Any car experts here? It's a subject neither my wife nor I know anything about and whenever it comes time to buy a new one, we panic and wonder what to do.
Family of four. Mostly for local driving to work / shopping etc - but occasional longer trips elsewhere in the country.
We want something smallish, 5-door with the best possible fuel economy, but not tiny small as I sometimes have to transport gear to gigs and it needs to fit an 88-note keyboard case in the back.
Current car is Mazda 2 hatchback which is pretty much perfect size and design, but everything is breaking down in it and it's also a diesel, so needs to be got rid of eventually anyway. Have had some difficulties getting parts for it so would like something of a similar size but very standard and easy to service.
Up to £4,000 second hand.
Any ideas?