Best Diesel for under £2000

mr tommo · 9 Feb 2007 at 20:32

So, In your opinion, what diesel CAR would you buy for under £2000.

Requirements:

Manual
Medium hatchback sized or bigger (eg No 106's etc)
Under 80,000

A reason why you would choose the car if it was your money.

Thought this might be a better way of gathering suggestions and ideas on the market of cars im looking for.

Tom

paradigm · 9 Feb 2007 at 20:43

406 HDi if you can find one (you would easy without your high milage fear), 1.9 or 2.2 TDi otherwise.

mr tommo · 9 Feb 2007 at 21:03

Any reason why you chose that over all the others availible.

My high mileage fear

stems from the fact Ive always had petrol cars, and just presumed they explode after reaching 100,000 miles

Whats the max mileage you would buy a 406 HDi with... If you were doing 20,000 per year?

wonder_lander · 9 Feb 2007 at 22:02

406 is gonna be a saloon or estate, no hatch!

Xantia?

AndrewP · 9 Feb 2007 at 22:47

Xsara HDi, had one for two years and its been very good. £2k should get you a decent Mk1 (i.e. not ugly

) example.

paradigm · 9 Feb 2007 at 23:06

wonder_lander said:
406 is gonna be a saloon or estate, no hatch!

mr tommo said:
Medium hatchback sized or bigger

hmmmm.

mr tommo · 9 Feb 2007 at 23:11

Yehm should have been a bit clearer, saloon or estate is fine, just meant anythin bigger then medium hatch

Cheers for the suggestions so far guys

Just looking up on them now.

If I was to say a decent 1.6 petrol engine was allowed what other cars could be thrown into the mixer?

(Just thinkin that mpg wouldn't be too bad on a newer 1.6 petrol engine, and should give average performance)

wonder_lander · 10 Feb 2007 at 01:50

What sort of annual mileage are we talking here?

mr tommo · 10 Feb 2007 at 07:52

Around 20,000 per year

MrSix · 10 Feb 2007 at 08:49

Fox might come along and tell you there's no benefits over a petrol when doing that sort of mileage. He's mentioned it before but I can't remember what the exact figures were.

SB118 · 10 Feb 2007 at 08:59

Best Diesel for under £2000

MINE! Astra TD for £600

(hell, worth a try!)

Steve W · 10 Feb 2007 at 20:01

Skoda Octavia TDi if you can find one at the price. Strong, reliable, economical and good to drive. My friends dad bought his new in 2003 and it now has 340,000 miles on it. Original engine, gearbox, one new clutch at 290k.