This silver saver wants to downsize to small car.

Secret_Lady

Hi,
4.456 litres = 1 gallon, so for example 35 litres = 7.854 gallons ( 35 divided by 4.456).

In other words divide the number of litres by 4.456 to get the number of gallons

Savvy_Sue

fitzroy wrote: »

Recommendations for Toyota - I do worry that there have been some recalls of other models.

Yes, they have had a rough time lately, but a) at least you HAVE heard about the recalls! and b) now should be a good time from that POV, they really will be being careful these days! :rotfl:

ginandtonic1988

I'm not a silver saver but hubby and I are 39 and 43 does our opinion count?!! I have a Peugot 107 and love it I'm getting 60 mpg and £20 tax! I have the 5 door version. I change my car every 3 years and it looks like next time round I will be having the Toyota Aygo purely because I think the styling is a teeny bit better than the Peugot 107 and the C1 and the Toyota has the 5 year guarantee. Otherwise a great, cheap to run, fun to drive great looking car:T

no1catman

missile wrote: »

Your cheapest option is to keep your Rover until it breaks down.

Most diesels are more expensive than petrol equivalent. For example the list price for Citroen C3 1.4i 9 is from £11890 and Citroen C3 1.4HDi is from £12990.

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Thanks, but this is MSE budget is 3 - 4k rather than new! Problem recently with remote control - £95 for a new one, time for a new timing belt next service - hence change maybe opportune soon!

Anybody have a Diesel C3, what are they like, e.g. do they lose power going up a motorway incline?
I don't now do that much mileage, but make several 330 mile trips a year m4/m25/a41.

getmore4less

no1catman wrote: »

I don't now do that much mileage, but make several 330 mile trips a year m4/m25/a41.

How long are the trips? when are they?

Have you considered hire cars for these.

Run the small cheap car around home and get something better for these bigger trips.

fitzroy

ginandtonic1988 wrote: »

Otherwise a great, cheap to run, fun to drive great looking car:T

Thanks - but which car; the Peugeot 107 or the Toyota?

treborg

the volvo drive e is very good, zero road tax due to extremely low emissions and also does about 70 to the gallon. its got a brief review in natwest sense magazine. volvo's have a good reputation for being solid and reliable. hope this helps:)

barak

Secret_Lady wrote: »

Hi,
4.456 litres = 1 gallon, so for example 35 litres = 7.854 gallons ( 35 divided by 4.456).

In other words divide the number of litres by 4.456 to get the number of gallons

Not quite right! It's 4.546 or even -
1 Imperial gallon = 4.54609188 litres

ennyjames

treborg wrote: »

the volvo drive e is very good, zero road tax due to extremely low emissions and also does about 70 to the gallon. its got a brief review in natwest sense magazine. volvo's have a good reputation for being solid and reliable. hope this helps:)

same with volvo s60.

missile

fitzroy wrote: »

....Since changing from gallons to litres I've never managed to work out how to calculate how many miles I get to the litre/gallon! For e.g I recently did a round trip of 340 miles having filled my car from (almost) empty at £47.00.

That is circa 38mpg