The tax depends on engine size/emissions so if, for example, it's 1.0 ltr with very low emissions it won't cost you owt, whereas if it's a 5.0 litre V8 it'll cost a packet!

Yup. The Spanish don't check (or haven't checked yet at least!).

My car in Spain isn't Taxed or MOT'd. I took it over fully TAX & MOT'd but just never got round to renewing it, then I wasn't sure how/where you'd even go about getting it done over there (and every time I go I fall very quickly into the "Mañana" way of life thus never can be bothered trying to find out), and here we are 4/5 years later, not heard anything yet.

the c-max isn't to big so the wife will drive it, there's loads of room for the grandsons pram and it's easier getting him in and out of his baby seat than in a car

Never been in a cli-max tbf, so i dont know what they're like



Impressed with the Aunty & Uncle's new Astra though

i like it. Not bad to drive and loads of leg room for the larger gentleman

I'd certainly recommend what I've got. I thought I'd hate going from a 180+bhp Astra to a 1.2 TSI Ibiza (the 1.2TSI replaced the 1.6 very recently) but I've been very pleasantly surprised. It's no hot hatch by any stretch but it is a very eager engine.

As for fuel economy, I've only had it a week and a half but I'd have been pulling into the petrol station by now in the Astra - this one is still showing 180 miles since the fill-up last week.

Looked a few options but thought that the SEAT offered a lot more for the money - plenty of gadgets thrown in and whilst you can (if you really want to look for them) see in places where a few cheaper materials might have been used to cut costs but they are pretty innocuous.