A mate at work has a budget of

 

Volvo, Accord or Primera Estates run and run.

 

 

That's cool Ade - any particularly knowledge of which versions or engines or whatever?

 

Any of them really, its his call on price and petrol or Diesel but all of those should run and run no probs.

 

Cheers, as soon as he returnes to his desk I'll let him know.

 

We bought a fully-loaded Volvo V40 X-reg last July for

 

Omega Estate

 

Focus Estate
V40 Estate
Vauxhall Signum - these are cheap as nobody loves them aaahhhh.

 

Avoid 307 - absolute dog of a car.

Focus yes.
V40 I guess so, but boring.
Primera ditto.


Comment - what would be AS cheap to buy, and not dissimilar to run, is the next class up - Mondeo, 406, etc. I'd recommend both Mondeo AND 406 estates, esp. in diesel guise. Lots more space, more toys as standard for the money (they depreciate really badly), good build quality on both. And they both handle very tidily for their size.