anyone recomend a good high mpg car?

spursnuk

im currently doing 80 motorway miles per day in my focus 1.6 petrol getting around 32 mpg.its got 150,000 miles on.

just wondering if anyone can recommend a high mpg car to replace this with been looking at the golf bluemotion and peugeot 208 tdi

ideally dont wonna spend more than around 7k.

scaredofdebt

Suzuki Swift diesel, I test drove a new one recently and according to the trip computer returned 93 MPG - obviously this is not very accurate but even so impressive.

I've got a Mini Clubman diesel myself, 1.6 Cooper and it returns 65 MPG average and if you are careful I think 70 MPG might be possible on a good motorway run.

The boot is a decent size but not quite as big as a Focus, my '57 plate cost £6.5k.

Used to have a Mondeo 2.0 TDCi and that averaged 53 MPG but was around 60 MPG on a motorway run.

Netwizard

£7k will buy you a lot of petrol for your focus.

If you want to replace your car, fair enough, but if your swapping it purely for the mpg savings, its false economy and not worth it.

sure you might get double the mpg but what about the £7k your spending to achieve that? and depriciation too!

nobbysn*ts

Netwizard wrote: »

£7k will buy you a lot of petrol for your focus.

If you want to replace your car, fair enough, but if your swapping it purely for the mpg savings, its false economy and not worth it.

sure you might get double the mpg but what about the £7k your spending to achieve that? and depriciation too!

You haven't done the maths then. Even if the op can only double the mpg, that's a saving of over £1.6k a year. It won't take long to make the £7k back, and on a 1.6 petrol Focus with 150k on it already, it's not going to last forever. OP may as well bite the bullet now, change the car, and stop chucking £1.6k down the drain every year.

Ronneh

I don't know if it's too small for you but a Citroen C1 (I drive it) is excellent mpg as I drive 50 motorway miles twice a day. Also Suzuki Alto is a good punt. Both 1.0 cars so not sure if it's your thing

forgotmyname

Mondeo diesel estate. Fully load trip to the seaside and back 57mpg.

Netwizard

nobbysn*ts wrote: »

You haven't done the maths then. Even if the op can only double the mpg, that's a saving of over £1.6k a year. It won't take long to make the £7k back, and on a 1.6 petrol Focus with 150k on it already, it's not going to last forever. OP may as well bite the bullet now, change the car, and stop chucking £1.6k down the drain every year.

So it will take roughly 4.5 years to make the money back then!

What I am saying is, if your changing on the grounds of economy alone, you have to sit down and do the sums.

Servicing costs (typically more on a diesel)
Fuel costs (Diesel is more expensive than unleaded)
Repair costs (Diesels have all the trickery like DMF's, EGR's, regen problems etc)

150k is nothing if a car is well looked after and well serviced. Not saying don't get another car, but do sit down and do all the sums first as far too many people get hung up on mileage and mpg and forget about the huge initial outlay!

nobbysn*ts

Netwizard wrote: »

So it will take roughly 4.5 years to make the money back then!

What I am saying is, if your changing on the grounds of economy alone, you have to sit down and do the sums.

Servicing costs (typically more on a diesel)
Fuel costs (Diesel is more expensive than unleaded)
Repair costs (Diesels have all the trickery like DMF's, EGR's, regen problems etc)

150k is nothing if a car is well looked after and well serviced. Not saying don't get another car, but do sit down and do all the sums first as far too many people get hung up on mileage and mpg and forget about the huge initial outlay!

Yes, in 4.5 years it'll have been a completely free car. He'll have the money in the bank from selling the old car, and whatever the new car will sell for in 4.5 years time. And all he'll have spent is the same, and possibly more or less on unforeseeable service costs. Then every year after that, it'll be like someone putting £30 a week into the bank for him.

Netwizard

free car? er....ok

I guess we will agree to disagree!

How about sticking the £7k in the bank, and then when the focus finally gives up, THEN buy a newer car.

I'm of the opinion "if it aint broke" and "better the devil you know" but its each to their own!

nobbysn*ts

Netwizard wrote: »

free car? er....ok

I guess we will agree to disagree!

How about sticking the £7k in the bank, and then when the focus finally gives up, THEN buy a newer car.

I'm of the opinion "if it aint broke" and "better the devil you know" but its each to their own!

Yep. £3700 a year on fuel for 4.5 years, in the Focus. £16650 spent in 4.5 years. Or £7000 on a car, and half the fuel cost, or £8350, and that's spending less then £16,000. Your £7k won't be in the bank, it'll be paying out shell's shareholders, so you end up with an old car, and still spend your £7k+ the rest. Very false economy.

DUTR

nobbysn*ts wrote: »

Yep. £3700 a year on fuel for 4.5 years, in the Focus. £16650 spent in 4.5 years. Or £7000 on a car, and half the fuel cost, or £8350, and that's spending less then £16,000. Your £7k won't be in the bank, it'll be paying out shell's shareholders, so you end up with an old car, and still spend your £7k+ the rest. Very false economy.

I don't think the savings are quite that on fuel, I reckon the OP will be getting about 45mpg for the same journey, but even on an optimistic 55mpg, the fuel savings would be about £3.75k-£2.237k= £1.1513