Hyundai or Kia. Cheap to buy and run and long warranties. Reliable and quite nice to drive generally

“quite nice to drive generally”

as a former hyundai owner id say that statements a stretch. marginally better than a train in that its my own space rather than “nice”

for a second car …. dacia ? again not a hugely nice place to be but cheap to buy and run.

Trail rat – what age was yours ? I think the current ones are pretty sorted. Been in a few small Hyundai’s and wife has a Kia Soul and I can’t fault them

i owned a 01 lantra and ive hired i10s and i20s through work.

newer ones had lots of gadgets but still havnt sorted the fundimental issue that they were designed for midgets. seats dont go back far enough and if i put down the sun visor i might as well wear a blindfold – so you end up having to tilt the back a long way and then your back gets sore + you look like a chav out crawling kerbs in your low rider.