The most Frugal car for under 4K?

jill2002

Wait a year or two and you could get one of these -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_7240000/newsid_7242000?redirect=7242070.stm&news=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1&bbram=1&nbram=1&asb=1

Ebenezer_Scrooge_2

Like the Toyota Yaris!

My golf is reliable but expensive to run, i reckon with a small car, maybe deisel you would get 55mpg +

Just need to sell my golf first, as cant afford to trade it in.

lyndasharp

How about a good condition classic car? I have a Morris Minor (1098cc engine), for £4000 you could get a very good condition saloon or traveller which has free tax, £100 ish per year insurance, and 40 mpg. I know it's not quite the 55mpg + the OP suggested, but you save so much on depreciation, insurance and tax the petrol is insignificant (unless you do very high mileages). Reliability on a good classic car is just as good as a modern one, and replacement parts are easy and cheap if needed, plus they are simple to fix yourself so not so many garage bills.

save-a-lot

On the flip side side some classic cars can be a pit of money, for example, my brother spent enough to have bought a brand new car when he owned a 1966 Beetle. I guess it all depends on the choices you make of Classic car I guess

harveybobbles

Get a Volvo S60 D5 SE for under 4000Quid. 2001/2002 with around 100k on it - nothing for
1. A Volvo
2. A diesel

cyclonebri1

lyndasharp wrote: »

How about a good condition classic car? I have a Morris Minor (1098cc engine), for £4000 you could get a very good condition saloon or traveller which has free tax, £100 ish per year insurance, and 40 mpg. I know it's not quite the 55mpg + the OP suggested, but you save so much on depreciation, insurance and tax the petrol is insignificant (unless you do very high mileages). Reliability on a good classic car is just as good as a modern one, and replacement parts are easy and cheap if needed, plus they are simple to fix yourself so not so many garage bills.

For run of the mill go forwards not back, the economy available today from a frugal car was only dreamed about 40 yrs back,

Ebenezer_Scrooge_2

Thanks but i have already owned a couple of classic cars, great for a weekend drive but ended up costing me alot to keep roadworthy!
I still have an old merc that i cannot seem to part with, (you get emotionaly attached and try to justify the hundreds you spend on it although its sitting in a garage undercover with no mot! lol

So classics out im afraid, still like the idea of a small yaris or polo at 60+ mpg!

Ebenezer_Scrooge_2

Although saying that harveybobbles, i did once own a volvo 240, it was thirty years old, had 350k on the clock! and i paid £200 for it, and drove it across the whole of the Australian outback for seven months! only thing that went wrong was a dead battery. Volvos are built to last for sure!

harveybobbles

Indeed! Tis why the Police and Paramedics use them!

Hintza

http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/

Have a look there but the 1.3 Panda multijet would be on my short list. And a £4k you should be getting a pretty young one and it is good fun to drive.