Buying a car for motorway - MPG advice please

Foxy-Stoat_3

almillar wrote: »

Oops sorry missed the £3K at the end. Well how about a 3 series then. Might be very high mileage for an E46 at that price.

He wont want a 3er as the MPG is well under what others have already said. I'd go for an Octavia, bigger than a Fabia and a good cruisier. Real world MPG for the Octy (mk1)- Eastbourne to Blackpool and back on a tank of diesel at £75.00 = 630 miles = £0.11 per mile. Think your budget may get you a mk2 which are even better equipped and more economical.

rev_henry

blacksta wrote: »

Or you could move closer to work and save us from your daily emissions

...Says s/he who lives in Essex

rodenal

For £3k it's hard to look by something with the vag pd engine - octavia or toledo will be the cheapest and are probably the best bet. You could spend £2k on a toledo and have a cracking car for the money, nobody really wants them but they are just a bora/octavia really.

The Mondeo is a good car but you're really taking a risk with the tdci or any other commonrail engine at that age, the golf is too expensive as everybody wants one, passat could be an option, focus with the 1.6tdci is a bit of a liability at that age, the 1.8 is better but you risk similar issues to the Mondeo

pinkteapot

timbotambo wrote: »

For that money you'll be looking at the large saloon diesels most likely, such as Ford Mondeo etc. I much prefer larger cars on motorways!

Love our Mondeo to pieces but not for its MPGability. We get 48mpg on the motorways and it's only 2 years old so I'm guessing an older one wouldn't do quite as well.

It's also excessively large for one person travelling on their own.

poppasmurf_bewdley

I'm another Mondeo fan.

Currently I drive a two year old Mondeo 2 litre TDCi Auto Estate and get about 43mpg. My previous car was a 51 reg Mondeo TDDi Estate which did about 40mpg, and they can be bought for less than £1k nowadays.

Both are very good motorway cruisers and will do a 100 mile trip without breaking sweat.

getmore4less

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

I'm another Mondeo fan.

Currently I drive a two year old Mondeo 2 litre TDCi Auto Estate and get about 43mpg. My previous car was a 51 reg Mondeo TDDi Estate which did about 40mpg, and they can be bought for less than £1k nowadays.

Both are very good motorway cruisers and will do a 100 mile trip without breaking sweat.

LOW mpg.

With the vag 1.9PD doing 55+mpg and a taxi driver choice for munching the daily miles I would stick with that family.

clarkwgriswold

blacksta wrote: »

Or you could move closer to work and save us from your daily emissions

I'd love to but the job market isn't exactly rosy and I have two children to feed.

Ultrasonic

getmore4less wrote: »

LOW mpg.

With the vag 1.9PD doing 55+mpg and a taxi driver choice for munching the daily miles I would stick with that family.

Seconded. I have an Octavia with that engine and easily beat the above Mondea economy figures.

mikey72

Well, the C3 has returned 60mpg on it's first fill, mainly stop start urban rush hour. It has had a few short runs on the motorway, and seems a good candidate for long runs. It's comfortable, quiet, and stable. Hopefully it'll give the 70+ it's supposed to.

andygb

Strider590 wrote: »

And unless buying new or nearly new, be careful of the DFP (diesel particulate filter) when buying a diesel that's had fairly low usage and be careful of DMF (dual mass flywheel) on diesels that haven't.... Both will set you back 4 figure sums if they fail.

Rubbish!
The kits will cost around £350 and the fitting around £250