What car upto ~£8-9k

geuben · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:32

My current car (52 fiesta 1.4tdci) is on it's last legs.

What should I be looking at as a replacement?

I commute 25 miles each way to work, averaging about 15,000 miles a year.

I'm not after anything fancy or particularly sporty, just reliable.

iaind · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:33

Budget?

[TW]Fox · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:34

iaind said:
Budget?

Wild guess but.... Up to 8 or 9k?

metbandit1 · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:37

iaind said:
Budget?

iaind · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:40

[TW]Fox;23532062 said:
Wild guess but.... Up to 8 or 9k?

Lol, fail. I'll get my coat

2ZR-FE · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:41

Focus 1.6TDCI/2.0TDCI ?

iaind · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:41

2ZR-FE said:
Focus 1.6TDCI/2.0TDCI ?

Focus is the obvious suggestion, but not the diesel at this mileage

rossk26 · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:42

geuben said:
My current car (52 fiesta 1.4tdci) is on it's last legs.

What should I be looking at as a replacement?

I commute 25 miles each way to work, averaging about 15,000 miles a year.

I'm not after anything fancy or particularly sporty, just reliable.

Depends how you found the Fiesta doing that 50 mile round trip. Most would pick a Mondeo sized car for such a task.

But natural upgrade form Fiesta would be Focus. But then it's probably worth looking at Mondeo's for the extra space and gadgets

NathWraith · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:45

rossk26 said:
Depends how you found the Fiesta doing that 50 mile round trip. Most would pick a Mondeo sized car for such a task.

But natural upgrade form Fiesta would be Focus. But then it's probably worth looking at Mondeo's for the extra space and gadgets

focus ST by any chance?

MooMoo444 · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:46

iaind said:
Focus is the obvious suggestion, but not the diesel at this mileage

News to me, I thought diesel were good with high mileage

iaind · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:47

MooMoo444 said:
News to me, I thought diesel were good with high mileage

15k is high mileage?

2ZR-FE · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:48

iaind said:
Focus is the obvious suggestion, but not the diesel at this mileage

I agree that 15k isn't necessarily derv mileage, can you get one of those new ecoboost engines for 9k?

geuben · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:53

rossk26 said:
Depends how you found the Fiesta doing that 50 mile round trip. Most would pick a Mondeo sized car for such a task.

But natural upgrade form Fiesta would be Focus. But then it's probably worth looking at Mondeo's for the extra space and gadgets

I find the fiesta perfectly acceptable for the driving that I do. Also the fact that it cost £35 a year in tax and a tank of fuel lasted about two weeks is appealing.

rossk26 · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:57

NathWraith said:
focus ST by any chance?

Everyone should buy a Focus ST!

geuben said:
I find the fiesta perfectly acceptable for the driving that I do. Also the fact that it cost £35 a year in tax and a tank of fuel lasted about two weeks is appealing.

If you find the Fiesta acceptable, then just look for a newer one then. I'd personally want a Mondeo, but if you aren't too fussed, you'll get a much newer Fiesta for your budget. The tricky part is picking Diesel or Petrol, as 15k is borderline petrol/diesel territory.

I'm sure you could probably find a fully kitted Titanium in your budget, should be more refined than your 52 plate current Fiesta

geuben · 10 Jan 2013 at 16:06

rossk26 said:
Everyone should buy a Focus ST!

If you find the Fiesta acceptable, then just look for a newer one then. I'd personally want a Mondeo, but if you aren't too fussed, you'll get a much newer Fiesta for your budget. The tricky part is picking Diesel or Petrol, as 15k is borderline petrol/diesel territory.

I'm sure you could probably find a fully kitted Titanium in your budget, should be more refined than your 52 plate current Fiesta

I've had a look at some online, around the ~30k mile mark for ~£8k. Not sure if of their specs though.

Is this a sensible choice? When I bought my current car it was my first car, it had done 90k and I paid £2k or so for it so don't have much experience buying cars

iaind · 10 Jan 2013 at 16:07

The new fiesta does look nice

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...1/postcode/ex11aa/keywords/titanium?logcode=p

The 1.6 petrol does 62mpg on the motorway - why would you want a diesel?

rossk26 · 10 Jan 2013 at 16:08

geuben said:
I've had a look at some online, around the ~30k mile mark for ~£8k. Not sure if of their specs though.

Is this a sensible choice? When I bought my current car it was my first car, it had done 90k and I paid £2k or so for it so don't have much experience buying cars

I probably wouldn't define splashing £8-9k on a fiesta as sensible no.

rossk26 · 10 Jan 2013 at 16:11

iaind said:
The 1.6 petrol does 62mpg on the motorway - why would you want a diesel?

So does a Focus ST*

I highly doubt that is a real world figure...

*if going down a slight decline

geuben · 10 Jan 2013 at 16:15

rossk26 said:
I probably wouldn't define splashing £8-9k on a fiesta as sensible no.

Care to elaborate?

iaind · 10 Jan 2013 at 16:16

rossk26 said:
So does a Focus ST*

I highly doubt that is a real world figure...

No quoted MPG figures are, whats your point?

The book figure for the diesel is 78mpg - is that a real world figure do you think? The point is its only 15mpg difference (20%), regardless of how real world the figures are, they're likely to only be about 20% different. Not worth it. We're not talking about performance cars here (no doubt someone will be along to suggest a 370z soon enough), just modern small petrols.

I wouldnt want to spend 9k on a fiesta myself, I'd have something bigger but the new ones do seem quite good for the money. I'd probably spend closer to 7 if possible on one thats done a bit more depreication already though