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What about a decent estate, you can get a decent 2nd hand Volvo V90
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In reply to Post #21
 No, it's bang out of order the wet belt situation. Who in their right mind though that a wet belt would be a good idea in the 1st place. It's been known about for some time and should have been subject to recall...how the manufacturers got away with it is beyond me, where's the accountability 
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In reply to Post #20
Thanks for explaining. At least I got the chance to moan about my son's car.
I don't think it's right he should face such a high bill seeing it was Vauxhall's fault
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In reply to Post #19
Copying and pasting from other post..lol
The timing belt in my engine is a dry belt, but that's not the recall problem I'm talking about, it's the camshaft chain, see part 7 in the diagram below. There have been kits available for a while with upgraded chain size and new top cam cover etc, but this is the 1st I've heard of the recall
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In reply to Post #18
Sounds like your car has a welt belt.
My son's Vauxhall Grandlander of a similar age has one and it cost him approx £1500 to change and clean the engine because it had deteriorated and was clogging up the oil causing it to go into limp mode
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In reply to Post #17
So, I'm just following this up and will copy and paste this where I've commented on other threads.
Our 2019 Peugeot Rifter 1.5 Blue Hdi has just been recalled by Peugeot as a 'Urgent Safety Recall'. They're working their way through vins and contacting owners in some sort of sequence. There is also a compensation scheme in place for those who've already had issues.
To quote
May be affected by premature wearing of the camshaft drive chain, leading to abnormal noise, or a breakage of the chain in the worst case. To address this issue we will update the software to improve oil pressure and reduce wear. In addition the noise of your engine will be checked with a special application. If we see a problem with the chain we will replace it. If no problem is found we will replace the oil with to one with higher viscosity and special anti wear additives.
My car's already been serviced with the right oil but it will be going to Peugeot for a check, and to check it's still recommending the same oil. As this engine is used in other makes I assume they're on recall too, worth checking your engine.
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In reply to Post #9
Unfortunately the 1.5 blue HDi did have problems around the 2019. Timing chains snapping, PSA changed it from a 7mm to a 8mm chain and some got contributory good will towards the cost of replacement, which also included a new cam cover, shafts etc, you can find the kits on Ebay. Keep in mind how many vehicles those engines are in I suppose it's a small %age but never the less, if you browse Ebay you'll see a few sold as new engine required and services selling a replacement engine & fitting, which to me is quite well priced.
PSA are also considering (or may have changed now) the oil type, it was iirc 0:20 and maybe changed to 5:30 for incresed shear strength.
What really peed me off when I bought the Rifter is the oil at that time (made by Total) was only available to garages as a whatever hundred ltr drum, they were struggling to keep up with demand and couldn't release the 1 or 5ltr options. I asked the garage if it needed topping up what to do, naturally they said bring it to us but there's a 30 min labour charge min plus the oil!
Edit, changed engine size from 1,6 to 1.5.
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In reply to Post #14
I had a 520D and put 88,000 mile on it, other than normal running costs i had to fit a front wiper washer motor, £18 off Ebay. Super reliable BMs 
Note - seats don't drop down, massive boot for all the gear but the rod holdall had to go inside the car if that bothers you.
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In reply to Post #1
I have a mercedes glc250 petrol suv.
Big enough toget tones of gear in, comfortable and very easy to drive.
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In reply to Post #1
BMW 520/530 touring diesel preferably m sport variant.
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I was in a similar spot a couple years back—needed decent legroom and boot space without going full 7-seater. I ended up going with a Skoda Superb Estate, and it surprised me how comfy the rear seats were, even for my tall brother. It's also got Android Auto, massive boot, pretty slick auto gearbox, and zero issues reliability-wise so far. Not the most exciting car, but ticks all the boxes for practical use.
If you ever end up buying something out of town or need to move vehicles around for family, I had a pretty smooth time using this motorcycle shipping service recently. Was super helpful when I sold my old bike to someone across the state. For more details check https://www.a1autotransport.com/motorcycles/
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In reply to Post #9
As above, never had engine issues with my 1.6 HDI 2015. That one has PAT fluid instead of adblue, so that's another issue to not worry about
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Last thing I'd do in this anti car times is spend thousands on a vehicle, ..
Stay the way you are for as long as you can and save your money....
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Talking to a bloke the other day who I work with, he has a BMW 2 series with nearly 360,000 miles on the clock, petrol too   
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In reply to Post #1
What reliability with Diesel engines?
The only people that usually have issues are one's that drive in towns and never rev the engines. The PSA diesel is one of the most reliable Diesel engines out there and millions have been made, over the years they have been fine tuned to remove weaknesses. You can easily see 200k on the 1.6 hdi.
If Toyota are happy to use the PSA vans and rebadge them as Toyota then their good enough for anyone.
Compared to taking a chance on a German brand the PSA group vehicles are a safe bet.
https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/
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NON Carp stuff