Dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty.........
Discussion
What car?
Criteria:
3 doors
~200bhp
Petrol
<1300kg
<£5k
the catch - must be capable of exceeding 40mpg if driven sensibly (i`m not talking coasting or slipstreaming lorries). Its to replace my recently written off corrado vr6 which ticked all the boxes except it would struggle to do better than 35mpg
Criteria:
3 doors
~200bhp
Petrol
<1300kg
<£5k
the catch - must be capable of exceeding 40mpg if driven sensibly (i`m not talking coasting or slipstreaming lorries). Its to replace my recently written off corrado vr6 which ticked all the boxes except it would struggle to do better than 35mpg
[quote=hombrepaulo]
Has crossed my mind. Didnt think these could get into 40mpg territory?[/quote
To be honest you won't find a petrol that fits all your criteria. If you want that sort of economy from a car that is inevitably going to be quite old because of the price you stipulate, you are going to have to look for one with less power. You will have to work out which of your criteria is the most important to you and sacrifice one of the others.
Has crossed my mind. Didnt think these could get into 40mpg territory?[/quote
To be honest you won't find a petrol that fits all your criteria. If you want that sort of economy from a car that is inevitably going to be quite old because of the price you stipulate, you are going to have to look for one with less power. You will have to work out which of your criteria is the most important to you and sacrifice one of the others.
StottyZr said:
hombrepaulo said:
MarkRSi said:
My Civic Type-R would just about manage 40mpg if driven very sensibly.
I usually got 25mpg tho
The CTR has been a strong consideration, nice to knowI usually got 25mpg tho
mnkiboy said:
And the technology in the VAG TFSi engines isn't available for £5K yet.
Wanna bet?http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
philmots said:
mnkiboy said:
And the technology in the VAG TFSi engines isn't available for £5K yet.
Wanna bet?http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
hombrepaulo said:
What car?
Criteria:
3 doors
~200bhp
Petrol
<1300kg
<£5k
the catch - must be capable of exceeding 40mpg if driven sensibly (i`m not talking coasting or slipstreaming lorries). Its to replace my recently written off corrado vr6 which ticked all the boxes except it would struggle to do better than 35mpg
Does it need to be 3 doors?Criteria:
3 doors
~200bhp
Petrol
<1300kg
<£5k
the catch - must be capable of exceeding 40mpg if driven sensibly (i`m not talking coasting or slipstreaming lorries). Its to replace my recently written off corrado vr6 which ticked all the boxes except it would struggle to do better than 35mpg
Would it not be better to say:
-prefer coupes?
-Or only need to carry 'x' people 'y' amount of the time.
-prefer 'z' seating?
-Need a boot to haul 'u'
And wouldn't it better to try and define pace or power to weight rather than engine output?
Similar with the weight too.
Why worry so much about getting 40mpg when the difference between that and something doing mid to low 30s mpg will only cost about £250 extra per year to run for every 10,000 miles you do.
Assuming it's your one and only car, why take the compromise?
For what it's worth, I've been driving tons of petrol hire cars this year and not one of them has broken 40mpg on the motorway at a steady 75.
Assuming it's your one and only car, why take the compromise?
For what it's worth, I've been driving tons of petrol hire cars this year and not one of them has broken 40mpg on the motorway at a steady 75.
300bhp/ton said:
Does it need to be 3 doors?
Would it not be better to say:
-prefer coupes?
-Or only need to carry 'x' people 'y' amount of the time.
-prefer 'z' seating?
-Need a boot to haul 'u'
And wouldn't it better to try and define pace or power to weight rather than engine output?
Similar with the weight too.
I have no real preference on styling, rear seats are a bonus but far from necessary, boot space big enough for a large suit case. 3 door is a mustWould it not be better to say:
-prefer coupes?
-Or only need to carry 'x' people 'y' amount of the time.
-prefer 'z' seating?
-Need a boot to haul 'u'
And wouldn't it better to try and define pace or power to weight rather than engine output?
Similar with the weight too.
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