good cheap daily commuter hack WITH ADDED RANT/VENT..
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I have a pre pd a4 with over 200k on the clock now, i have put 140+ on it and spent about £500

Lisa's old man has a passat with the pd that has 256k on it, and i belive matt woods put 300k on his

Just get one with good history and it will last if you look after it

Dazed and Confused....

My old fella had the old shape Renault Laguna, had it for several years with no issues. Good and comfy inside. Although it was French!

I guess you get one of those for next to nothing now...

1.9tdi is the best tdi VAG made imo

2.0tdi's are just plain unreliable with injector, pump dmf and cam lobe problems commenplace

I wouldn't necessarily discount petrols out of hand. Cheaper to buy in the first place, the engines are generally more reliable that modern diesels, and once you take into account the price difference between fuels there isn't a lot of difference to running costs. Plus they warm up a damn sight quicker in winter than diesels, which I really miss on freezing mornings.

2003 on Megane's can be a bargain to buy.

Mine is a 1,9 DCi estate with 230K kilometers on the clock and does 5,5 liters for 100 kms (sorry I'm french) even trashing it.

Can't comment on reliability has it has been trouble free ...

Rusty by nature

Havent ruled out petrols.. its just with some diesels up at 60/70mpg range petrols cant come close?

Once you normalise the purchase and running costs, you might be surprised how little difference there is in it.

In principle I agree, but buying with a £2k budget I don't think there's much argument against a diesel.

my misses has a 1.25 petrol fiesta same shape as my 1.4 tdci, with her driving her car it gets over 40mpg, if I borrow it and drive it like I drive my fiesta its noticably poorer, the diesel costs about £7 more a tankfull but i recon it burns £30 to every £20 in my diesel, me driving both. petrol is defo better from a maintwnance point of view, but the week on week savings are much more wallet friendly than the odd extra hit of expence.

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Oddball suggestion B2 audi 80 :) 1.8S petrol. (PM engine)

mine has done 225k (miles). turns 2k rpm at 70 mph. acceleration? no

avr mpg (motorway 70/autobahn 100 landstrasse 55 mph) 41 to 43 .

There is nothing on it that can break. cheap to work on cause you can get to it without taking the car apart.
Surprisingly comfortable for commuting (I drive 500+ miles a week ~35k year). My GF has a bini with 17 inch rims. but after driving 160 km you are knackered compared to my flying carpet.

you only need to find a good one

That sir, is not rust, it is the progressive mass reduction system

http://aseriesmodifications.wordpress.com/

Any info on the 2.0 hdi diesel citroen motors? Theres a cheap 02 xsara estate near mine, looks fairly honest and straight car.. anyone have any experience with these?

My sisters has been very reliable however the electrics are starting to play up, like you turn the indicators on and the lights flash! Those kind of things the engine has been good she has a 53 plate that was well looked after before she got it

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

i would like to add, think about a TRABANT with the green piece engine as standard, .......... if you smash it just use the corn fake packet you had your breakfast in for the repair ................... mind you will cost you a pricely sum in 2T oil

Anything french of that era will have electrical problems. They moved everything from standard stuff to complecated electricals and did a piss poor job. Dual mass flywheel on the hdmi is almost a service item.

You know the rules!

My brother had a xsara with the hdi engine, did 200k and was pretty reliable, but it had a few niggly problems. I'd say that with a decent history it's worth a look.

As always with cheaper used cars, if you're prepared to tinker to fix minor problems they're cheap cars. If you have to pay someone to fix stuff they'll be expensive.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

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Personally I would steer well away from new PSA engined cars.
A friend had a HDI engine in his 307 SW, he has had so many issues; all kinds of electrical issues, turbo, HG failure, even had a cam split in 2. Car devaluated 30.000 euro in 5.5 years, even dealer wouldn't have it as trade in.

Dazed and Confused....

This thing was 650, then it dropped in price, he wants it gone now asap as his mrs has her new car... reckon 400 would get it BUT im now thinking do i just put the money towards the extra money in fuel my 200sx would cost? I know this is not good long term.. but i can get something a few months into 2015... plus theres still my lil daily hack mini.. money could go towards new bearing and couple new tyres, its lightweight and im not sure what kind of mpg id get putting it through that commute?

The problem with running a mini or something like a 200sx is when they break they break big and the problems from that can take na eternity to sort...

Hmmm yes completely understand

Is it a spammed up 200sx? if a looked after example they are a reliable hack, it's a Nissan after all. and they were pretty basic 2.0 turbo motors. if you know the car i'd be happy to run it daily such mileage.

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Yeah its a good'n and im sure off boost it would be ok? But still prob 32mpg at best?

I run an old seat leon cupra as my daily hack. I do about 30k a year in it.