Modern-ish shite advise please

[Rusty Pelican]

My son in law is in desperate need of a reliable daily hack to ferry him and his young daughter about , choice is the following , his choices not mine BTW.

 

Merc C Class C180K SE 3 door auto 1.8 2007 , 62,000 miles @ £5495

 

shitroen C4 1.6i 16V VTR plus 5 door FSH , 2006 , 29,000 miles @ £4995

 

Ford Mundano 2.0 TDCI 130 Zetec 5dr , FSH ,2006 ,  80,000 miles @ £3995

 

or finally

 

Hyundai coupe 2.0SE 3 dr auto , 2006 , SH , 2006 53.000 miles @ £3995 

 

Any no goes on these , anything to look out for , 

Any advise would be very helpful as he needs to buy tomorrow .

Thank you fellow shiteists .

[tooSavvy]

BlooOval... WCPGW

 

TS

[Spiny Norman]

Jings, that's a bit of a rag-tag selection isn't it?

 

I wouldn't have the Mondy because it's a diseasel, I wouldn't have the Citroen because it's a Citroen and I wouldn't have the High&dry because I wouldn't want an auto one so that leaves the Merc.

[cort16]

180ks are pretty pleasant to drive but a bit juicy. Get an Alfa 159 what could go wrong?

 

The last civics are pretty good ive not heard much bad about the petrols or diesels. The interiors are like a space ship too. Pwuuu pwuuu

[Cavcraft]

Mondeo=shit and over priced.

 

C4 seems v.expensive for a 2006 car, ditto Hi-and-dry

 

C-class probably best bet.

[Bren]

That mondeo is a bit dear.

 

Merc is best out of the three, but why those three?

[Rusty Pelican]

No idea Bren , shit taste in cars i guess.

[cort16]

I just read c180 2dr so that's the old shape c class compact? They're not as nice.

[gordonbennet]

Merc's OK but could be coming up for a timing chain, sure i heard the 1.8 is a Mitsi engine (check this is the case) with a single timing chain and does have to be replaced, not cheap, you might need to peruse a MB forum for better advice on this unless somebody here is genned up, as i might have it all arse backards.

A good service history is a must with MB's, they will not stand neglect, gearbox should have had one oil change already @ around 40k, if its been missed it won't be the end of the world but should be done.

 

The Hyundai is a better car than you might imagine, things like exhausts might be a tad expensive as the pattern industry won't be quite so geared up as some others, the 2.0 litre is reckoned to be the best of the three engines in that car, the larger 2.7 V6 isn't much quicker, whilst the 1.6 is a slug.

 

My son ragged the arse off cars in his younger madder days, bloody crucified cars he did (gears ripped completely out etc), his Accent MVi and (previous model) Coupe F2, were the only cars he owned that he couldn't break, reliable as old school Japanese.

 

Mondy Diesel a ticking time bomb, might not go off, might take his wallet out if it does.