Recommend me a cheap 6/7 seater

[8ob]

Wash your mouth out!

Too late, he has lit the fuse


Bob

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

So looking for a 7 seater that's cheap, reliable, does about 45 mpg, easy to fix when it goes wrong.

Any particular colour too?

Reckon you are going to have to compromise on some of that.

 

[Migmac]

but they do look good

Yep, good looking trucks. Even better with the raptor bits bolted on

 

[winchman]

So looking for a 7 seater that's cheap, reliable, does about 45 mpg, easy to fix when it goes wrong.

Any particular colour too?

Reckon you are going to have to compromise on some of that.

You are just being negative

 

[tom2207]

So looking for a 7 seater that's cheap, reliable, does about 45 mpg, easy to fix when it goes wrong.

Any particular colour too?

Reckon you are going to have to compromise on some of that.

Unicorn white ....

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Thats perfection sadly very poor on fuel.
I get 45MPG now and whilst I do realise its going to go down thats too much of a drop

Those look like Gov figures so I suppose it'd depend on your use/driving style? Maybe someone who has/has had one can comment?

 

[premmington]

So looking for a 7 seater that's cheap, reliable, does about 45 mpg, easy to fix when it goes wrong.

Any particular colour too?

Reckon you are going to have to compromise on some of that.

Merc E320 or E270 CDi estate car - cheap as chips - engines will outlast the car - only issue they have rear facing seats.

If you go for the early 210 not the 211 model they are even cheaper.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

V70 is 7 seat too...but I think the OP is looking for what I would call a natural 7 seater.

I'm guessing it will have to be a van derived mpv. The 2 rear seats in my V70 will only fit kids...and even then it takes a lot of persuading!

Unicorn white...I'll have to remember that one...I'm still laughing

 

[500e]

Motor manufacturers mustn't actually test stuff anymore ? Build a prototype and hammer the living tar out of it around mountains or bogs and on the roads. See where it fails and redesign or improve it.

LR might have beat the living tar out of them but as for redesign

 

[winchman]

I feel its got to be van based, I would love a T5 but out of budget, the T4,s I have seen had more miles on than the Starship enterprise.

 

[8ob]

I feel its got to be van based, I would love a T5 but out of budget, the T4,s I have seen had more miles on than the Starship enterprise.

And probably still good for the return journey, I think clean ones will hold their money and in time gain the same status as the T1,T2 and T3.

Bob

 

[premmington]

V70 is 7 seat too...but I think the OP is looking for what I would call a natural 7 seater.

I'm guessing it will have to be a van derived mpv. The 2 rear seats in my V70 will only fit kids...and even then it takes a lot of persuading!

Unicorn white...I'll have to remember that one...I'm still laughing

I have had several V70 petrol estate cars - the 2.4 petrol VW based engine is the best of the lot.

These thou are getting - thin on the ground now.

I only use the rear seats for grandkids - the only "natural seven seater" I have had was a Disco 2 - and that was an awful vehicle.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

I have had several V70 petrol estate cars - the 2.4 petrol VW based engine is the best of the lot.

These thou are getting - thin on the ground now.

I managed to pick up an XC70 1 owner FSH with 82k for less than £2k (5seats+2rear facing)....but then I've put another £2k into it sorting all the problems....agree they don't come up often.

Mine is the 2.5T (petrol) so plenty of poke...but it'll only do low 30s mpg so that's out. The diesel will do 42+ all day long....but in London diesels get the pollution charge so cant have one of those.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

only issue they have rear facing seats.

That could be advantageous in some cases

 

[angellonewolf]

only had 3 cars 7 seater

2 zafiras
1 ford galaxy

the zafiras where good 43 mpg ideal as most of the time i was the only person in the car going to work but did fit 7 people in but both died of fuel pump at a cost of £2000 plus

the galaxy was a good car but big for me on my own and was nice to drive again about 40mpg

 

[jimbo84]

There is an old boy down the road who has a Toyota starlet, 1990 and its perfect and reliable, but i hear the newer Japanese cars are not lasting like they used to ?

I'm a toyota convert. I had a 2003 toyota corolla 1.4 petrol, put a lot of miles on it whilst I had it for about 5 years, up and down the country.

It's the only car I've ever had that didn't need an oil top up between services. It was economical, I knew for a fact every time I started it would start and it would never let me down, it got battered about as all my vehicles do but it was a trusty steed.

It did develop a weepy rocker cover gasket so replaced that, the top of the engine inside was like new.

With the back seats down it was like a cavern and the amount of stuff I could get in there considering it was a hatchback was mind boggling.

It was dull boring both to look at and to drive but I'm passed all the vain side of car ownership, I want a car that isn't going to cost me the earth both in running costs and ongoing maintenance.

But (you're right they don't last) the underneath was shocking, it got a list of advisories for corrosion as long as your arm on the last MOT so it was time for it to go. I sold it dirt cheap to a mate on the basis of it may or may not see the year out.

 

[premmington]

only had 3 cars 7 seater

2 zafiras
1 ford galaxy

the zafiras where good 43 mpg ideal as most of the time i was the only person in the car going to work but did fit 7 people in but both died of fuel pump at a cost of £2000 plus

the galaxy was a good car but big for me on my own and was nice to drive again about 40mpg

Bosch VP44 PSG16 pumps cost the earth... (silly money).

(we do still sell them - you have to ask why thou - why would you spend that mch money on an old car?)

 

[angellonewolf]

^^^ both cars where only worth 1000 quid aas they where that old supprisingly they both did not have massive miles one was 170.000 miles the other about 140,000

and i bought 1 for 2500 and done 50.000 miles and the other i paid 1700 and done 45,000 miles so i had my money out of them but would have been nice to sell them before they dided and get a few hunrded in my pocket but you dont know when they are going to die both gave me no idea they where on the way out no burning oil no starting trubbles the aa guy said thats normal they just let go

 

[dobbslc]

Were they 8 or 16 valve? ^
Ours was 16 valve and it did go very well and returned 40mpg but the reliability........

 

[jerrytug]

I have had several V70 petrol estate cars - the 2.4 petrol VW based engine is the best of the lot.

These thou are getting - thin on the ground now...

I just let my 2.4 go for banger racing.. it was getting frequent faults, drank petrol, and the steering was horrible, heavy with a very large turning circle. My last Volvo, never again.