Need a cheapish derv :-(

[TW]Fox;21720874 said:
You are buying 10 year old tech from before everyone got good fuel consumption tests. 55mpg as an average is a big ask from ANY of these cars.
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Managed it from my old a3 which is essentially the same thing to the seat/golf really. Even if not 55, I'd need atleast 50-52.
 
I coaxed my Jetta up to 53 average (from 43 when I picked it up) over a period of around 2 months. It wasn't easy but I managed it....

A real consistent 55 is, like Fox says, quite a big ask.
 
for £2500 you can get my honda civic 1.7Cdti SE diesel

53 plate, FHSH, August MOT, January Tax, 90k miles, new front tyres, discs and pads. Leaving you loads of cash for fuel! low price as i need it gone or the wife will sell it to webuyanycar...... and im only 50 mins from south wales in wiltshire.

only reason im selling is im moving and we don't need the two cars.
 
When I had an Octavia 1.9 tdi 110 bhp it consistently got over 60mpg on 70 mph motorway runs. My lifetime mpg in that car was 48 though as urban driving dragged it down.

However be prepared for the usual dieselly stuff to go wrong - namely turbo problems, and dmf failure. EGR can cause problems on that engine too. Bear in mind that cambelt comes around every 4 years or 60k and is a £300+ job. If it was me If go for a PD engine (100, 105, 115, 130 bhp). Cheaper cambelt changes and a bit newer.
 
I'm going to throw in a Rover 75 with the 2.0CDTi, they represent some fairly decent VFM at the moment and reports are 45+mpg averages. The 1.9 PD stuff all seems to have a serious premium on it at the moment.
 
commited said:
I'm going to throw in a Rover 75 with the 2.0CDTi, they represent some fairly decent VFM at the moment and reports are 45+mpg averages. The 1.9 PD stuff all seems to have a serious premium on it at the moment.
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i've seen a couple of MG variants (ZR and ZT) for around the 2.5k mark. The ZT
does look nice inside and out.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...g/postcode/cf315bz/page/1/radius/30?logcode=p

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...g/postcode/cf315bz/page/1/radius/30?logcode=p
 
skoda octavia,


keep the ST tucked away for the weekends and scour the free ads or local taxi companies for a moon mileage ex taxi octavia for a grand.

one of the big operators up here just parted out 50+ 05/55 plate octavia estates for £1200 a pop or thereabouts, christ mate of mine bought a high mileage A5 shape octavia for £1400 a couple of months back on an 06 plate.


or if you want something a bit more in your budget i'd suggest a superb,

very nice place to spend a commute and you could pick up a 07/57 plate with high miles in budget or an older one with less miles if your put off by the magic 100k number,

the 1.9 tdi lumps WILL run forver if their looked after, personally i've had 300k out of one but theres ones known to me with over 1/2 million miles on them


or if you dont fancy a superb what about this?

http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classi.../postcode/g326en/radius/1501/page/1?logcode=p

granted its likely to have 150k or more miles on it, but its a toyota it will run forever :)
 
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You're quite honestly better with the old man special the 75 ctdi over the ZT, if you can find one - there's nothing particularly wrong with the ZT but you're paying more money for a car with improved dynamics that you probably wont use. The BMW engine is decent too, doesn't have the swirl flap issues of its incarnations in the e46+
 
I've always thought that the diesel Octavias were poor vfm - in high demand by minicabbers.

Toledo/Bora or even a Passat is the way to go.

If you get a 110 TDI (non-PD, pre 2001) you can run on veg oil mix if you really want to cut costs.

FWIW our A6 with that engine does 44mpg with mixed driving.
 
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If you get a 110 TDI (non-PD, pre 2001) you can run on veg oil mix if you really want to cut costs.
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I know of a mechanic that used to do dual tank veg oil conversions on pre pds. He was running diagnostics on my car and I asked about veg oil. He advised against it, saying that the vast majority of 110s he knows of that have been run on veg oil have had long term fuel related problems. Same issues irrespective of whether they were properly dual-tanked or just had oil poured into the tank. Biodiesel is fine but with oil, you're storing up serious problems for the future.
 
Delta12 said:
skoda octavia,


keep the ST tucked away for the weekends and scour the free ads or local taxi companies for a moon mileage ex taxi octavia for a grand.

one of the big operators up here just parted out 50+ 05/55 plate octavia estates for £1200 a pop or thereabouts, christ mate of mine bought a high mileage A5 shape octavia for £1400 a couple of months back on an 06 plate.


or if you want something a bit more in your budget i'd suggest a superb,

very nice place to spend a commute and you could pick up a 07/57 plate with high miles in budget or an older one with less miles if your put off by the magic 100k number,

the 1.9 tdi lumps WILL run forver if their looked after, personally i've had 300k out of one but theres ones known to me with over 1/2 million miles on them


or if you dont fancy a superb what about this?

http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classi.../postcode/g326en/radius/1501/page/1?logcode=p

granted its likely to have 150k or more miles on it, but its a toyota it will run forever :)
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the more I look, the more i realise there's a massive selection of cars around £3k ish. It's balancing running on fumes and decent comfort i think. I just need to be able to get to work and back (with some long runs in between) in reasonable comfort.

I've seen a couple of 1.5DCi megans which will do 60+....all be it very slowly. or something bigger like what you've listed which will get me 45-50.
 
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