Reliable, comfortable car for 3-4k.
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Reliable, comfortable car for 3-4k.
Looking for the above after I sell my scooby. Something atleast as big as a ford focus. Been to car auctions before, so may do so when the time comes. Looking for atleast mid 30's mpg.
Don't mind a diesel, just not a very slow one!
Basically, something that looks tidy, goes ok and won't bite my arm off with repair bills.
Any ideas?
Don't mind a diesel, just not a very slow one!
Basically, something that looks tidy, goes ok and won't bite my arm off with repair bills.
Any ideas?
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saab 9000 Aero. 225bhp 35 mpg. For your budget you could get the best of the best and have some cash left over!
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Another vote for a Saab 9k. Preferably an Aero. The more time passes the more I realise it just never seems to break down even with 310bhp it still does 33mpg and goes looney when required.... downside - it's an 'old' car these days.
Well inside your lower budget though.
Well inside your lower budget though.
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eh saabs. Purleease. They are nothing but rebadged and recurgitated vauxhalls with other parts of the horrible GM sin bin family. And 35mpg is a joke out of any saab with over 200hp.
Check out some focus volvo s40's and VW golfs.
Check out some focus volvo s40's and VW golfs.
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eh saabs. Purleease. They are nothing but rebadged and recurgitated vauxhalls with other parts of the horrible GM sin bin family. And 35mpg is a joke out of any saab with over 200hp.
No part of a Saab 9000 has anything whatsoever to do with Vauxhall. The 9-3 and 9-5 are a different matter, but saying they are "nothing but rebadged and recurgitated vauxhalls" is a tad exaggerated.
Many 9000 2.3 Aero drivers do get over 30mpg (225BHP). My old 220BHP 9000 Carlsson used to average 27mpg - I used to boot that every time I drove it. Many 9-5 Aero drivers (250BHP) also get over 30mpg and up to 35mpg. (Though if I had one I doubt I'd be out of the mid 20's!)
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Well all the news ones are by products of the horrible GM. As for geting 35mpg out of an engine producing 250hp I will need eveidence to belive.
No other manufacturer out there as managed such a thing in a car that doesnt weigh next to nothing.
Even some diesels have trouble getting that kind of economy and to say a GM engine can do it is far fetched.
No other manufacturer out there as managed such a thing in a car that doesnt weigh next to nothing.
Even some diesels have trouble getting that kind of economy and to say a GM engine can do it is far fetched.
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Originally Posted by AudiLover
Well all the news ones are by products of the horrible GM. As for geting 35mpg out of an engine producing 250hp I will need eveidence to belive.
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Originally Posted by logbrog
30+ mpg with a 2.3 turbo saab is easy
cruising at 75 mph no turbo boost at all???
audillover????
not a clue?
cruising at 75 mph no turbo boost at all???
audillover????
not a clue?
In everyday life your not getting 35+ mpg out of any car with over 200hp. Not even the japanese have managed that yet.
Kind have have to grudigngly agree with the man, I mean if you have a 250 bhp Saab how the hell will you resist putting your foot down to paste Audi's and BMW's !
Saab 9-3 LPT for 2 grand, plus 500 quid remap and you have a 220 bhp beast, at least in straight rather smoky lines due to traction issues with 195 tyres.
Saab 9-3 LPT for 2 grand, plus 500 quid remap and you have a 220 bhp beast, at least in straight rather smoky lines due to traction issues with 195 tyres.
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Golf 1.8T pick them up for that money now..Quick £350 Re-map 205-220bhp and still good mpg.
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Sold my scoobydoo yesterday! Only took 3 weeks!
Looks like i'm off to a car auction next week. Thanks for all the great suggestions.
Looks like i'm off to a car auction next week. Thanks for all the great suggestions.
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Originally Posted by AudiLover
eh saabs. Purleease. They are nothing but rebadged and recurgitated vauxhalls with other parts of the horrible GM sin bin family.
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Originally Posted by logiclee
That's a bit like saying Audi's are nothing more than rebadged and recurgitated Skoda's isn't it?
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you'd be hard pressed to find a manufacturer that isn't involved in some sort of platform sharing.Buy a nice Bentley or save yourself a wedge of cash (and lose it again in depreciation
) and buy yourself a VW Phaeton.