can you buy a 50mpg (fun-ish) car for around £6k
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What car can do 50mpg or close (or better!), be fun to drive, reasonable on long drives and cost £6k or less, ideally with less than 50,000 miles.
4 seats, ideally a 4 or 5 door, but accepted likely to be something small.
I don't think Mini Cooper Diesels fall into the price range as yet (or anywhere close) and perhaps Fabia VRSs are likely to be too high mileage and a bit thrashed by now, but that is the sort of thing I was thinking of. Leftfield choices gratefully received as well.
4 seats, ideally a 4 or 5 door, but accepted likely to be something small.
I don't think Mini Cooper Diesels fall into the price range as yet (or anywhere close) and perhaps Fabia VRSs are likely to be too high mileage and a bit thrashed by now, but that is the sort of thing I was thinking of. Leftfield choices gratefully received as well.
Something like this?
http://pistonheads.com/sales/3279896.htm
Honda Insight.. It might not be "Holy JESUS" fast or fun, but I think they're a genuinely cool car.
http://pistonheads.com/sales/3279896.htm
Honda Insight.. It might not be "Holy JESUS" fast or fun, but I think they're a genuinely cool car.
320d Cd Sport?
http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/search/used/cars/bmw/...
That would be where my £6k would go. Maybe not as chuckable as the smaller hatches but its a class chassis with decent buid quality IMO.
http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/search/used/cars/bmw/...
That would be where my £6k would go. Maybe not as chuckable as the smaller hatches but its a class chassis with decent buid quality IMO.
Volvo360 said:
That's a damned good car for the money.I have run a Fabia VRS for just over a year now. Really enjoyable car - bit like a go-kart..
Value for money wise i dont think i will ever replace it. Unless we have kids and we need a bigger second car. Even then i would probably continue running it as a shed.
Forget the people who say its fast than a Ferrari etc. But it is capable of surprising a lot of very decent cars out there which cost nearly 5x as much!
Value for money wise i dont think i will ever replace it. Unless we have kids and we need a bigger second car. Even then i would probably continue running it as a shed.
Forget the people who say its fast than a Ferrari etc. But it is capable of surprising a lot of very decent cars out there which cost nearly 5x as much!
zebedee said:
What car can do 50mpg or close (or better!), be fun to drive, reasonable on long drives and cost £6k or less, ideally with less than 50,000 miles.
4 seats, ideally a 4 or 5 door, but accepted likely to be something small.
I don't think Mini Cooper Diesels fall into the price range as yet (or anywhere close) and perhaps Fabia VRSs are likely to be too high mileage and a bit thrashed by now, but that is the sort of thing I was thinking of. Leftfield choices gratefully received as well.
So you want big on the inside, small on the outside, fast and there fore powerful, yet good on fuel, fun to drive so suspect focused with good steering, yet comfy so squishy and non sharp steering and all for £6k....4 seats, ideally a 4 or 5 door, but accepted likely to be something small.
I don't think Mini Cooper Diesels fall into the price range as yet (or anywhere close) and perhaps Fabia VRSs are likely to be too high mileage and a bit thrashed by now, but that is the sort of thing I was thinking of. Leftfield choices gratefully received as well.
Ok, let me see what the crystal ball says.
On a slightly more sensible note, how about a Brabus ForFour? 50mpg should be possible from a 1.5 turbo, yet with a 174bhp they'll crack 60mph in 6.7 sec and top out near 140mph. You can remap them to around 200hp too.
SMART FORFOUR BRABUS (2006)
57,000 miles £5,995
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3146441.htm
k15tox said:
Alfa gt jtd.
They are a bargin. Plus the jtd engine is great for a derv. Remappable to 190ish
They handle ok, certainly no less fun than a fabia vrs I imagen
I've been in a similar frame of mind to the OP and would quite happily go for a well maintained 2006 147 JTDm for about £4k. 150bhp standard, remappable (get the EGR valve blocked and mapped out too) to 190bhp easily for more fun.They are a bargin. Plus the jtd engine is great for a derv. Remappable to 190ish
They handle ok, certainly no less fun than a fabia vrs I imagen
Not the best handling car, plenty of understeer, but that makes it more fun!
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