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[Evostance]

There's a possibility I might be moving jobs so I'll be motorway driving about 90 miles a day. At the moment i put about £55 in every 8 days so I'm looking at something that will cost either the same or better.

From my calculations the car needs to average about 50-60mpg. It also can only cost about £5k and not be worse on insurance than the Ctr. Currently at £1100 for a 23 yr old with 2yr no claims.

Any suggestions? I was thinking about a newish BMW or Audi with higher miles in diesel. No idea on the reliability though..
Would like it to be fairly nippy too

[RM CYA]

306hdi. 600-800 miles on a full tank. Cheap as chips to buy and run. Get the Meridien model with the half leathers.

[Evostance]

306hdi. 600-800 miles on a full tank. Cheap as chips to buy and run. Get the Meridien model with the half leathers.

I should have mentioned I want something modern and not chavvy . Potentially max of 6-7 years old

[RM CYA]

306 dervs aren't chavvy

[Evostance]

Google would suggest otherwise

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=306+hd ... 24&bih=672

[Mart]

Any small diesel car in the 1.4-1.6 range would crack your mpg.

[PH47MF]

Yaris 1.0L

[Jules]

You want the holy grail of cars for 5k, you do realise that the cars that cost this are in demand = higher costs.

[Shappers]

Any small diesel car in the 1.4-1.6 range would crack your mpg.

If you stick to 65-70 then yes a small diesel will crack this mileage.

My 1.4 yaris diesel got me 68mpg on a run from Exeter to Bristol, sat at 65.

Take it up to 80 (and if you're commuting 90 miles a day on the motorway, you're not going to sit much below 80) and the mpg would drop to mid 40's. To be fair, I expect the 6spd box would help with that, but my model only had a 5spd.

What about a Fabia vrs? or polo 1.9PD... bigger engine in smaller car = less work, more mpg's.

[jakeyboy]

My 1.4 yaris diesel got me 68mpg on a run from Exeter to Bristol, sat at 65.

i got one of these purely for work a few years back, 70k and never missed a beat, used to hit the dash thinking the fuel gauge was stuck lol

[jakeyboy]

still got your milano? ep3 or fn2?
im looking to punt my accord ictdi 05 plate in the next month or 2,
well under your 5k budget

[Evostance]

still got your milano? ep3 or fn2?
im looking to punt my accord ictdi 05 plate in the next month or 2,
well under your 5k budget

Milano EP3. Saloons are a big too big for my liking though unfortunately.

[Omni]

Don't move jobs unless the salary increase is sufficient to more than cover travelling costs, then you won't need to be an MPG fag.

[yella]

50-60mpg and fairly nippy will never happen, even if you have £30k.

at £5k i would say a Mk5 golf Gt tdi with a (remap you bought the wrong car)

or Ibiza Cupra Tdi 160, but again only looking at 40mpg on average.

[Evostance]

Don't move jobs unless the salary increase is sufficient to more than cover travelling costs, then you won't need to be an MPG fag.

Im not doing it a promotion. Im doing it because theres no way I can progress in my current role so effectively side stepping so I can go up the ladder again

[jakeyboy]

50-60mpg and fairly nippy will never happen, even if you have £30k.

at £5k i would say a Mk5 golf Gt tdi with a (remap you bought the wrong car)

or Ibiza Cupra Tdi 160, but again only looking at 40mpg on average.

id agree with this, folk that tell you they can nail gt tdi etc all the like and still get 60 mpg are generally talking b@l@&£s

[dave_g]

You want the holy grail of cars for 5k, you do realise that the cars that cost this are in demand = higher costs.

Recently sold a 1.4TDI polo for £3k on autotrader, had 8 calls on the first day and sold it to the first person who looked at it. Probably had a further 15-20 calls asking if its still for sale since. Small diesels are definitely in demand!

I can recommend the VAG 1.4TDI, easy 60mpg without really trying and is actually a good motorway cruiser due to the torque. But its never going to fell fast.

[Evostance]

You want the holy grail of cars for 5k, you do realise that the cars that cost this are in demand = higher costs.

Recently sold a 1.4TDI polo for £3k on autotrader, had 8 calls on the first day and sold it to the first person who looked at it. Probably had a further 15-20 calls asking if its still for sale since. Small diesels are definitely in demand!

I can recommend the VAG 1.4TDI, easy 60mpg without really trying and is actually a good motorway cruiser due to the torque. But its never going to fell fast.

I think the torque is really what im after if i'm honest. If I go to overtake a lorry, I'd like to be able to go past it without having to be pushed by the cars behind me

[Evostance]

What about a 1 series diesel with about 139k on the clock? Not sure about reliability, running costs etc?

[EvoStu]

You want the holy grail of cars for 5k, you do realise that the cars that cost this are in demand = higher costs.

What? An MPS?

Saying that though, Danneth reckons diesel like economy on his run to and from work.