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Done!

Just added my review for the Mazda6.

Is there any point in adding a review for a ropey 13yr old focus?

Pascha - I've just added a review for my Focus which we've had for years and which has now done 120,000 miles! .

I think the main feature of my idea family car is simply reliability and cost-effectiveness - I don't want to have to spend £££ every time it goes in for its MOT and I certainly don't want it breaking down on the M25 with two children in the back. So far, the Ford Focus is doing very well on both those counts!

The main consideration when buying a family car is cost, followed by running costs (petrol gallons per mile, tax etc). Then reliability. Then space in the boot. Then comfort. Then environmental credentials. Then finally, look and style!

Just checked prettybird's Mazda 6 review as being useful - or i did when all the links and icons eventually loaded.

Is there a reason why the picture for the car is an almost 2MB absolutely massive picture scaled down for display purposes? I had to wait a couple of minutes for everything to load on my superskinny excuse for broadband.

And please. No rafting holidays. My idea of hell.

Actually - I was just thinking I needed to go back and add some stuff to my reivew. Hadn't even though about things like running costs. Servicing costs are minimal and petrol consumption is (relatively) good.

My car is nearly 10 years old but still going strong. As far as I can make out from Which? although the car has been updated slightly since I got it, it has not fundamentally changed. Hence why I would have another one like a shot.

done

Done!!

Why the hell would I want to go rafting somewhere bloody cold?
Or at all for that matter

Crafting you say...?

done

Just reviewed my Toyota.

Oh, and I'll happily have ouryve and SoupDragon's rafting holidays if they win

(by the way, why don't we have a 'flutters eyelashes beguilingly while tilting head with a winning smile' emoticon?)

Mine isn't there - not sure many other people would be interested in a review of a 40+ year old Morris Traveller as a family vehicle though

DS1 would love pictures though, COCKadoodle!

done, but again, count me out for the cold/wet/outdoors business
<ignore the facts that DH would love it>

Liking the idea of a crafting holiday

Our fab Focus is no more following an incident with a white van so I've just been having a browse of the reviews, looking at options for a replacement.

It's great to see reviews of cars from other parents

Can I ask a couple of quick questions please MNHQ?

On the app, are the MN reviews and What Car reviews supposed to be the same?

Would it be possible to get some sort of whizzy function whereby it displays the rear legroom in each car (important when pondering whether an ERF carseat will fit [[ http://www.rearfacing.co.uk/facts.php info here]]

Finally, i looked at the Toyota Avensis review and couldn't see anything mentioned there about the recent recalls?

The only review for the Toyota Rav 4 is mine but somebody liked it! That's a pathetically grateful face!

I have since then had a letter about a recall as blondie mentioned but am waiting to hear from the garage.

added my review of my Jazz - best thing i ever bought (excepting the Hound of Poe)

i would be cock

The review on the golf is obviously for a newer model than mine! Want a new one now

I like my C Max and agree with the MN review. I'm sure there are higher tech small MPV's on the market, but for a five person family it is safe, reliable and importantly affordable. Not the sexiest car on the market by a long shot, but I am very happy with it.

my car isnt there, but I will post a review for it. And for my husbands car too.

Our ideal family car needs to be comfortable for long journeys (air con essential), stylish and fun to drive. I guess safety must be high on the list as well. Both our cars already have reviews, which I have read and agree with.

Every time I click onto Mumsnet Cars my Internet Explorer locks up ("Not Responding"). I have tried several times over the last week with no success.

The irony is, we are in the middle of buying a car and would love to read some reviews.

Any ideas, oh techy peeps?

I stand by every word of the review I wrote of my cee'd and agree with the What Car version too. Vast boot and superb, economical, comfortable family car. We drove it from Cambridge to Cornwall this summer - it was a very easy drive and far more comfortable than in the Focus Estate that we have previously used.

I think that family cars should come with removable washable seat covers...

Have reviwed my beast. I'll save you the time in looking it up, just don't bother with an insignia!

I can't seem to add a review of my car as it isn't listed. Which seems odd as it is a typical Mummywagon. And I do see lots of them around, although it is a Honda F-RV and I live near Swindon so maybe there's a particular concentration here. Still, it needs adding as it has lots of positives for families. For starters there are 6 full seats without giving up boot space so you can still carry luggage for 6.

have just written a review on our car

Blondieminx- I had a company Avensis before my Mazda6 and was going to buy the new one (as it was back then) almost without a test drive, if it hadn't been for the really shitty and arrogant service from my local Toyota dealer

As a result, I started looking around, read a review about the Mazda6 (and I'd previously had a Mazda 323 which I'd been very happy with) and thought it sounded worth having a look at. The service at the dealer we went to couldn't have been more of a contrast - but more importantly, once I test drove it and checked out the interior, I decided that it not only looked better (which OK, is a subjective opinion) and drove really nippily for a larger car, it had far better interior storage both for the front and rear passengers - something that for me was really important with a young family.

Now, the interior storage for the Avensis might have improved since then - it was a wee while ago now!

I LOVE my car (so very happy to post review), and I'd love a cold wet rafting weekend in Snowdonia, so bring it on ....

Done.

