Economical Car

jemz0001

Hi,

I would be interested in changing my car, currently a Nissan Note to a small economical car with high MPG. We travel a 40 mile round trip and it is an hour each way on non-motorways.

We have looked and seen the fiat 500c twin air and also the smart fortwo 1.0mhd both giving over 65 miles to the gallon.

Does any body have any other recommendations, ideally we would like something 2008 onwards and the cars above are both 2011 and thus require a higher initial spend.

So any advice on something a little older would really help!

Thanks,

Jemz0001

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djheath

I have just bought a Peugeot 107 which is basically a Toyota Aygo or Citreon C1 ( all the same car), and I have to say it is brilliant!

Its a 2008 model with only 9000 miles on the clock and is immaculate. It feels big and roomy inside despite it's small size. It can fit four adults relatively comfortably, is comfortable, has all the mod cons that you need and is still pretty nippy for such a small engine.

I would recommend it to anyone!

Only £5500 too.

hcb42

i have a 2008 Yaris diesel auto which does close to 65 mpg, i love it

Hammyman

Personally, spending £1000 or more on a newer car to save just a few MPG is plain stupid. The extra cost and the additional loss in depreciation will far outweigh the savings on fuel. It took me a year just to break even on the £1000 difference between the petrol and diesel versions of my Mondeo despite a 15MPG difference.

meer53

I have a Toyota Aygo Blue and i love it too ! Take the 65 mpg figures with a pinch of salt though ! I fill up and it costs me about £42 at the moment, with some careful driving i can get around 370 -390 miles on my full tank, think thats about 56 mpg ? I drive 28 miles a day (to work and back) which involves some motorway driving, plus the school run and shopping trips. Check out forums on the web for the cars you're looking at. On the Aygo owners forum some people struggle to get anywhere near 50mpg from their Aygos, it depends on what sort of driver you are really and what sort of driving you do.

smitchy73

I had an Aygo as well, aygo+ had electric windows and a couple of other things too, i loved it too, i just sized up into bigger cars but thinking of going back the way again. I was getting about 58mpg, remember as well this is a petrol car as well, not diesel. Services were every 10k miles were reasonable at the toyota dealer, never really had any major problems, and any problems I did have were sorted quickly, but of course a reliable independent garage may well do as good a job.
As someone else said the Pug 107 and citroen c1 are all the same car, the toyota has the better badge and holds it's value better, but they are all toyota engines!
I used to travel sometimes with 4 in the car, you can't do that in the smart car either, you lose the flexibility and space with the two seater, even picked up a washing machine in my aygo, hehe.

LandyAndy

OP, by far the most economical thing you can do is keep the car you have.

Matt1977

The Nissan Note is already an economical car. As LandyAndy and Hammyman suggested, it would be best to keep it.

(From a fellow Nissan driver)

jemz0001

Thanks for the replies.

We would rather pay a lump sum out and save more on the weekly bills and the better the MPG the more we will save long term!

I also want to increase the year on the car and now is the best time to do this. We will have a years MOT and tax as of the end of the month!

dannymccann

LandyAndy wrote: »

OP, by far the most economical thing you can do is keep the car you have.

+1

Aren't Nissan Note's new cars anyway? You know the history of your car so you arent going to be buying someone's bag of bolts!

Then again I drive a 2001 mk4 Astra 2.0Dti, cost me £2000 3 years ago, not clocked 100k yet and on runs still achieves 50-55mpg when driven considerably

Hammyman

jemz0001 wrote: »

We would rather pay a lump sum out and save more on the weekly bills and the better the MPG the more we will save long term!

You'd earn more money sticking the difference in a high interest account. All you're doing is setting fire to £1000 or more.

Your weekly bill will probably be less than £5 different but thats assuming you pay for the car outright. If its on finance, you'll be WORSE off.

I also want to increase the year on the car and now is the best time to do this. We will have a years MOT and tax as of the end of the month!

Its a number on a bit of plastic. Does it really matter that much? Are you happy to blow £1000's just to have a bigger number on those bits of plastic attached to the front and back of your car?

I think you're in the wrong place - this is MoneySAVINGexpert, not MoneyBURNINGExpert :D:D

I do think, along with most on here, that you'll buy the new car and find it does virtually the same MPG as the Note.

If you think that to buy a new slightly more economical car is a way to save money, you're completely wrong.