Need a car with high MPG!
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So £1000 or you could stretch to twice that?
Right OK.
Come back next week, budget has increased to £20k.
I could stretch to £1900, and also thanks everyone that did want to be helpful, I shall get back to you later this week with more info
This isn't not being helpful, this is you not providing us with a clear picture.
You've basically said "I have a Corsa. I want something that does better EMPEGEES".
Do you also walk in to a restaurant and just go "FOOD!"?
The pre PD ones are the bulletproof ones, can run them on anything oily and taxi drivers love them. They're also more efficient.
At £1k-£2k budget absolutely just keep what you've got.
I don't really understand the obsession with MPG that so many people have. I do 25k+ miles per year and a difference of 5mpg only makes about £20-£40 per month difference which isn't a lot when compared to depreciation of a new car or maintenance of an old one.
I don't really understand the obsession with MPG that so many people have. I do 25k+ miles per year and a difference of 5mpg only makes about £20-£40 per month difference which isn't a lot when compared to depreciation of a new car or maintenance of an old one.
I did 20k a year for a while in a 3L petrol BMW. It was a price worth paying to avoid the dags.
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OP - For the budget its not worth thinking about the fuel costs as Abyss has explained, unless you're going from 35 to 60+ MPG and doing 30K a year. Maybe think of changing driving style rather than car for now?
Although the quotes figures for that engine are pretty ****. I've averaged that from my current tank and I've not been that efficient and have done a number of short journeys.
To be honest, at that price point, it'll be worth spending £250 on a full major service (or whatever you want to call it), get new tyres all round with better rolling resistance/fuel economy and learn how to manage fuel better in the car. Better the devil you know rather than potentially spend up to £2k on a lemon.
You're not really looking at a 5mpg difference between petrol and diesel though.
Speaking from my own examples as i drive upto Manchester each week, In a petrol DS3 i would get about 42-44 mpg, so at todays fuel prices, a return journey would cost me £38.07. As for my A3, the return journey costs me £25.38. When combined with my other commuting costs, i'm actually looking at savings of £80-£100 a month.
I'd happily take the risk on a £1k octavia or A N other vag 1.9 tdi instead of driving around in what I assume is a comlpete pile of junk Corsa (as most tend to be when more than a few years old). In fact I'd actively look for a toledo as they're totally hated, yet a decent size
You might or might not make an overall saving, but will at least be moderately comfortable and not driving a corsa. If you really hate life you could even seek out a non turbo diesel.
You might or might not make an overall saving, but will at least be moderately comfortable and not driving a corsa. If you really hate life you could even seek out a non turbo diesel.
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It's only worth doing for a huge jump in economy really and even then the maths is always very dubious as diesels can and do tend to throw up more expensive bills so at that end of the market there's really no way to justify anything on the grounds of the 'MPGZZZZZ'
Saying that im currently knocking around in a 1.4 diesel toyota yaris, doing about 65MPG and that would be worth about a grand if i were to sell it. But it's a known quantity to me and as ive had it years i wouldn't be devastated if it suddenly broke and needed a set of injectors as i've already had my moneys worth so to speak.
Saying that im currently knocking around in a 1.4 diesel toyota yaris, doing about 65MPG and that would be worth about a grand if i were to sell it. But it's a known quantity to me and as ive had it years i wouldn't be devastated if it suddenly broke and needed a set of injectors as i've already had my moneys worth so to speak.
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Just a rough idea doofus please
Here's mine currently
1.2 16V SXi (80ps) 4d
URBAN MPG 30.4
EXTRA-URBAN MPG 43.1 ( might be lower now )
COMBINED MPG 37.7
Are those figures what you are actually getting? My 3.0 litre V6 Mercedes ML gives me a combined 35-40 mpg. My old Audi A4 2.7 litre diesel gave me a combined figure of over 50.
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