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I think that would be quite a lot of cars nowadays. But as a reference that one took x2 ppl, small PA system, decks, x4 cases of wine, x2 cases beer, and luggage back from SW France.
The only faults I have are that it has an old 1.0 USB charger which is close to useless and the windscreen demist takes longer than the old A3 did. So pretty minor.
I guess the only thing is whether you want something more fun. Especially if you don't have kids.
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In my experience (which is n=2, so anecdotal) an older car will go one of two ways- you'll need to pay to maintain it in A1 condition, which is expensive and adds significantly to the low initial cost, or you do the minimum and accept that at some point you'll wave it goodbye as the scrap dealer drives off with it on their lorry. Approach 2 is likely to be cheaper, you just spend 3k every three years (say), plus £500 service and MOT (again, estimate).
If you want a single fixed cost per month then I'd look at leasing something new.
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hugo7
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By seem reasonable, do you mean a fair price, or whether there's something better for c.£3k?
A family member has a mk5 1.4tsi and SE (which is basically the same as the Match spec I believe).
I like driving it, so I read a bit into them as an option to replace ours. Online the gearboxes seem to be a "common" fault, but iirc they fail early. So at >70k I'd guess it would be fine - and that may just be the fancy auto.
Overall I think its a great practical car. Lots of room, comfortable on the motorway (cruise control works well and is intuitive), nice build quality, good stock sterio, etc. Price sounds about right, but you can obvs check this better yourself.
If you need a car as a functional vehicle I'd struggle to think of another option. The obvious downside is that it's a few models old and there are rumors of 2nd hand values of cars crashing therefore, it might be worthless in a few years... but at £3k does it matter? Also they don't have the cheapest running costs, but neither are they insanely expensive. You'd hope a looked after Golf would do >150k miles.