Bangernomics - which car?

LandyAndy

marking_bad wrote: »

I'm no expert but wouldn't spending 1k on say, a ford ka be a better idea?

No.


The OP is after a bangernomics car not a small, worn smooth rustbucket.;)

catflea

Ford Ka?


Sorry, pass the sick bucket...


On a serious note, a good friend of mine had one for many years - it was his first car - aside from being horifficly unreliable (power steering being the favourite failure point) it was a pig to drive. He replaced it with a Kia Picanto which he reckons is far far nicer...... :eek:

LandyAndy

catflea wrote: »

Ford Ka?


Sorry, pass the sick bucket...


On a serious note, a good friend of mine had one for many years - it was his first car - aside from being horifficly unreliable (power steering being the favourite failure point) it was a big to drive. He replaced it with a Kia Picanto which he reckons is far far nicer...... :eek:

A big what? Pig?:cool:

catflea

I have no idea what you mean Andy? :A

Hammyman

Flearoy wrote: »

33mpg was about my average fuel consumption in my Mk2 Ford Mondeo petrol 1.8 Estate. I did mixed town/country driving in it, pretty slowly too to be honest. 40mpg was not realistic.

Driving slowly can be quite uneconomical.

My parents get 45MPG out of their 2L MK2 Estate on a run. My MK1 did an average of about 35MPG mixed driving.

I get 55+MPG out of my current MK3 Mondeo TDCi and have seen as high as 70MPG.

Hammyman

ZootHornRollo wrote: »

If a mondeo can realistically achieve 35-40mpg and parts are cheap enough i will add them to my list. I was avoiding large cars as the parts tend to be that bit more expensive.

Mid sized cars such as Mondeo, Cavalier, Vectra are quite cheap to run for both fuel and parts.

Small doesn't necessarily mean cheap to run and small cars command a higher price than mid sized because most people want them due to some misplaced belief that they're cheaper to run and cheap insurance for the younger ones.

Here's an example. You have a Fiesta that does 45MPG and a Vectra that does 40MPG. You do 6000 miles a year. That Fiesta would use 133 gallons of fuel, the Vectra 150. You'll be lucky to find a Fiesta worth a toss for under £500 but there seems to be a fair few Vectras. I've known a couple of vectras that are on 250,000 miles even though one of them rarely gets a service. I don't know any Fiestas on 200,000 miles.

creased-leach

I had my Mazzie 323f for a couple of years, it was a brilliant banger (well, not a banger at all really.) Held the road, held its price (we actually made a few quid) and was a good compromise for my needs- mostly country roads, but my regular hour and a half trips up the M20 were a breeze. It felt bullet proof, too.

LandyAndy

catflea wrote: »

I have no idea what you mean Andy? :A

Oooh, I never had you down as a post hoc editor.:(:D

catflea

Good innit :rotfl:

jd82

Hammyman wrote: »

Mid sized cars such as Mondeo, Cavalier, Vectra are quite cheap to run for both fuel and parts.

Small doesn't necessarily mean cheap to run and small cars command a higher price than mid sized because most people want them due to some misplaced belief that they're cheaper to run and cheap insurance for the younger ones.

Here's an example. You have a Fiesta that does 45MPG and a Vectra that does 40MPG. You do 6000 miles a year. That Fiesta would use 133 gallons of fuel, the Vectra 150. You'll be lucky to find a Fiesta worth a toss for under £500 but there seems to be a fair few Vectras. I've known a couple of vectras that are on 250,000 miles even though one of them rarely gets a service. I don't know any Fiestas on 200,000 miles.

That is because if anybody is going to be doing that sort of huge milleages they will not buy a Fiesta

My dads is on 87k now and is machanicaly perfect (its 13 years old) but it spends its life in the city and the suspension is shot. If it spent all its life on the motorway it could have easily done more than 200k without a problem.