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  • 3Dshay
    3Dshay Posts: 82 Forumite
    I did a small research and customized the auto-trader search function, there is some cars with Band B Mpg, which makes your tax £35 per year, and they uses less petrol and they got the lowest possible insurance as well, I will list them here and hope that I am right so it can help others, here is a few of them :

    Peugeot 207 1.6 HDi

    Peugeot 206 1.4 HDi

    Renault Clio 1.5

    Citroen C3 1.4 HDi

    Renault Megane 1.5 dCi

    Ford Fiesta 1.4

    Citroen C3 Desire HDi
  • gonzo127
    gonzo127 Posts: 4,482 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    honestly with how few miles you do try not to get hung up on a diesel as so few miles will not allow them to get hot - this being said the ones you have listed should not have the dreaded DPF so thats one less thing to worry about

    as has been said for 2k, if you can cope with a small car the hyundia i10, kia picanto and the fiat panda petrols could all be a good shout, and in real life for short journeys could easily give you better mpg than a diesel due to the time required for the diesel to get up to temperature and so give the best mpg
    Drop a brand challenge
    on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
    10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
    20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
    30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    3Dshay wrote: »
    I did a small research and customized the auto-trader search function, there is some cars with Band B Mpg, which makes your tax £35 per year, and they uses less petrol and they got the lowest possible insurance as well, I will list them here and hope that I am right so it can help others, here is a few of them :

    Peugeot 207 1.6 HDi

    Peugeot 206 1.4 HDi

    Renault Clio 1.5

    Citroen C3 1.4 HDi

    Renault Megane 1.5 dCi

    Ford Fiesta 1.4

    Citroen C3 Desire HDi
    Umm, do you remember what we all said about diesel? Every single one of those is diesel.
  • How about a used Focus?
  • AdrianC wrote: »
    Umm, do you remember what we all said about diesel? Every single one of those is diesel.

    Probably not good at taking advice.


    Very much like 200K-Yaris bloke on the other thread. Make of that what you will.
  • 3Dshay
    3Dshay Posts: 82 Forumite
    gonzo127 : Thanks a lot, well, honestly if I had to go for those 3, I'd like to go for a 206, is there anything wrong with that? any advice would be appreciated.

    AdrianC : This is very strange, the site that I've found them said tsome of them are petrol :(
    1952573 : Ford Focus Zetec looks nice as well as Ford Focus 2006 ! Like it very much.:T

    I'm taking advice :) , just really not interested to use card-box sized cars ;)
  • 3Dshay wrote: »

    I'm taking advice :) , just really not interested to use card-box sized cars ;)



    You have *seen* a C3 and a 206 right?


    You know they're both pretty damn small?
  • 3Dshay
    3Dshay Posts: 82 Forumite
    Yes but 206 is medium/good not damn small :)
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    3Dshay wrote: »
    AdrianC : This is very strange, the site that I've found them said tsome of them are petrol :(

    The only one of that list that _might_ be petrol is the Fiesta - they were available with 1.4 petrol and 1.4 diesel, IIRC.
    1952573 : Ford Focus Zetec looks nice as well as Ford Focus 2006 ! Like it very much.:T

    Umm, you do know they're both pretty much the same car - Zetec is just a trim level, what toys/seat material it has - a size bigger than the Fiesta? Same size as the Megane from your list, while all the rest are the same size as the Fiesta.
  • 3Dshay
    3Dshay Posts: 82 Forumite
    Yes looks like the same, and its 1.6 and still not sure what to do :((((
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