Replacement - £2k
Discussion
So I was all set to change our money pit Kia Sorento to a small car like a Yaris and enjoy not spending a fortune on fuel and repairs. However, my partner has said she wants a bigger car still. Am I likely to find a large-ish car that is reliable and decent on fuel? Doesn't need to be huge, but she does like an upright driving position. She does about 40 miles a day with lots of uphill driving, so I doubt she wants a little petrol engine either. Ideally all for £2k.... Any ideas?
Honda CRV. We have a mk2 and mk3 in our family. Personally i like the mk2 better than the mk3 as it feels more like a 4x4.
The 2.2 CDTI version is generally reliable.
The 2.0 vtec is even more reliable, but worse on fuel.
My dad bought our mk2 CRV 2.2 CDTI off us a couple of years ago. It's currently on 160k miles and going just fine. We saw early-40s mpg from it, with mid/late-40s possible on a run. It's comfy, has plenty of space for the kids, swallows bikes, and it's useful to have the (not full time) 4 wheel drive. I took ours out in the snow a few years ago just for fun and it was ace (on chunky tyres).
You can bag a decent one for a couple of grand.
For example:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Change the head unit for a decent double-DIN unit with bluetooth, etc to bring it into the 21st century and you're sorted.
The 2.2 CDTI version is generally reliable.
The 2.0 vtec is even more reliable, but worse on fuel.
My dad bought our mk2 CRV 2.2 CDTI off us a couple of years ago. It's currently on 160k miles and going just fine. We saw early-40s mpg from it, with mid/late-40s possible on a run. It's comfy, has plenty of space for the kids, swallows bikes, and it's useful to have the (not full time) 4 wheel drive. I took ours out in the snow a few years ago just for fun and it was ace (on chunky tyres).
You can bag a decent one for a couple of grand.
For example:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Change the head unit for a decent double-DIN unit with bluetooth, etc to bring it into the 21st century and you're sorted.
Edited by PTF on Tuesday 29th January 09:00
Interesting suggestion. I love the CRV, but assumed it'd be awful on fuel. I'd definitely like a diesel one.
There aren't any within 100 miles of me though, so I may need to keep an eye out for that! Our Sorento is on 132k miles and cost us about £800 in repairs alone this year. It gets roughly 25mpg (auto) too which is painful. Plus it is painfully slow and the steering is overly vague.
There aren't any within 100 miles of me though, so I may need to keep an eye out for that! Our Sorento is on 132k miles and cost us about £800 in repairs alone this year. It gets roughly 25mpg (auto) too which is painful. Plus it is painfully slow and the steering is overly vague.
gman88667733 said:
Interesting suggestion. I love the CRV, but assumed it'd be awful on fuel. I'd definitely like a diesel one.
There aren't any within 100 miles of me though, so I may need to keep an eye out for that! Our Sorento is on 132k miles and cost us about £800 in repairs alone this year. It gets roughly 25mpg (auto) too which is painful. Plus it is painfully slow and the steering is overly vague.
Nah the CRV 2.2 CDTI is pretty good on fuel unless you have a very heavy right foot. My dad doesn't hang about and he's seeing about 40mpg from our old one. On my commute if i sat at 60-70 on the motorway i'd see 44-46 mpg. They're not permanent 4x4 so it doesn't kill the MPG. But they aren't the most aerodynamic of cars so going fast does hurt the economy. And they're not the sportiest of drives (far from it). But for a family wagon they're very very good. And the mk2 has a picnic table under the boot floor There aren't any within 100 miles of me though, so I may need to keep an eye out for that! Our Sorento is on 132k miles and cost us about £800 in repairs alone this year. It gets roughly 25mpg (auto) too which is painful. Plus it is painfully slow and the steering is overly vague.
gman88667733 said:
I'm pretty much sold on that now.
How much did you pay out for repairs whilst you had the car?
We had ours for 2 yrs. Bought on about 120k miles. 1 set of tyres (about £400/set - cheap as they're not low profiles). I put new discs/pads on the back (£100 ish for parts from ECP) and it needed a replacement caliper as it had seized (another £100 ish at a guess). Then that was it for ages, just regular oil changes.How much did you pay out for repairs whilst you had the car?
Dad then bought it and has only had one issue with it running a bit smoky, which turned out to be a hole in the intercooler so we swapped that over ourselves with a £130 intercooler from ECP.
I think he had a couple of suspension arms fitted for the last MOT for a few hundred quid. And he's just replaced the tyres we fitted with new ones after about 30k miles.
So really apart from the hole in the intercooler it was just wear n tear stuff.
I've had a good look around at what I can get for about £3k (I've upped my budget slightly now). It seems I can get a 2005/2006 CRV with 110-120k miles on (2.2L Diesel). How many miles could I expect out of such a car?
Also, I've seen a fair few 06-07 Rav4s with anywhere from 130-160k miles on, they look like facelift models as they have a much more modern interior and look very nice. They seem to cost about £3k-£3500.
Which would be the better buy? I'm not bothered about spec, as long as it has working aircon. We would use the 4wd, but not for anything serious, just muddy fields that we park in where we live and slippy tracks.
Cheers
Also, I've seen a fair few 06-07 Rav4s with anywhere from 130-160k miles on, they look like facelift models as they have a much more modern interior and look very nice. They seem to cost about £3k-£3500.
Which would be the better buy? I'm not bothered about spec, as long as it has working aircon. We would use the 4wd, but not for anything serious, just muddy fields that we park in where we live and slippy tracks.
Cheers
Toyota bB... yaris T-sport underneath, but bigger load/passenger space and more practical, with that upright driving position.
£2k will get a decent one.
See my readers cars thread for more info-
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Returns 32mpg for me with mixed driving and a lead foot, once you get going it's not even all that slow for what it is, 110bhp and weighs around 1050kg.
£2k will get a decent one.
See my readers cars thread for more info-
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Returns 32mpg for me with mixed driving and a lead foot, once you get going it's not even all that slow for what it is, 110bhp and weighs around 1050kg.
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