Toms306's China HDi Estate 2012

[Niall]

Tom your parents have been lucky. It's proven that there is no link between a car being new and being more reliable. My old 106 was almost 20 years old and never broke down once in the 15k I did in it. And believe me that was a hard 15k! Yet I've had newer and more expensive cars that have broken down. It's just pure luck. You could go to a dealers to or row and buy a brand new car, never service it and it just carries on working yet you could also go and buy a brand new car and within 1000 miles, it does a Matt and shits a rod. Difference is is a repair on a older car is generally more simple, cheaper and doesn't need dealer intervention (don't forget modern cars rely on obd2 substantially more than 10 years ago). For someone like you who has sod all money to run the car (because really you should be factoring breakdowns and maintenance and consumable parts into the running costs) a cheaper older car is the way forwards. I understand that you need something reliable because of your anxiety but trust me Tom, newer cars are not more reliable!