Problem comes when it's time to sell it on or trade it in, they're next to worthless at 6-7old when a Focus, Golf, Civic or Octavia would be repaying much of your initial outlay.

Doesn't that indicate buying one at 6-7 years old?

The title says "good buy second hand" so new car depreciation seems at worst irrelevant and at best a benefit....

Kia have a 'product improvement' campaign in place where they're changing front subframes for free when required.

Read a post by a chap recently regarding Ceed subframes. His 2009 Ceed had failed its MOT and the non-Kia garage who did the test told him to scrap it. He bought a used subframe from a later Ceed which apparantly fitted fine once non-required brackets had been removed and the car then passed its test....

"kv6 75's did not suffer head gasket problems. I cannot remember a single one coming in up till the time i left."

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Nothing to do with oxygen - the glycol breaks down with heat and forms acid species which attack various components. The corrosion inhibitors buffer the coolant to stop the attack. If it's still clear then no reason to change it.

JG and DC. I have used the sun visors down since I started driving more than 50 years ago. I don't like the glare from the sky or the street lights. When I give lifts to people they frequently lift the visor and I ask them why they want to see the aeroplanes then I put the visors down again.

A question about yellow tinted lenses. I have ordered a pair of over glasses and a pair of flip down lenses from Easylifegroup, due to arrive before Xmas. Can one of the expert BRs tell me how they work ? Does the yellow tint filter the headlights ? The tungsten filament bulbs tend to give a yellow coloured light but the newer headlights - and the ones that cause most glare - are white. Do the lenses still work ?