Vauxhall Astra 2011 or 2012 1.7 CDTi ecoFLEX MPG Advice Please

Beside_The_Seaside

Hi everyone
I have posted a couple of threads on here asking about various cars I was thinking of buying.
I really wanted to buy a Ford Focus 1.6cdti 2011 plate but was put off by reading a lot of reviews from people saying they blow turbos for fun and it costs a lot to repair when this happens.
I have now made up my mind and have decided to buy a Vauxhall Astra 1.7cdti, either a 2011 or 2012 plate.
I will mostly be using A roads for work and I was wondering if anyone can tell me what kind of MPG they are getting and roughly how many miles do you get to a full tank?

Any posts back are very much appreciated, thanks

mcpitman

Morning, i don't know much about the Astra 1.7 in the modern cars, the last one i had was a 51plate, that used to get about 40mpg on mixed/Aroads and closer to 50mpg on mway/cruising speeds.

This Astra forum has a few posts on it about the matter though http://www.astraownersnetwork.co.uk/search.php?searchid=8317593

Hope that helps,

ShandyAndy_2

My old x plate 1.7 dti used to do 70mpg on a long run and even thrashing on short runs never went below 48mpg, avoid the Astra like the plague though as the one your looking at will have the m32 gearbox which is made of chocolate.......i.e rubbish!!

forgotmyname

The 1.6tdci is OK if the oil is changed often and decent oil used.

Avoid any that do a low mileage and where the oil change interval is over 10,000.

If you buy one change the oil every 6000 - 8000. Or at least yearly.

Because i do lots of short journeys i change my oil every 6 months or so, Someones that may only be 3 or 4000 miles.

skittles_m

Go with an older Audi/VW/Skoda TDI.

For people who say they're all the same car are wrong. The only thing that's the same is the engine. Suspension, interior are different.

Beside_The_Seaside

Thank you for all your help guys.
I have been looking at Golfs. We have been offered £6.700 for our car and we have £2.500 to put towards a new car.
We want a new car as my work is moving from Bridlington to Hull which is a 56mile round trip Mon-Fri.
What put me off with the Golfs was the fact for 9k, the cars millage ranged from 70.000-100.000 miles (diesels that is)

forgotmyname

If your cars worth £6700 then its not an old shed so why change?

Beside_The_Seaside

the car we have is a 60plate 1.6 sri Astra. We bought the car two years ago as we were only driving short runs.
Now with my work moving I would like something that does more mpg as ours on a run does 38.
So that is why I fancy a diesel now as I think I will be better off MPG and fuel costs wise

forgotmyname

That extra £2500 your going to add to the new car will buy a lot of extra fuel.

A diesel that does an extra 10mpg over your current car will only save approx £300 a year @ 10,000 miles.

Dont forget a modern diesel will have dual mass flywheels and diesel particle filters that can cost lots of money to sort. DMF in a diesel will have a shorter life than a petrol due to the extra torque they produce.