Only asking as I need to replace the Touran we had so just getting ideas.

Still got the 1.0 auto Micra though (yr2000) bloody great car solid and reliable and not once broken down or had a problem ! Its got 24000 miles on the clock and its 12 yrs old !

The replacement for the Touran needs to be an Estate auto (mrs likes them !) diesel would be better but not a deal breaker. £4500 to play with…

Didnt you tell us you hardly do any miles last time

Get a 1.6 petrol auto berlingo multispace .

Low miles and tottling about town is terrible for diesels !

Don look purely at mpg ! Look at total costs !

For record i have a 1.9d pug partner van i use daily on a good long run a 1.4 golf my mrs uses to sit in traffic in centre of town and a 2.5td land rover 90 for winter at my house

good advice yes mileage is about 8000 tops

A3 Quattro diesel – crap on fuel but fun for my commute
Passat diesel estate – great big comfortable bus, good on fuel.

BMW 320 M-Sport & a Punto Active (the Punto eats up a couple of bikes and is briliant in the winter)

S3 Quattro, fuel economy dreadful but such fun.

mk1 TT QS – 30-35mpg – but grinning from ear to ear.

MX5

Mk5 Golf GT Tdi (140)
Mk4 Golf Gti 1.8T (150)

Range Rover Sport, in Gold,and a Rover 75.

Freelander TD4 XS-E

Peugeot 307 1.6HDi (around 58-64mpg)
Renault Scenic 1.6 16v Fidji (around 35mpg)

Wish i had the funds to replace the Renault with something a bit more frugal for the wife.

S3 Quattro, fuel economy dreadful but such fun.

How dreadful is dreadful. Im getting 39mpg from the diesel Quattro sport.

Currently…
A Merc Estate
A VW T4 Transporter
A 911 SC

One of them is nicknamed ‘The Slag’.

SB

Ford focus estate tdci …thankfully …as it usually resembles a skip with my kids…(would hate to spend a fortune on a car and have to get stressed out that it’s being used as a skip)

Citroen berlingo 1.6hdi van (for work)

2005 Toyota Corolla hatchback 1.6 Automatic petrol.

30,256 miles bought it for £4,999 last year.

I am beginning to like the automatic gear.

🙂

535i auto – fast, bought cheaply s/h and pretty cheap to run but 25mpg

Freelander TD4 auto – versatile, bought new, a few problems (but the wife treats it pretty hard) and 30mpg (mostly towing/speed/heavily loaded)

Ducato 2.9 Horsebox – what can I say, and better mpg than my Beemer 🙂

1996 volvo v40. bought 2 years ago for £600. lovely car.
Just bought a Volkswagon autosleeper camper. 1994. 47000 genuine miles.
All mot’s, recipets etc.

free lander 53 plate diesel hse 100k on the clock
Ford CMax 54 plate diesel TDCI 2.0 60k on the clock
VW Corrado Storm in green 98k on the clock,
CMAx and Corrado on 6 month rotation

Could do with swapping the freelander, for a Defender 90

how much did the autosleeper cost you ?

Golf V6 4motion (modded) – 20-27 mpg but great fun on twisty B roads

Er….. a ’90 Corvette ZR1, a ’69 Mustang 390 GT, a ’72 Reliant Scimitar, A ’74 Mk1 Granada Perana V8 coupe, a ’96 diahatsu sportrak, a ’71 Broadspeed Bullet Capri, a ’91 Fiat Cinquecento and a couple of motorbikes and a recent BMW 535d for daily driving which strangely is about as soulless and boring as it’s possible to be compared to my other stuff.

That’s not been much help has it really ?

1996- Mazda Cappella 2.0 petrol 4WD Wagon(estate) 156000km. Cost me NZ$6,000 5 years ago when it had 89000km on it. I’m going to run it till it’s next cambelt (200000km. Essentials in my mind for it’s replacment Estate(wagon)for Big boot, at least 2000cc, 4WD for towing, NZ roads & unsealed roads/beaches, roof bars for my bike racks.

Citroen C3
Citroen C4
Peugeot Bipper

And to follow that little lot, a Toyota Prius and a Fiat Panda 100hp. The Prius does about 50mpg and the Panda about 25. A better argument for a Prius as a town car I have yet to encounter. Hopefully I’ll be replacing it with a plug in version in August – no more company car tax, a virtually free commute and potential to make about 10p per work mile if I’m light footed.

I knew the oldboy who was selling the autosleeper so i got it for very little. I actually had to argue him up he was wanting so little.
Cooker had literally never been used. It’s goin to be parked up in ,tress a fair few times this year.

“VW Corrado Storm in green 98k on the clock,”
Very, very nice!

Being middle class, middle management and middle aged; and being a member on STW, there’s only one possible answer…

A6 2.0tdi – just got 44mpg average over a trip to Euro Disney doing a rather high average speed 😐

Landrover Discovery 3, great for bikes dog etc…
Wife has a Renault Grand scenic child lugger..
Old 1976 Landrover lightweight for fun..
and a Ducati Monster for the midlife crisis:-)

2CV

On that budget you could get a decent E class estate diesel.

2009 peugeot 207 1.4 hdi van – works
2009 Vauxhall Astra 1.6 petrol hatch
1998 Land Rover Discovery 300tdi

I own a Bora but it’s waiting on me ringing the scrap mand to come and collect it. I lease a Golf but that should have gone back last week, they said I can keep it for now until my new one arrives, that’s being leased too.

Want. It’s on Autotrader for £2650

’71 Broadspeed Bullet Capri

Car of the thread !

Honda S2000 and a Scirocco GT DSG
Ones quick and the other is quicker

Brought brand new vw scirocco last sept, and love it, not the best for putting bikes in but can get my dh bike in there with the wheels off, get about 50mpg, also got the wife a SRI vauxhall zafira which is great for carting the family around, petrol though so only 25mpg

Volvo V70 and an Austen Healey 3000 MkIII, the latter will be sold this year.

BMW 630i convertible (nice to drive but crap at everything)
Volvo XC70
Defender 90 XS

Currently rethinking our car “plans”.

Love the look of the Renault Avantime but its totally silly,a 2dr MPV.
Looks really good in that colour and they are pretty well equipped.

A future classic potentially.