Addison Lee or Ford Dealership

We are looking to buy a new family car for 3 children aged 5, 2 and 4 months who are all in car seats, we want to be able to fit all 3 car seats across the backseat so have narrowed it down to Ford Galaxy and S Max. We are swaying towards the Galaxy as it will have more room for the double buggy.

Our budget is £11,500 so I was wondering whether it is better to get an ex-Addison Lee at around £8500 and put £1000 aside for any repairs that may be required due to high mileage, or get one from a for dealership for our budget where they are a bit older but with less mileage on the clock?

Asked on 20 January 2013 by Retromum

Answered by Honest John
Addison Lee's are all 2.0TDCI automatics. But no complaints from people who have bought them so far.
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