Car for parents

[mountfarm]

Ok so I need to sort a new vehicle out for my parents. It’ll be leased for 3 years. They are coming out of a GLC merc but it’s not high enough for them as one suffers with a really bad back. Budget around £500/month + vat. What would you suggest please.

 

[Bald Rick]

Ok so I need to sort a new vehicle out for my parents. It’ll be leased for 3 years. They are coming out of a GLC merc but it’s not high enough for them as one suffers with a really bad back. Budget around £500/month + vat. What would you suggest please.

GLA merc?

 

[An Gof]

No idea if it meets budget but what about a Volvo XC60. Great to know as your parents get older they are in a very safe car.

 

[Great In Grass]

Skoda Kodiaq?

 

[David.]

Nissan Qasquai? about the nicest of the less expensive suvs imo.

 

[Sid]

My parents when they got older I suggested an automatic due to creaky hips knees etc.

Best thing they did.

It also meant they had one less thing to think about , changing gear, as their ability to multi task diminish.

 

[deleted user 837354]

I would not buy a Nissan. Buy a Toyota if you want a value orientated car that's Japanese. Automatic Rav4?

I would strong advise not buying a brand new car nor leasing one if your parents are anything like mine as it will acquire random dents and dinks and scrapes with alarming ease. Can buy a second hand Rav4 automatic for 10K or less which will be less painful to see slowly destroyed.

 

[Timbo]

BMW X1 ?

 

[Chae1]

G Wagen

 

[David.]

Actually, was forgetting the Kia Venga.
They have decent almost suv ride height, and are available as auto. MIL has one and loves it.

 

[Yale]

And the issue is for older folk technology in cars,you can’t get a prestige brand with simple tech.

 

[asm]

Have just brought father a Renault Captur auto. He loves it not to big and easy to get in and out of.
only down side he’s never where we left him now

 

[Alwayshappy]

Volvo xc40 Car of the year top of range T5 fast safe and fun, and about £500 a month [emoji16]

 

[idgni]

Wife has a Seat Ateca, great motor not too big but loads of room inside,

 

[___\0/___]

Wife has a Seat Ateca, great motor not too big but loads of room inside,

Agreed the Ateca is a brilliant car, the Cupra Ateca is around £500 per month....

 

[Barleycorn]

£500 a month? All depends on how much they are going to use it? I would be looking on ebay. We have a Skoda Yeti, nice high seating, a few years old but nothing like that cost.

 

[Wisconsonian]

The other factor in favor of a used car besides the little dents, is that they're not going to be commuting everyday running up the miles, the car will depreciate from age more than use, might as well buy a late model used car with reasonable or even high miles, and sell it on in five years with a lot less loss.

Getting your parents an automatic transmission is funny in the US, NONE of these cars have been available with a manual transmission for a decade over here. Maybe technically you could order some, but stick shifts are extremely rare outside of sports cars.

 

[jondear]

Automatic VW Tiguan loads about 2-3 years old .

 

[David.]

With greatest due respect, old people, and particularly elderly parents, are of a tendency to be mitherers, even if they were carefree and adventurous in their earlier years; it is what they do best in their twiglet years.
So the likelihood that they will ever be happy, and thus give OP any peace, if he gets them an Ebay special, is probably fairly remote.
Elderly parents tend to like the security of a belt and braces warranty.... and they will still take soup, blankets and a shovel with them.

 

[mountfarm]

Hi chaps, just instead of replying individually the vehicle will be leased because that’s what we’ve always done. We lease all vehicles through a business (none farming) and they are changed every 3 years when the manufacturers warranty runs out. I won’t be buying anything. I’m happy to be spending around £18,000 over 3 years on a nice vehicle for my parents as it’s it works from a tax point of view, whilst giving them a nice car to use for their annual 15,000 miles. They’ve helped build a business up so they should see the rewards as much as I do.

I’ve quickly looked at all the suggestions on google and they all look like the same ‘mini suv’ size as their current Merc GLC which isn’t high enough. It probably needs to be another few inches higher because it’s not the seating position that’s the issue it’s the climbing in and out because they need to be climbing upwards to get in and downwards to get out if that makes sense.

They thought about a pickup and whilst it works from the bad back point of view, it’s not ‘car like’ enough for them.