Drago
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You don't want none of that rabies rubbish. Give bubonic plague a try,you might like it.
Vauxhall Meriva- anyone got or had one?
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Jameshow
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Which meriva MK1 or 2 they are different car. My nephew has one with the funny suicide doors.
The MK2 is bigger but the MK1 is smaller.
https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/car-reviews/vauxhall/meriva/meriva-2010-2014/
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oxoman
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Slightly left field of various suggestions, how about kia venga or soul. Engagement being the smaller of the 2. As is normal with kia, reliable and 7yr warranty. Don't look at citreon aircross as 3 cylinder petrol engines not the best, lower powered ones are gutless at best. Dodgy electronics etc.
Jameshow
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Don't look at Citroen. 👍
Drago
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Having been rhe Kia way I'd question first hand their reliability, and good luck claiming on the warranty - they duck and dive ike Mohammed Ali on crack.
oxoman
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You surprise me, never had an issue and I'm on my 3rd all through different dealers. Worst dealership was 💩TRON followed by another frog company then a well known German group of companies. Good luck to the OP on keeping the OH happy and finding what they want.
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DCLane
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I'm aware of the 1.2 petrol wet belt issue on Citroen / Peugeot / newer Vauxhall, plus the 1.0 Ford Ecotech engines. That's partly what's limiting choice.
We left the Meriva decision as SWMBO ordered a new kitchen and I needed to explain, more firmly rather than politely, that we weren't currently in a position to have both at the same time when we're also helping son no. 1 buy his house.
Drago
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We had two, mk4 and 5 Spurt ages.
Neither were tragically bad, just lots of niggles. The 2nd got an advisory for play in suspension bushes at sub 20k miles. Kia wouldn't authorise the repair as they recovered knackered hushes at 18 odd thousand miles is fair wear and tear. The dealers were always keen as they get paid for doing warranty work, but it was quite a regular occurrence for the importer to kibosh and repairs after 3 years. In our personal experience the 7 year warranty isn't worth the paper it's written upon.
I could have lived with it but Kia were by then as expensive as anyone else's products so it's not like I was even getting the benefit of a lower asking price.
To be fair, the last 8 or 10 years things have taken a dive all round with pretty much all manufacturers. Component, drivetrain and platform sharing means one problem does not just affect a single model but now is liable to afflict multiple brands and models (eg, Stellantis, VW-Ford, Renault-Nissan Alliance, etc), and the pursuit of ever cleaner emissions brings stuff like Adblue, pressed camshafts, wet belts, high output turbo small bore motors (Ford, VW, Nissan, Hundai-Kia and a host of others), and so on.
Upshot is buyers of an internal combustion powered vehicles today actually have a hard time choosing something that doesn't have a potentially serious fault designed in to the vehicle.
oxoman
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Just be aware with the 💩tron / pug 3 pot engines. They suffer from piston rings sticking occasionally and this causes excessive oil usage, you don't see any oily smoke as the cat filters it out until it becomes clogged. You can try engine flush to release sticky rings, usually works. I dodged a bullet and part chopped mine for current car.
Good luck DC with helping your son with house purchase. Did the same with Son 1, Son 2 to go in a few yrs.
Good luck DC with helping your son with house purchase. Did the same with Son 1, Son 2 to go in a few yrs.
biggs682
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2cv's are the answer
Having got a Citroen C3 1.2 Pure-tech engine. I think the problems are over inflated for a low mileage well maintained one. I would change the oil every 5k miles not the 10-15k that Citroen suggest. The wet-belt , fiddly to change should be ok up to 50k miles. The other common problems again to poor maintained are PCV valve and piston ring wear. Because this engine is used in various power levels, with turbo chargers boosting performance, get a low mileage and service early to prevent the mechanical issues.
Its half term this week, so I will be doing another 5k oil filter change and serpentine belt plus water pump belt. I've got the water pump and belt tensioner too, but they are fine currently, so will fit next year or the following
