Cheapest car to run

crazygaijin

Whats the all round cheapest car to run today?

Thinking about insurance, tax and fuel economy. Maybe one of those new small Citron's?

I also like the new small diesel engines that you can run on veg oil in the summer, what are the cheapest diesel cars today?

real1314

have a look at cars by tax band - not only are they more fuel efficient, the tax is also lower.

£35 for a band b diesel, and >60mpg, rather than £170 and 50 mpg (?) for a band c?

hewhoisnotintheknow

what sort of driving

hewhoisnotintheknow

crazygaijin wrote: »

Whats the all round cheapest car to run today?

Thinking about insurance, tax and fuel economy. Maybe one of those new small Citron's?

I also like the new small diesel engines that you can run on veg oil in the summer, what are the cheapest diesel cars today?

you wont find a new car that you can run on veg oil, you can run some one biodiesel, but thats a differernt thing all together

crazygaijin

Thanks for the replys, yes something in band B £35 for a band b diesel, and >60mpg, What are the best ones? The fiat panda is very cheap I noticed, even nearly new ones are going very very low prices at auctions.

What are other sugestions in this band B?

As for running on veg oil there are no cars that can run without any modding (except Transit vans) but its not hard to buy a kit off ebay so you can run even modern diesels on veg oil but only in the summer. In the cold weather it gets thick and will clog up injecter pump.

Ranger8

A 1.4 TDCi 02 onwards Fiesta is £35 a year and definately recommended.
Vegetable oils ruin direct injection diesels.

peter_the_piper

Daughter, student,just over 21, uses Peugeot 107(Aygo/C1.) Currently £35.00 tax, 65 gallon, 275 insurance. Be difficult to beat that for a new car. Travels regularly M1/M11/M25 with no problem, looks good as well (car that is)

bryanb

crazygaijin wrote: »

buy a kit off ebay so you can run even modern diesels on veg oil but only in the summer. .

This is nonsense! Do some research on the difference between veg oil and biodiesel, and the differences between various injector pumps.

hewhoisnotintheknow

crazygaijin wrote: »

Thanks for the replys, yes something in band B £35 for a band b diesel, and >60mpg, What are the best ones? The fiat panda is very cheap I noticed, even nearly new ones are going very very low prices at auctions.

What are other sugestions in this band B?

As for running on veg oil there are no cars that can run without any modding (except Transit vans) but its not hard to buy a kit off ebay so you can run even modern diesels on veg oil but only in the summer. In the cold weather it gets thick and will clog up injecter pump.

i suggest som research.

ive run it in loads of cars without mods, putting veg oil on any high pressure disel will mean dead car.

tomstickland

Pug 106 Diesel I'd guess. One from 10 years ago, could probably run it for nothing apart from fuel if you bought a good one.

hewhoisnotintheknow

tomstickland wrote: »

Pug 106 Diesel I'd guess. One from 10 years ago, could probably run it for nothing apart from fuel if you bought a good one.

yes that was one of them i ran it on, no problems with it what so ever

wouldnt do 100% in the winter though