New car advice

I work as a building control surveyor, and currenly drive a SEAT Leon. I am thinking of changing car. I need a car that can cope with a continuous start stop regime perhaps only doing 200 miles a week, but no journey more than one or two miles, rarley getting up to 30MPH. The new car will probalby be a year old, and also need to look good, being under 30 I have to have some street credabilty.

Asked on 11 April 2012 by crisis

Answered by Honest John

Absolutely has to be petrol. Preferable one of the new 1.2 turbos from VWG and Renault, or the 1.0 Ecoboost from Ford. Diesel totally unsuitable.

Tags: petrol buying short journeys hatchbacks

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