Good moring all:-

My Evo6 drinks more fuel than I can believe, and I am looking for an every day tootling to work car for about £1,500.00 - £2,000.00.

Mileage is not important, and looking throught the Autotrader the following have come up:- Clio, 205, Escort, Fiesta and the like.

Anyone got any ideas on what would be economical and relaible.

PS Saw a Toyota 3.0 Supra Turbo with 44,000 miles for £1,500 and was very very tempted but the wife will go up the wall if I buy a guzzler like that!

Thank you in advance!

 

205 TD, get one of the last of the line versions, plenty quick enough to keep up with the flow, and my mate who does a 55 mile commute from Luton to London, is getting 52mpg out of his.

 

What about a nice Mk II Golf?

 

second the MK2 golf idea- you will be able to get a 16V Mk2 for this sort of cash. They will do 40mpg and 0-60 in 8 secs- you can also insure them on a classic policy. Add that to reliability and a fairly high spec for such an old car and how can you go wrong?

 

I got a MkII GTI after the scoob, actually off this forum.
No complaints but after the scoob it feels like traffic

 

Great idea - quite fancy one of the 16v with the BBS alloys - if I can find a decent one.

Will keep checking the Autotrader website.

 

I nice clean 205 GTI 1.9!!

Dom.

 

Dont go for the escort...worst car i ever owned.

 

I am thinking about doing the same thing.
Will be looking for an Audi Coupe. Safe, Stylish (ish) and goes forever.

Big Daz

 

some kinda saab is ideal as a second car..

 

Big Daz - I cannot find any Audi Coupes with less than mega mileage.

 

Hmm, Autotrader has 2 that I can see 1@88K for an H plate £1200 and 1@88K for a J plate £1800
Not really mega miles for a car of that reputation.

Big Daz

 

Get a Civic. Frugal, fun, plenty around for that price and utterly reliable.

1.5 Vtec frugal version.
1.6 16v (90-92) cracking car. Cheap too.
1.6 Vti (92 -> ) great motors, very quick.

 

As ever, im going to take this opportunity to plug my 85 lancia beta that im selling! will leave you change too!

[Edited by LanciaChris - 7/30/2003 7:46:42 PM]

 

cavalier v6

 

Pristine Austin Maxi 1500. You may even stretch to a 1750 HL with brown vinyl roof on that budget. Mind how you go....Blutes

 

I had same dilemma and ended up with a 96 Civic Coupe LSi - great car, 44mpg!! Magic.

 

1998 Mondeo 2.0i

 

Get a bike

 

Another vote for a Golf GTi or 205 GTi.

 

Guy at work has a 2.0 l G reg Audi ,mega mileage,not a mark on it.
>130k.

 

You want something like this

FORD MONDEO GLX DIESEL TURBO
4DR SALOON, N reg. White, 68,000 genuine miles, 12 months MoT, 3 months tax, new exhaust, front brakes, wish bones & cambelt. £1,000.

Tony

 

Thank you all for your help - some great ideas!

Will let you know what I get - hopefully this weekend

 

I've just bought a filthy dirty but completely honest and original Golf GTi 8v Mk2, for about the same price as a Scooby exhaust.

These cars never cease to amaze me: at 112K miles and 13 years old it feels like a 2 year old car. IMHO they hide the miles and last the distance as well as any Merc,

Still go and handle as sweetly as they ever did.

 

Do what I did and a few others on here and get yourself a Daihatsu Charade GTti. Good mpg and can be tuned to be seriously rapid and you can get quite a good on for £1500.

1 litre 3 cylinder twincam turbo engine sounds great too !

Check out www.gttioc.co.uk



AllanB

 

they are a knightmare to find though!

 

Not if you have the contacts I have ! Quite easy to find with head gaskets blown and to replace them is honestly not hard. Could do one in 2-3 hours.

I know of 2 very good cars for sale and 4 others that need work doing like head gaskets but nothing scary.

If one co,es up though be very, very quick as they are highly desirable. Oh and forget the Parkers Guide prices as they are totally wrong !


AllanB

 

Found another one in a barn in Diss with a soare engine and box and loads of spares. Sounds like an easy 1 day rebuild.


AllanB

 

i had a mk II 16V Golf GTI great car but u will never get 40 mpg out of it best i could manage was about 33 and that was driving like miss daisy

 

hmm i'm looking for similar inbetween scooby & next rice rocket & may well keep it for little journeys etc Any more thoughts on mondeos they seem quite cheap & there's bleeding loads to choose from so can be picky init Civic sounds nice for a bit better performance but a at a price.....
Si (decisions decisions)