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Cheap (sub £2k) car for motorway commute

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  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    My wife did 15k a year in a 1.5 Peugeot 106 diesel, that did it for 4 years. Now moved on to a 1.4 diesel Citreon C3. 55 and 65 mpg respectively.
    The 106 cost £500, and just kept going to 160,000 miles before we changed it.
  • skivenov
    skivenov Posts: 2,204 Forumite
    Good bit of money saving!

    The AX 1.5d (which is basically a 106 with a different body) had the record for being the most economical car in the world for a lot of years.
    Yes it's overwhelming, but what else can we do?
    Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?
  • worried_jim
    worried_jim Posts: 11,631 Forumite
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    skivenov wrote: »
    Good bit of money saving!

    The AX 1.5d (which is basically a 106 with a different body) had the record for being the most economical car in the world for a lot of years.

    And you can run it on veg!
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