Thanks prettybird

Mazda plus tall DH appears to be incompatible

Looking at the Qashqai now...

My car is isn't in the review list, how do I add one?

Done. I love my little Fiat but DH wants a Qashqai as the mian family car so I'm off to check out the reviews (we are not replacing my car though, oh no).

Blondieminx: fair enough. Both dh and I are small, so it's not something we've had to think about.

Done.

I've added our cars. One of them twice as I didn't realise straight away that there's a separate family car and estate car section so I added our Toyota Avensis estate to the family car bit and then c&p'd to the estate car bit. MNHQ feel free to delete the rogue one

Also agree with blondieminx about the recalls, our Toyota is dh's car and I had forgotten about the two? three? times he's had it back at the garage due to recalls in the three years we've had the car. Could that be added to the review at all?

yes I know I've made a complete hash of this

Blondie - DH is 6' and doesn't fit in quite a number of cars - you just can't get the driving position far enough back for him. However, if you liked the Focus, we chose a skoda octavia rather than the focus because it was bigger for the same sort of money. DH can drive and I can sit behind him - OK he's not in quite the ideal driving position, but only one click off it, and I don't have much room - but then I'm 5'8 too so being able to sit in the back behind someone is pretty good. We've been in it with my parents with DS in the middle for quite long distances, absolutely fine. It has a HUGE boot.

I have already reviewed it, I suppose I'd better check its still OK as I did it sometime ago

I've reviewed the VW Polo and the Audi A6 Avant. I enjoyed that!

Done. Good timing as I didn't know about Mumsnet cars and we're planning to get a new one.

I won't need such a big car next time round, the pushchair and enormocarseats are no more.

The review of the Fiat 500 said everything I hoped it would

Seriously not 1 little Rover? It's not THAT old

Well, I like it. So there.

MNHQ

How can I write a revies of my car when you don't have it in the drop down options?

It's aMazda RX8. Maybe I'm being stupid and missing it? You have MX5s there, so it's not like you've only got 'family' cars?

We love our RX8. It's a family car for us as DS can sit in the back with plenty of room and we love it.

I have a fiat multipla. It's a 6 seater and we love it! Family of 2 adults and 4 children age 1-12 and we can fit everything we need (inc travel cot and pushchair) for a weeks holiday in the boot an all the kids have full size seat and loads of leg room. I'm also a childminder and have 3 0-4yrs car seats all on back row and two double and a single buggy in the boot!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why isn't this reviewed!

Ive added a review about the Ford Smax which is fantastic apart from our current issue with finding out it doesnt have a spare wheel!

I am amazed to find my car on the list, I don't know anyone else with one, I love it to bits evn though I spend £500 on fuel! Mercedes GL500

I added a review

I've added a review - not sure why Audi A6s are in the Executive Car bracket on the review site when the A4 is in the Estate Car bracket. I'd have thought they should both be down as Estate Cars?

I've added one for the Megane and another for the Focus. We're replacing the Megane with something a bit bigger next week so will have an extra one to post soon!

Have added a review, but had problems doing the star rating - when I hover over the star ratings, the stars disappear (using mac, and on latest version of firefox) - tried to go back in and edit them, but it doesn't seem to accept it. Drive should be 4 x not 3 x if you can see my review, Olivia.

Marking this to remind myself. Although rafting is my actual idea of hell.

what's the betting it becomes the first and only mumsnet competition I win?

Have reviewed my car and dh's, is that allowed?
Thought I would add his as he has a landrover defender and they are always slated. But we love it and so do the kids!
It is more expensive to run as not many miles to the gallon and noisy but so much more fun than mine. Also can do hours on the road without kids complaining which is an absolute bonus.

Awwww.....my Toyota Hilux is not on there - it's a great family car, with the biggest boot ever. Love my pick-up!

That's a very generous prize but if anything could persuade me not to write a review, it's the idea of having to go rafting in the middle of winter - or any time really!

So I'll add one, or maybe two, when I get a moment, but please don't make me win

Oh I see I'm not alone! Glad it ain't just me...! <big wuss>

It would appear that I am the only one who wants to win (hint hint).

MNHQ, any update on those of us who would love to review, love to win, and whose cars are not in the list?

I have added review for a nissan x trail .. mines is an 01 so not new ...... but still got good life left in it .

so comfy ... and roomy for the dogs and all my bits.

Fab

It is a Chevrolet spark 1.2 LT, bought as a second car for the family and chosen to be cheap to ensure my teenagers on, and intentionally relatively gutless.

It's a very comfy wee car with a surprisingly high spec level - it has almost every gadget. It's the little things I love; the space to store my glasses, the reversing beepers and the roof rails for when I want to put my bike on top.

It has a tiny boot but I can get four or five bags in if I try. The engine does feel a bit underpowered but that is a boon in my household, it saves teens being tempted to speed. MPG and insurance wise it is very low, with tiny road tax too. Oh, and it is very nippy around town.

Comfort - four stars
Ease of driving - four stars
Powerful - two stars
Built to last - three stars
Value for money - five stars

Insure, not ensure

Have commented on my totally wonderful XC90. Expensive but bought 2nd (or in our case 4th) hand, a really great car.

Done!

I have posted my review for the Touran. I love my car!