New job, new car?

egyptiancotton

My new job is approximately 23 miles one way (so about 46 miles daily). The journey is mostly motorways and dual carriageways.

I currently drive a 1.25 petrol 2008 Ford Fiesta. I'm concerned that it uses a little more fuel when trying to keep up on the motorway compared to a bigger engined car.

What would be an ideal car for me to use for work with a high MPG capability?

I'm open to ideas. Ideally, it must not be smaller than my Ford Fiesta.

WTFH

What is your budget?

egyptiancotton

WTFH wrote: »

What is your budget?

I'd like to keep costs under £7,000. I'd like to part exchange my car, which is worth about £2,700 in part exchange.

forgotmyname

£7000 buys a lot of fuel. What if you dont stick the job out?

It may do a few mpg less but its simple and cheap to repair.

Netwizard

forgotmyname wrote: »

£7000 buys a lot of fuel. What if you dont stick the job out?

It may do a few mpg less but its simple and cheap to repair.

Exactly this. A 1.25 fiesta at a steady 65/70 will do fairly good mpg on a steady dual carriageway run.

It will take YEARS to repay to make the savings add up by buying something more economical. Stick with what you know, as changing purely for the sake of mpg is false economy

egyptiancotton

Thanks, both!

Blue264

If you do decide to change your car, please consider ones with a large crumple zone. My commute is 17miles of dual carriageway and 15 of M25 It's not often I get into 5th gear, but I do appreciate my car being that bit longer than many others I see on these roads. Makes me feel a lot safer, and I see wrecks almost daily on my route. Little cars always come of worst.

forgotmyname

Not always. Been done on the car shows.

Bigger car hitting a smaller one. A modern small car may look worse but it does
what they design it to. Crumple in a steady manner.

They did a large 4x4 and a Golf in one. Both drivers would have died. As the 4x4 went mostly over the golfs bumpers it them hit the engine block and the 4x4 deformed in a bad way.

Its amazing what makes a difference. Seen a clip of 2 identical cars with a head on crash. But one car was lowered. It came off much worse in the accident.

Netwizard

Volvo 940 VS Renault Modus also on fifth gear a while back.

Volvos are seen as big, safe cars but it just goes to show how far safety has come since the 940 was built, and that's coming from a Volvo 940 driver!!