What an earth do I buy?

[Dogbreath]

£500miles to £55 sounds good to me.

Sounds awesome to me, I'd be very happy if my car did that. At £1.10/litre that gives 45mpg!

 

[fonzee]

Tell me whats good about an Astra 1.9 CDTi SRi 150 XP 5 door?

good looking and when remapped is actually quicker than the petrol from a rolling start

 

[act smiley]

306 DTurbo to be honest - screwmod it past your 100bhp minimum! Spending £7.5k less in the first place makes the difference between 45mpg and 55mpg irrelevant, which is the crux of everyone on here's issues with diesels really - At that mileage the difference between 55mpg and 35mpg is about £1500 a year, not factoring in that diesel costs more.
At those costs, it takes a Seat Leon Cupra FR about two years to save money over a Cupra R, for example. While obviously running costs are important, its the bigger picture and all that.

A £5k petrol which can get 40mpg is probably the best way to go, factoring in buying savings. If it absolutely positively has to be diesel regardless of sums, the basic Seat Leon Cupra TDIs are well within budget and is probably worth a look, while the FRs are at about £8k - but obviously isn't the best value.

 

[Bald-Eagle22]

Mk5 GT Tdi golf .. 45+MPG 140BHP drives well what more can you aask for /

 

[Overlag]

Needs to be derv.

why?

 

[[TW]Fox]

Becuase he knows everything about what he wants which does beg the question why is he wasting our time asking our advice?

 

[Overlag]

Becuase he knows everything about what he wants which does beg the question why is he wasting our time asking our advice?

seems that way.

lets buy a 9k car to fill up with derv instead of petrol. people are so stuck on that MPG figure that they forget all the other costs

 

[Toker]

RENAULT Clio 1.5 dCi 100

100bhp and 65.8mpg combined

it's a failmobile but seems to meet your criteria on power and mpg

 

[[TW]Fox]

And he'll look proper YOUTHFUL driving it

 

[Toker]

damn straight dog, it's proper fly yo

 

[digitalwolf]

I'm doing 30,000 miles per year, thats why.

 

[digitalwolf]

I need a reliable car, which pretty much rules anything french *renault* out.

 

[ruffneck]

I need a reliable car, which pretty much rules anything french *renault* out.

you do realize its not the 90's don't you?

 

[digitalwolf]

I am realise how unreliable MK2 phase 1/2 Clio's are.

 

[digitalwolf]

I drove down to London on Monday and about an hour into the journey, I started to experience discomfort in my lower back. I arrived in London and my lower back was numb!

Offset pedals for the lose.

 

[Begbie]

£500miles to £55 sounds good to me.

Souns bloody excellent to me.

 

[LiE]

I drove down to London on Monday and about an hour into the journey, I started to experience discomfort in my lower back. I arrived in London and my lower back was numb!

Offset pedals for the lose.

I'd recommend deadlifts to improve your erector strength.

 

[digitalwolf]

I already do them. It's more to do with the unsupportive seats and legs twisted to the left.

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

I suggest you take the design of the car you want to a well known car maker and ask them to built it to your exacting specifications.

A big small car that has over 100bhp does over 48mpg has a warrenty, is not a barge, is cool and right for your age, good at 40 mile journeys, costs 9k to buy, handles well, is not crampt, does not have offset pedals, good supportive seats, reliable, not french and cheap to insure.

Hell, i think i would buy it!

 

[[TW]Fox]

I drove down to London on Monday and about an hour into the journey, I started to experience discomfort in my lower back. I arrived in London and my lower back was numb!

Offset pedals for the lose.

But imagine how kewl all your friends thought you were?