Hello, dear community! Now we’re also looking for a car.. And it’s not easy for us at all. At first we wanted to get a 7-seater like a Touran or Zafira of the middle generations (from 2005/6) because we use quite space-accommodating children’s seats(reboarders) (by the way are soon a family with two children), until we found that it would also be possible with a 5-seater, which is just not small in the interior or has no small rear seat. This was then a BMW 320d/318 Touring from 2006. However, we are not sure about it, because you always hear that BMW is carrying quite high maintenance costs, especially if something breaks down.., although some report that you only had to change wear parts in 10 years and did not have to make any real repairs….(a dream) Sofearful I hope you can share your experiences with us…I just tell you everything that matters to us… our budget: up to 800€ important: Diesel, from 140hp, enough space, appealing optics, reliability, as little as possible loss of value I can drive as far as possible if the car is worth it.