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Was now starting to look at newish cars (still under warranty) for local up to 50 mile daily commute plus occasional long distance dash. trying to work out how to get best crash protection in case of impact at motorway speeds and reasonable performance/economy. maximun size ceed/focus class. have already excluded new astra because of driving position for me. also, She won't have anything italian spanish or french, likes Toyota, but expensive and 30 miles to a dealer for servicing. Mazdas seem to be slightly better copies of equivalent fords, but expensive too. Astra fails because at 6'2" there is NO Room for even a child behind me! most of the time will be 2 of us but occasionally 4. Vw group cars excluded because of all the issues regarding customer services plus distance to dealer! BMW excluded because rwd and distance to dealer. At the end of the day has left us with Kia, but dealer is not rated highly locally. After looking in showrooms for several weeks, being unable to get test drives when convient for both of us and visited the forums of most of what we have looked at have decided to stick with current car, and abandoned getting a second one.
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