Small car for my dad

[Spitfir3]

Hi all,

After some advice as my dad wants to get rid of two cars we've had for about 10 years now both from 2005 -Jazz & Corolla - and replace them with either a Polo, Fiesta or Yaris (unless anyone can suggest anything else).

We went down to a dealer today and we found a £5k 12 plate Fiesta Econetic 1.6T diesel with around 75k miles on the clock - any thoughts on this? He liked that it was solid small car but has never had a diesel before but the £0 PA tax and the insane mpg figures are attractive. He'll be doing maybe 7-8k miles a year and hoping to keep it for 6-7 years.

I was originally thinking about a newer 1.0 Yaris or Fiesta ecoboost petrol but the running costs of this diesel fiesta are pretty damn good - any thoughts on this?

Cheers

 

[Spitfir3]

In that size of car I'd take petrol over diesel any-day (especially with the shifting ground for diesels in general).

How so? I've read reviews mentioning it's a bit loud and rattly when you're ragging in but he's not gonna be redlining it at all.

How tall is your dad? I found the yaris weirdly small even though I'm not particularly tall (i fit fine inside a Micra for example). It did ride extremely well, was fairly refined for its class and the engine pulled well for a 1.3 though.

Maybe 5"9' - we sat in one today and I didn't find it particularly small and I'm 6"2'! Also should mention he's after really low running costs so close to £0 annual tax and good mpg (hence the 1.0 suggestion).

 

[Spitfir3]

7-8k is a no-no for a diesel, costs of servicing, dpf, dmf etc will outweigh the fuel saving.

Citigo would be my small car choice, nicer on any longer journey than the aygo imho

Really?? I looked up what a 'DPF' is and it looks expensive should it need replacing... but why would servicing be more expensive? Does the turbo add extra complexity?

 

[Spitfir3]

Thanks for the advice guys, we ended up not going for it