You can only read and watch so much reviews. Look, I think you just need to make a call and decide. If it’s interstate, get a PPI done, make a deal and have it delivered.
When I was in London, two months before coming back, I bought a Megane interstate sight unseen. Recently I bought a Clio also interstate sight unseen. I didn’t test drive either of them, but I knew from research what I wanted and backed myself.
Everyone has been so accommodating here well mostly anyway, but either you get a Ford or a Renault, probably time to decide.