Diesel hot hatch?

squarehead94

squarehead94

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Hey all, so due to changes in personal circumstances at work, Im in the market for a diesel, and Im having to sell my civic sport and get a diesel hatchback.
At the moment I've only got the money I'd make from the sale of my civic, and I should get around 3-3.5k from it. Anyways, Im currently thinking of 3 really that are in this price range - the fabia vrs tdi (but i hate the interior and it seems too small inside!) the golf gt tdi (which iirc, has the same 1.9 engine as the fabia) and the astra 150 sri cdti. Now I like the astra the best really, but when it comes to best diesel hot hatches how comes this is never mentioned? I know they are common as muck but that means cheap parts and I can mod it to how I like.
any recommendations? Budget is 3.5k max really, used obviously, preferably no older than 56 reg.
Thanks
Stephen
 
None of those cars are hot hatchbacks.

A Honda Civic Sport is not a particularly thirsty car. It is, however, a very reliable car. I cannot imagine you are going to save much if any money doing this?
 
Do a Google search for PD130. Same engine in the vRS, GTTDI, polo gt etc etc. Oh,and good luck finding anything 56 or newer for that money. :(
 
i know diesels arent the most popular, but for example, my mum and dads focus mk1 got 600 miles to a tank driving at normal speeds, mixture of motorway, town and city driving. my civic hits the petrol light at about 270 usually, which is good for a petrol, but i need more than that. Plus, Im not going to complain at an extra 50bhp (or 100 when i get it remapped).
 
squarehead94 said:
i know diesels arent the most popular, but for example, my mum and dads focus mk1 got 600 miles to a tank driving at normal speeds, mixture of motorway, town and city driving. my civic hits the petrol light at about 270 usually, which is good for a petrol, but i need more than that. Plus, Im not going to complain at an extra 50bhp (or 100 when i get it remapped).
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If you think moving to a diesel is going to half your fuel costs over driving a 1.6 Civic I think you are in for a bit of a shock.
 
Don't these things have a 50odd litre tank? If so that means you are getting an economy figure in the low - mid 20's if it's empty after 270 miles?

That's worse than our 2 ton Jeep Grand Cherokee and not far off what my Capri 2.8i does, and I used to rag the knackers off it.

I'd think your car is either broken or you need to adjust your driving style.
 
squarehead94 said:
Astra 888? google is your friend. can beat an astra vxr in a rolling start, and is only a nose off of it from the dead.
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No.

Its just a remapped diesel 1.9. Remap a vxr and it would dry bum the living dirty poop out of the 888.

The 888 is good for a diesel and it has a lot of torque, because its a diesel. Reason why it might do well in a rolling start in a high gear.

Could it be classed as a hot hatch? No. Its sounds like a tractor.
 
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Less than 3.5k for a 56 reg VAG engined car? You might scrape a sheddy 05 Fabia or Ibiza with moon miles but I wouldn't touch it with someone else's barge pole.

Keep the Civic.
 
 
Also, if you only get 270 from a tank you are only getting 27mpg out of that Civic Sport (which has a 45L tank apparently). Unless you are doing mostly short trips and town driving that is awful.

and if you are doing short trips and town driving, you wont get a huge amount more than that out of a diesel.
 
 
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