Re: Need another family car
I did over 100k miles over two years in a Y reg 2.0 HDi Picasso company car and loved it. All it ever needed was service items and tyres etc. I abused it horribly, like thrashed it everywhere and the thing just kept coming back for more. I even used to get 45+ mpg out of the thing when it was being caned up to Glasgow and back over a weekend. Top speed seen on the clock was a tad under 135mph on a downhill section of the A66 westbound. It was quicker than you would believe yet still perfectly functional as a people mover and general do-it-all car. I found it extremely comfortable for a French car - I don't usually like their seats and prefer German or Japanese cars for comfort.
They are tremendous vehicles if you carry a lot of stuff around and have oodles of storage space inside, even down to having two hidden boxes in the rear footwells under the mats. I pulled all the rear seats out of mine and transported two part dismantled Yamaha RD400s in the back of mine from Bedford to Leamington Spa - they fitted in easily.
I'd go so far as to say I'd put my own money into one of I needed a car like that in the future, but I'd advise you steer clear of Y606 WBJ (my old one) as it had a hard life in my hands
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