To ask for your recommendations of lower budget used cars?

[Isahlo]

Hello,
I will be buying a new car soon as my dearly beloved tiny car has died.
i was wondering if I could have some opinions on used cars
around 5k in price
economical
five doors
suitable for some OT equipment to go in as I need for work
isofix
space for a pram in boot still

many thanks

Vauxhall insignia

Interesting NDN has one of these and it’s always in the garage 🙈

Honda Jazz. Ultra-reliable, cheap to fix and service, you can often find low mileage second hand ones as beloved of older careful drivers. Loads of space inside, especially with rear seats down.

Mine is fine 🙂

Mazda 3

I second Honda Jazz

Honda CRV 3rd generation
Loads of room good driving position
Very well equipped
And hondas indestructible build quality

Anything Japanese

Toyota or Honda anything. Two 13yr old Toyotas with 130k each still chugging along. Civic back in 2000s did 190k.

Based on what you need it's Auris (Corolla) or Civic, both have bulletproof reliability. Favour service history over low miles and get the best spec you can, the price difference between the top and bottom of the range is far less than when they were new.

If you can afford to run one the Avensis is cracking value for money but high running costs and tax by modern standards and a bit of a boat.

Honestly these days I'd be reluctant to buy a car privately due to the smorgasbord of sensors waiting to go wrong and 5k isn't going to go very far at a main dealer.

Independent garage probably the way to go. Something like this maybe? Used cars are ridiculously overpriced right now. Twelve year old family cars at 5k and up is crazy.