What car for £2k? 10k a year
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Peugeot 407?
Probably get grief for that idea but I think they are nice cars for the price
Probably get grief for that idea but I think they are nice cars for the price
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I cant give you any advice for that sort of mileage, as £2k in my view is a silly budget for 10k a year. very unlikely to get a anything reliable.
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10k a year is nothing. He will be able to find plenty of cars that are reliable enough for the money.
A 320d compact wouldn't be one on my list mind, u guess it at least has the more agricultural but more reliable unit than the 3 series proper has
A 320d compact wouldn't be one on my list mind, u guess it at least has the more agricultural but more reliable unit than the 3 series proper has
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Peugeot 407?
Probably get grief for that idea but I think they are nice cars for the price
My step father just scrapped his 407 after 5 years of ownership. Purchased from a Peugeot dealer and cost 5k in warranty repairs.
Since warranty expired he has done this amount of money again. He does 20k a year and it was a 1.6HDi example.
Lovely car to drive but literally hopeless reliability wise. In his own words he did not have a single day of driving it without one fault or another.
Surely reliable under 2k with 10k mileage has Mondeo written all over it.
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I paid £1400 for a Polo 1.4Tdi afew years ago and did 45k in it, so dont think £2k is silly, only got rid as it start to have issues and sold it for £1k 4 years later.
Are the Clio/Pugs 1.5d's any good?
WIll have a look at the Focus, what about this? I know nothing about Fords but looks clean example
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201410047930026/
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Judging by your post it's probably not what you're after but for 2k you'll pick up a Clio 3 1.5dCi easily. If you get the 86bhp version tax is £30 and the spec is good in Dynamique trim level. I have the 106bhp version an driving around Snowdonia all the time with work I return 53-60mpg depending on how I drive and the time of year.
Mine's at 90k miles and 55 plate and worth just shy of £2,000. You'll get an 86bhp one with fewer miles for the same. I'd run that and save up the pennies for something in the future - that's my plan. I've ran mine for 4 year/40,000 miles and to date have had one faulty calliper and a new indicator stalk. Very happy with it.
Edit: Just to note, if you do investigate it further avoid the Canasta alloys (16 inch). They're bubbling quite badly and tyres are £65 for Kumhos and £100+ for Michelin/Conti/Pirelli.
Mine's at 90k miles and 55 plate and worth just shy of £2,000. You'll get an 86bhp one with fewer miles for the same. I'd run that and save up the pennies for something in the future - that's my plan. I've ran mine for 4 year/40,000 miles and to date have had one faulty calliper and a new indicator stalk. Very happy with it.
Edit: Just to note, if you do investigate it further avoid the Canasta alloys (16 inch). They're bubbling quite badly and tyres are £65 for Kumhos and £100+ for Michelin/Conti/Pirelli.
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This +
Civic
Fiesta
Yaris
Avensis
Corolla
Depends how much comfort/practicality you're after.
Should manage a pretty decent Passat TDI 130 for that sort of money. I was half that budget for mine a year ago, and the last 10k I've had to replace the rear brake pipes and that's it. Of course, now it needs a timing belt, but that's just service stuff, and with your budget, you should be able to find one that's recently been done.
Erm, I've done over 40k in the last 2 years in a mk2 Caddy tdi that I bought for £900.. Only expenses above normal servicing is a clutch (my fault, had the van mapped and the clutch died) and a rear brake compensator.
/shrug
VE's are much less sensitive to poor servicing (although its still important of course!) PD's are picky on oil due to cam wear etc
Indeed
I'm still looking for a PD based barge to replace my civic with, not found one as of yet locally!
The 100/115/130 will all be fine. I'd go for the 130, or the 115 myself but the 100 is adequate as a commuter car!