To ask for your family car recommendations please?

We looked at these two and the Nissan qashqai. All three are very similar in size and shape but we discovered that we could get a bit more for our money in terms of spec, age and mileage if we went for the Nissan. So we did and got one at 18 months old and we love it

The kia does have a 7 year manufacturers guarantee though so although the sportage will be a little more expensive than the qashqai, if that’s important to you depending on how old the car is that you buy you may have a reasonable period of guarantee left with the kia

I keep asking DH if we can get it converted to electric or hybrid.

Skoda Karoq or Seat Ateca

We have a Hyundai santa fe. The boot space is huge but you can also lift an extra two seats up. So the boot becomes smaller but handy if you don't use them all the time.

Same! I have a 2014 Freelander 2 and it is the best car! I love everything about it (but it is quite pricey to run and isn't ULEZ compliant). Contemplating changing it for something cheaper to run that can be taken into London but I just cannot find anything that I like more. I basically want the exact same car but with a more economic engine hahaha

Another Dacia Duster owner here - love mine! It’s basic, reliable and big enough for us ( camping, taking kids to and from uni etc).

Volvo XC40.
Fantastic car.

I was driving my dads land river 16 plate last year and it lost power slowly, I pulled over, but the engine start stop button would not turn off, the engine then started screaming and thick black smoke started coming out so much so some called the fire brigade, luckily my dads quick thinking he got in the drivers seat (he wasn't allowed to drive as he had had a major op) put it in gear and stalled it. It got towed to a garage who couldn't repair it. A £16k car totally useless, and couldn't claim on insurance. In hindsight he should have let it catch fire, at least he could have claimed on insurance!
Then a month later it happened to a friends car, exactly the same, a 66 plate same vehicle.
I have a Volvo xc60 65 plate that's still going strong in 107000, not sure it's big enough for your requirements, but look at the xc90 that's the bigger one 😊

I was going to suggest this, and yes there 70+ on Auto trader for less than £15k.

Hyundai Tucson or Kia Sportage (same car)? We've had both and liked them, had reliability troubles with the Tucson but from my extensive (😭) reading we were very unlucky. Not as fancy as some of those listed but cheaper so you'd get a newer model with more bells and whistles IME.

Can't help with three seats across the back though as ours are still in bulky younger seats than the HBBs.

We have the same, nothing fancy and i joke it does everything but nothing very well. Happy to run it into the ground while the kids are young though, i recently scratched it and thought nothing more than oh well

2014 Freelander bought from new. Best car I've ever had. Don't ever want to change it.

Not sure what you can get one for now. My mileage is 80,000

How about a Kia Sorento?

Or a Qashqai if you already have a Nissan and like them? Not sure the back is enough though 🤔

I bought a 2015 range rover sport as a family car, it's fantastic.
If you're worried about engine look for one that has had a thorough service history and be prepared to have the oil changed every 6-9 thousand miles as from what I've read the crankshaft issues are due to fatigue that can be reduced by regular oil changes

We have a C5 aircross - looks like an SUV, 3 full seats across the back.
It's only 1.2 so not too expensive to run. I really like it - i am a shortarse but it feels easy to drive despite being so large

RAV4 self-charging Hybrid (or plug/hyrbid in but those are more expensive). Although I don't know if you would get one for 15k.

Do not do that. You will regret it. Prices are nose diving due to insurance and reliability issues

We've got a Citroen C4 Picasso as well. Love the boot space and the big windows.
Wouldn't put all season tyres on it, though. However, depends on where you live. If you are in a town/city, they should be fine. We need proper winter tyres in winter and I've just gotten a new set of summer ones for this year.

Another vote for the Citroen C4 Grand Picasso - we are a family of 5 too (all still in car seats) and it's perfect

Another vote for the Skoda Karoq. Room for three in the back, spacious boot and you can remove the back seats, as well as fold them down, if needed.

We’ve had Ford S-max’s. Great cars! Reliable, 3 seats in the back, loads of space and pretty economical to run. Sounds like it’d be suitable?

We've found the Citroen Grand Picasso a great family car. Very flexible interior & high driving position. The 2020 car is around £15,000. We put all weather tyres on ours.

I love my Volvo CX40. Safe, comfortable and not annoyingly long or wide, decent on petrol. Second hand are great as the drivers who like them don't tend to be wankers.

Yes. The insurance would cost more than the car is worth and the car would be nicked in a week.

TBH at 100K miles I’m surprised it’s not been condemned to the scrapheap…likely got more problems under its bonnet than you could count.