So I touched base with my time served mechanic pal...he’s currently chief MOT tester at a large independent.
His opening words were “Japanese. Petrol”. I have 3 friends in the U.K., and a French pal, who run 2008s. His experience of them where he works is that the 1.2 Puretech can be super reliable , then without warning it isn’t.
I quite fancy an Arona or Kamiq, and he advised me to avoid the Duster. Strange that as they get excellent owner reviews.
In the first instance I’ll try to find a Rav4 or Suzuki Vitara, preferably the former, which I know will be older for the same money, but he rates them highly..
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