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  • Cars, again.budget about 3k
  • lovewookie
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    Ours now smells, all quotes come in at over £1k to fix. It’s dead.

    Have a potential budget of about £3k courtesy of the mil.

    Needs to be reliable, cheapish tax, decent mpg (50+) hatchback. No more than about 70K on the clock. Able to do 800 mile round trips twice a year safely.

    What should I be considering?

    geoffj
    Full Member

    Focus
    Although you may struggle with the 70k limit

    Suggsey
    Free Member

    Skoda Fabia tdi, Or if you can get hold of one a Ford Fiesta 1.4tdci….brought one for my daughter on 52 plate for £1300 two years ago and it’s brilliant! £30 road tax, cheap on servicing and parts (better dare I say it than my VAG cars)

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    Suggsey
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    Ford Fusion 1.4tdci are as good but fugly so easier to pick up….

    convert
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    Cars, again

    Right now I’m lusting for the days of the endless what tyres threads.

    chewkw
    Free Member

    Toyota Corolla …

    King-ocelot
    Free Member

    Suggsey – Member
    Ford Fusion 1.4tdci are as good but fugly so easier to pick up….
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    If you not bothered by looks or that they all seem to be in horrible colours picked by pensioners, this is a really good shout. There are some real bargains as people prefer fiesta/focus. I’ve had fusions as rentals and they drive very similar to the fiesta of same era. I don’t think you could go wrong with a well looked after one.

    Daffy
    Full Member

    800 mile round trip in a Ford Fusion? No thanks.

    Renault Clio Estate Diesel.

    Renault Clio Estate Diesel – Autotrader clicky link

    gofasterstripes
    Free Member

    A Yaris and spend the change on coke and hookers.

    lovewookie
    Full Member

    A Yaris and spend the change on coke and hookers.

    sounds like a plan to me, not sure the wife would approve.

    Seen some 1.0l yarises (yarisi?) about, good MPG from what I hear and reliable? cheap though.

    that clio looks spot on really. I’ve had a kangoo van for the last 10 years and it’s been mechanically brilliant.

    jimjam
    Free Member

    1.0 Yaris is a pain to drive. Nothing like the current crop of turbo’d small cars. It’s as if it’s powered by a hair dryer. Forget overtaking anything. Even.

    thisisnotaspoon
    Free Member

    My C-max is on 80k and autotrader say’s it’s worth about £1600. Won’t do 50mpg, more like 35-40, but £1500 would pay for the difference for at least 3 years.

    Regularly did 550miles every weekend while working away, a surprisingly nice/comfortable place to spend that much time for a cheap spec ford.

    gofasterstripes
    Free Member

    1.3 then 🙂

    http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/auto-s/toyota/m957101540-toyota-yaris-airco-elektr-ramen-stuurbekrachtiging.html?c=be2da871b0d84f75c3056cc6db858f31&previousPage=lr

    [NB I am not suggesting this particular car, clearly

    90HP in 900KG – how fast do you need to go?]

    lovewookie
    Full Member

    this looks good:

    Skoda fabia greenline

    or does it?

    (Ok, stretching the budget)

    gofasterstripes
    Free Member

    Well, we bought a Yaris. 2001, 1.3, 66k, 3dr.

    Drives like new.

    trail_rat
    Free Member

    Lol scoffing at 800mile round trip in a fusion ….. Then suggests a clio…. Im pro french car but i have my doubts about the average clios immobiliser lasting 800miles…..

    I have 68bhp in a peugeot partner 0-60 in 19 seconds . It goes just fine. Id be happywith 90bhp in a yaris – but then im not damon hill….. Ive been to the south of france and back in it a few times fully loaded quite the thing.

    Buy on condition , service history and buy private – judge the owner.

    King-ocelot
    Free Member

    800 mile round trip in a Ford Fusion? No thanks.
    Renault Clio Estate Diesel.
    Renault Clio Estate Diesel – Autotrader clicky link

    A clio?

    Yaris are reliable, good choice.

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