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To buy petrol or diesel fiesta?

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  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    OP just make sure you get 20% off the list price. Fords on list price are way overpriced at the moment.
  • System
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    edited 24 January 2012 at 1:56PM
    Hintza wrote: »
    OP just make sure you get 20% off the list price. Fords on list price are way overpriced at the moment.

    Dont worry I will! Ive already been offered a good deal on a fiesta edge 1.25, 5 dr for 10k (list 12k), so a 2k discount is what I would expect on a fiesta. They want 700 more for the zetec, not really sure its worth it though......
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  • Stephen_Leak
    Stephen_Leak Posts: 8,762 Forumite
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    edited 24 January 2012 at 3:35PM
    I have a 2004 (built)/2005 (registered) Fiesta 1.4 TDCi. For a start, the CO2 emissions figure is 116g/km, so car tax is just £30. I am currently averaging 52.27mpg since I bought it on 1 July 2010, and this hasn't altered much whether it's nipping around town or cruising on the motorway. I'm not using my car as much at the moment (between jobs, not as much money) and my mileage over the last year is down to 12,022 miles. I'll let you know IF the DPF goes.
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  • Trebor16
    Trebor16 Posts: 3,061 Forumite
    Stephen_Leak wrote: »
    I have a 2004 (built)/2005 (registered) Fiesta 1.4 TDCi. For a start, the CO2 emissions figure is 116g/km, so car tax is just £30. I am currently averaging 52.27mpg since I bought it on 1 July 2010, and this hasn't altered much whether it's nipping around town or cruising on the motorway. I'm not using my car as much at the moment (between jobs, not as much money) and my mileage over the last year is down to 12,022 miles. I'll let you know IF the DPF goes.

    Stephen,

    If you check I think you will find your Fiesta doesn't have a DPF. It's only from about 2008/9 onwards that Ford started to fit them, if memory serves me correct.
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  • Ranger8
    Ranger8 Posts: 388 Forumite
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    Trebor16 wrote: »
    Stephen,

    If you check I think you will find your Fiesta doesn't have a DPF.


    You are right Stephens Fiesta doesn`t have a DPF
  • gord115
    gord115 Posts: 1,086 Forumite
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    Go for the petrol,you'll still get way over 40mpg and it will warm up quicker in the winter.
    It will take ages to make you're £1300 back
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    payvpac wrote: »
    Dont worry I will! Ive already been offered a good deal on a fiesta edge 1.25, 5 dr for 10k (list 12k), so .

    There should be another £500 to come off that.
  • System
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    edited 24 January 2012 at 9:03PM
    Hintza wrote: »
    There should be another £500 to come off that.

    Thats just the dealers opening price. I havent even begun to negotiate yet....:D
    However, they have offered an excellent price for my part-ex (>£500 better than the valuation on WhatCar and any other dealer I have been to).
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