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2006-2012 Honda Civic 1.8 petrol
This seems the most realistic petrol option. They often have FSH and were popular with older folk. Iirc Honda have records of service history that you can check with them.
Unfortunately, Mr H has vitoed the Civic based on size and being too rude. I've found the biggest pain of for cars in that price bracket is location.
Spending £8k seems to open up all sort of good choices within easy reach. When you half that it's a mission. Especially in manual petrol.
So, our '07 Polo was hit whilst parked on Friday, no details left and the garage seems pretty sure that insurance will write it off.
We were pondering getting something bigger anyway so this would appear to be an opportune moment. What should we be looking at for around £2-4k? Moon on a stick desires are reliability, efficiency, internal space, 'ruggedness' (needs to be used for vet work), torque, fun. The Polo met my expectations for reliability, efficiency, torque and fun so I'm easily pleased.