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Mudskipper World Chat Champion
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Posted: 10:40 - 03 Mar 2010 Post subject: Car suggestions please? **Car died, need replacement asap!** |
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Edit: The french piece of shit stranded me halfway to Derby last night, probably head gasket so need to find something sharpish!
Budget is only £500-ish though, so anyone suggest what would be best for my money in this instance?
Cheers
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I know a lot of BCF-ers know their cars, so thought you might be able to help suggest a suitable car for me.
My current car is a battered but reliable '95 Peugeot 306 XLD, I've been driving it for the best part of 8 years now and think it's time for something slightly newer.
It's been fine and has racked up nearly 125,000 miles without major incident, but it is really old (doesn't even have power steering) and I'd like something that I feel safe driving my kids in for any kind of distance.
I don't have much money to spend. I judge I could save a grand by October, probably be lucky to get £200 for the Peugeot.
I need:
Reasonable safety features (more than a 15 year old Pug has!)
Power steering
Enough power to sit at 80mph comfortably
Reasonable MPG
Not a crazy insurance bracket
Reliability and parts availability
I'd like:
Aircon
More than 4 seats
Decent boot space
Reasonable tax band
I really know little about cars, so have no idea where to start. I'd consider another Peugeot since I've been so impressed with the running of this one, but don't know how newer models fare/whether I've just been lucky.
Before the Peugeot I drove a Volvo 440 which I loved the power of. Not sure if Volvos still live up to the 'tank' label with regards safety these days?
I'm not too bothered about tax bands, as low tax cars tend to be slow, small and shite. Would take another diesel, unless they're high maintenance these days.
I use a small local independant garage so would prefer to avoid obscure makes/models.
I'm not too fussed how it looks, I can park so wouldn't mind an estate or MPV.
I do a 180 mile motorway round trip every weekend, and a few <2 mile runs Mon-Fri.
Any suggestions of models/years I should be looking at?
I guess my range will be ten year old cars, but if there isn't anything fitting my criteria in the budget I would have to rethink my timings.
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chris-red Have you considered a TDM?
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Posted: 11:00 - 03 Mar 2010 Post subject: |
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I've currently got a 52 reg. 307sw 1.9d. Probalably get an older one for not much more than you want to spend.
I need:
Reasonable safety features (more than a 15 year old Pug has!) Yes
Power steering Yes
Enough power to sit at 80mph comfortably Yes
Reasonable MPG Seems ok to me
Not a crazy insurance bracket I pay just over £100fc, I'm old mind
Reliability and parts availability Yes
I'd like:
Aircon Yes
More than 4 seats Has 5 but can add another 2 in the boot if needed.
Decent boot space Yes
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Posted: 11:04 - 03 Mar 2010 Post subject: |
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I reckon maybe an oldish Mondeo. I think the previous generation models (earlier ones) will be about your price range and they're pretty darn good too. The 2.0 TDCI engine is good as well.
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Mudskipper World Chat Champion
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Posted: 11:27 - 03 Mar 2010 Post subject: |
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Thanks for replies
Sugartits wrote: | If your looking for a big car with Extras old Volvos are pretty good, We had an 840 T5 Estate which we took to Lemans it cost £700 and was fully loaded with extras. It was a really nice car for the money. It's abit juicey which is the only downside. |
I'll keep Volvos in mind then.
Mr.Everready wrote: | I've currently got a 52 reg. 307sw 1.9d. Probalably get an older one for not much more than you want to spend.
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Oooh, I like. Might have to find another grand!
Poseidon wrote: | What about a newer pug 306? I had an x-reg 306 2.0HDi. I think it was a meridian or summat and it was the facelift model with the round front fogs etc. It had plenty of poke, awesome mpg, air bags for driver and passenger, PAS, air-con, auto windsreen wipers, radio controls on the steering stem, remote central locking, leccy windows and a CD-player.
One of the most planted cars I've ever driven! Probably quite cheap nowadays too. |
I am leaning towards a newer 306, I am fond of them and change is scary! I see there are 306 estates too.
Cptn. Awesome wrote: | I reckon maybe an oldish Mondeo. I think the previous generation models (earlier ones) will be about your price range and they're pretty darn good too. The 2.0 TDCI engine is good as well.
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Cheers, Mondeos did cross my mind. I am very wary of mileage though as I intend to put lots on, so would prefer to have it low-ish to start with. I understand that in my budget this limits my choice though.
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What about an early Ford Focus? Will meet all the criteria, should be reliable (ours has been) and are pretty good to drive too |
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Edit: The french piece of shit stranded me halfway to Derby last night, probably head gasket so need to find something sharpish!
Budget is only £500-ish though, so anyone suggest what would be best for my money in this instance?
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I know its always said in low budget what car threads, but I'd just see what is about for the money rather then looking for a particular model for £500.
For that kind of money even the most reliable car could be a complete dog and something that has a reputation for being shit could end up giving years of trouble free motoring.
I have an old Volvo 440 1.6, it looks shit, drives crap and is really slow but it was cheap, is pretty loaded with toys and has proved reliable so far. Not sure I go so far as to recommend it but its in your budget and would do the job, mine has a Renault engine I think ____________________ Yamaha FZR400RR 3tj
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Thanks for all the suggestions.
To add insult to injury, in the night some half-breed fucktard has wrenched the near side wing mirror off (the other month a similar mutant jumped on my bonnet and dented it) so I think I'll be after something rough cosmetically purely because this will no doubt happen again.
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if you're set on getting space, seats, reliability & economy for under £500 and don't mind not having street cred.. then i'd suggest what I used to have, Cavalier 1.7TD:
- last ones are on a '95 M plate (ok so it's not newer)
- You'll find them for under £500 (I paid £250 for one in 2007)
- I sold mine on for £200 with 210,000 miles on it after 2.5 years of running, in that time I spent less than £400 on maintenance, parts and mots (mostly a water pump and front discs)
- ~45mpg on runs, ~40mpg in town
- driver's airbag
- fine at motorway speed (accelleration is a little slow though)
- good heater, room for a decent stereo, don't think they had aircon though?
if you go for one make sure it's a manual and definately make sure it's the Isuzu 1.7TD engine and not the vauxhall one.. it's black and has "turbo" written on it in red, looks like this:
https://www.speshul.org/random/isuzuEngine2.jpg
They're not fancy, but as far as a reliable economical box on wheels goes they're pretty much the definition
Or, if you want to stay with the french and add an air of the roulette table to your reliability and maintenance bills, go for a Citroen BX.. I know a couple of people who really rate the 1.7TD or the 1.9D for comfortable mileage ____________________ Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it. - Elwood P. Dowd |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 13 years, 323 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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