. But when grandchildren started arrving she got a VW Tiguan. With 4Motion in case the road was a bit slippy.

Our Jazzs were great - mk1 was hewn from granite and mk2 was pretty good (still have the mk2 in the family). But I think the old people fell out with Jazz from mk3 onwards (2015). Used to see loads of them around us and now they're a rare sight. Mk2's can be bonkers prices considering they're at least 10yrs old now. Honda, and its dealers, used to be awesome, but a lot have been canned or went bust due to lack of sales.

I live in the same road as our village school - there's lots of things like Qashqai and various Korean SUVs. A fair smattering of LR vehicles and Macan / Cayenne. And Volvo SUVs of every size.