Hi all.
Currently do 80 miles a day (45 minutes each way), 4 days a week, very easy driving. 60 road then dual carriageway A120 against traffic, and then M11 against traffic. My average speed tank to tank is 53mph that include idling time etc. Currently doing this in a 59 plate Alfa Mito 1.4 16v petrol. I get around 45 mpg driving sensibly according to the trip.
The Mito has been rock solid, only had to service it. It's at 92k miles at the moment, had cambelt done in 2015 on 36k miles so 108k that will need doing again.
I have 2 lines of thought, A) run this thing into the ground or B) swap cars. Financially it makes sense to just run this into the ground however what really annoys me about it is it is very loud at speed and not comfortable at all.
I could spend around £7k on another car but I think what's the point. I should probably get something <£4k and just run it until it explodes. I'd want something that's diesel, good mpg, comfy and quiet. I don't care about it being sporty at all, chances are it'd be faster than the Mito anyway. What would you guys recommend?
Some old diesel saloon would probably work, but what about larger hatchbacks like golfs/focus/leons etc.
Won't be actually changing until around October time but I want a decent idea for the time being.
Cheers.
Currently do 80 miles a day (45 minutes each way), 4 days a week, very easy driving. 60 road then dual carriageway A120 against traffic, and then M11 against traffic. My average speed tank to tank is 53mph that include idling time etc. Currently doing this in a 59 plate Alfa Mito 1.4 16v petrol. I get around 45 mpg driving sensibly according to the trip.
The Mito has been rock solid, only had to service it. It's at 92k miles at the moment, had cambelt done in 2015 on 36k miles so 108k that will need doing again.
I have 2 lines of thought, A) run this thing into the ground or B) swap cars. Financially it makes sense to just run this into the ground however what really annoys me about it is it is very loud at speed and not comfortable at all.
I could spend around £7k on another car but I think what's the point. I should probably get something <£4k and just run it until it explodes. I'd want something that's diesel, good mpg, comfy and quiet. I don't care about it being sporty at all, chances are it'd be faster than the Mito anyway. What would you guys recommend?
Some old diesel saloon would probably work, but what about larger hatchbacks like golfs/focus/leons etc.
Won't be actually changing until around October time but I want a decent idea for the time being.
Cheers.
comfy seats, great cruisers, cheaper than the Germans to fix & service, not too unreliable as essentially ford, interior is way nicer than a mondeo. Mpg won't be amazing though.