Hello, since my 96′ Vento will probably no longer get the badge (Rost), I am looking for a robust, reliable combi up to 800€. My favorites are so far Ford Focus Vw Golf 5 Roomster Octavia from Opel (bad experiences in the known circle) and Japanese (your maintenance costs/reperatures) I have so far aside. Whether diesel or petrol is also unclear, since this year’s move and end of the year new job search is also pending, so the future mileage is not foreseeable At the beginning it will be 12-15 tsd Km. I was already looking at the We a little bit what is offered in the vicinity. At the moment I tend to focus as 2.0 tdci (2008, 125000km) or 1.6 16V (2009, 75000km), because they had quite new and comparatively low running performance. However, Ford should have some rust and turbo problems (?) I also liked two Golf 5 Variant with 1.9 tdi, but they had much more km on the Tachos (2007; 129000, bit over budget, and 2009, 15 9000). With vw the engines should have from time to time problems with the head seals)… Roomster or Octavias I did not have found any in the price budget. Important for me just robustness and quite low maintenance costs. I took over my vento at the time also with 185000 km and it has been up to now (280000) km very reliable and often the workshop also did not see me. as alternative I also had found n 2005er Jetta with a 1.6er fsi motor. d ne alternative. Do you have any tips on the models? What should you pay attention to? Or do you propose completely different cars? thank you already Henry