Well folks,
Mechanic reckons my car is not worth fixing, mostly down to it's age, condition, recent engine issues which are making it unreliable I pretty much agree.
So, I'm on the look out for a new second hand car
I drive about 15k miles / 24k km a year. That's 99.5% R (regional - shoddy) and N (national - crap) road driving. Motorway hasn't yet reached Connemara and I rarely travel beyond Galway city.
Current car is a 99 Mazda 323 1.4 something I believe.
I've been advised to go for a Toyota Avensis 1.6 petrol from 03-09, purely on reliability and low cost of maintenan