Which 60+mpg car?

[pompousporcup...]

The little 1.2 corsa i was driving got scrapped. Old, faded and in need of some MOT work it went to the scrappy because A, the work would cost too much, B, it was shit..

So now i am driving my other halfs mx5. It isn't very economical on the journey i do, mainly motorway with about 5 miles of town either side of my ~110 mile a day journey. I have worked it out at about 30mpg..not horrendous, but not great either.

Ideally i want double that because its costing me A LOT to get to work right now.

What CHEAP car is going to get me 60+ mpg and be reliable enough to likely not need any major things doing within the next 12 months.

Please help!.

[andyscooter]

Renault clio 1.5 dci



kia rio 1.5crdi
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[pompousporcup...]

The Clio sounds decent..other than being a clio. 30 a year for tax..is what I pay monthly on the mx5.

[andyscooter]

[natefz6]

My 1 series 118D does about that. Budget in for indicators though..
get that in before someone else

I regularly get over 50 out of it and with that many motorway miles I would say high 50s.
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[Loui5D]

Suzuki Swift diesel?

[piazza]

Your £30 tax becomes £110? in March. Fiat panda 1.3 diesel is the same.
A mate has a Nissan Note 1.5 diesel which will be £30 AFTER March.
Remember you can use autotrader to buy by tax rate.
Mine goes up to £310 after the change

[pompousporcup...]

oh yes, i'd forgotten about the tax increase.. meh. I am used to paying this much for car tax.. i put it along side the insurance cost and write it off.

fuel however, is crippling considering the miles i do. Just worked it out at about £136 per month saved if i went with a little clio 1.5 vs the 1.8 mx5.. and thats conservative maths at 50odd mpg.. anything better would be a bonus.

Has anybody owned a 1.5cdi clio? My experience with a Renault megane didnt end well for the car.

[pompousporcup...]

[grr666]

Had a 1.5 dci Kangoo, same engine more or less. Although it had a cambelt snap but that could happen to any car using
the toothed belt system. Although that was an expensive fix, apart from that it never let me down once. Wazzed along at
about 90 flat out, but preferred 80. Cheap as chips fuel wise. My suggestion is Fabia vRS mark one or a Polo TDI (130bhp)
My mate has a tuned one with about 220bhp and still gets MPG in the 50's, he's probably had it about 8 years now.
No DPF on VAG cars from that era(>2007 approx), just the DMF which is an expensive job if it needs done.
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[Polarbear]

Renault Twingo. Ours costs pennies to buy, to run, to tax and insure.

Petrol, 1.2 litre. Less power than a budgies fart. More boring than John Major but did I say cheap.
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[bugeye_bob]

Smart fortwo ?

[pompousporcup...]

Twingo looks fun..and 50mpg.. what do you get in the real world?

Chatted to the other half and she said sell the mx5(we have two kids so she can't use it most of the time anyway)
She said buy a more family friendly car..my first thought was skoda fabia diesel -_- boring and slow but good economy for what I need it for.

Anyone have one?

[Wonko The Sane]

family friendly car,

the 2nd generation 1.4 diesel Kia Cee'd Estate is a brilliant car - unless the air intake pipe is not clipped in place correctly and wears through the wiring loom frying bits of the car's electrics elsewhere that RRG Bury couldn't fix.

used to get 52mpg out of ours on a run from Manchester to Leeds and back, bit lower for general driving.

I would actually have another, just not from that dealership and would check the air intake pipe doesn't touch the wiring loom after it's been in a garage.
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[grr666]

[Analogkid]

Polo/Ibiza/Fabia with the 1.2 3 cylinder diesel, with at least 75HP, runs on fumes, and nippy enough for the cut and thrust.

[rhys99]

[pompousporcup...]

Danke Mr grr666. Good info there. It was the sdi I was looking at earlier. Agricultural I can deal with as that sort of economy would save a lot.

I have bikes if I wanna go fast

[grr666]

Should mention there are also estate style Fabias as well as the more typical hatch or very rare saloon style.
Better for buggies and kids stuff. That said.

I would..
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[andyscooter]

[Polarbear]

[DRZ4Hunned]

My Fabia Vrs 1.9TDI is fab, would definitely recommend. Even as standard it doesn't feel particularly slow, but I am tempted to re-map it. Typical MPG is about 45-55. Can get cheap £30 tyres too which is a bonus.
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[Northern Monkey]

I’ve got a job one day a week in Manchester at the moment. It’s a 360 mile round trip from Newcastle, but they’re paying well and giving me 45p a mile. I’m driving it in a 2006 diesel fiat panda, which can manage 80mpg on a good day. About 75 on a bad day.

Driving any car down a motorway at 70 is shit. You might as well make it cheap and shit instead of expensive and shit. All you need is a £75
Bluetooth radio to stop you going insane.
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