Is there such a thing as econimocal and exciting??
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I have recently been looking for a new car to replace my Jag STR as the petrol is just killing me at the moment.
Getting around 18 mpg and its costing me about £600+ pm just to go to and from work a couple of times a week and to customer sites. With the mileage allowance I get at work it costs me money every time I go to a customer site (approx double what I can claim) and I cant claim going into the office.
So I have looked at most big ish cars I can think of around £10 - £15K and all I can find so far is cars that make me go 'Mehhhhhh' (or other slightly bored/sad type sounds!). I cant find a single car that excites me and it feels like I am heading into a territory of dull and boring cars and I am not sure I am ready to roll over and die just yet!
So the question is can you get a family sized saloon that is very economical (40++ mpg, the more the better I guess) that isnt as boring as f
k!!??
Cheers!
Getting around 18 mpg and its costing me about £600+ pm just to go to and from work a couple of times a week and to customer sites. With the mileage allowance I get at work it costs me money every time I go to a customer site (approx double what I can claim) and I cant claim going into the office.
So I have looked at most big ish cars I can think of around £10 - £15K and all I can find so far is cars that make me go 'Mehhhhhh' (or other slightly bored/sad type sounds!). I cant find a single car that excites me and it feels like I am heading into a territory of dull and boring cars and I am not sure I am ready to roll over and die just yet!
So the question is can you get a family sized saloon that is very economical (40++ mpg, the more the better I guess) that isnt as boring as f
k!!??Cheers!
Sadly it needs to be the family car as well so large 4 door saloon.
I have always had fairly large high powered cars but the running costs are just getting out of hand nowadays especially with my new job!
I could just go for a nice sensible VW Passat or something but honestly it just makes me want to cry thinking about driving something like that........ (no offense to VW drivers
)
I have always had fairly large high powered cars but the running costs are just getting out of hand nowadays especially with my new job!
I could just go for a nice sensible VW Passat or something but honestly it just makes me want to cry thinking about driving something like that........ (no offense to VW drivers
)What about a SEAT Leon Cupra?
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2470059.htm
240bhp
reasonable economy 30mpg+ if you don't hoon everywhere
5 doors (but not so you'd know it thanks to the cleverly disguised rear doors)
There's a diesel version too which will easily do 40mpg+
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2470059.htm
240bhp
reasonable economy 30mpg+ if you don't hoon everywhere
5 doors (but not so you'd know it thanks to the cleverly disguised rear doors)
There's a diesel version too which will easily do 40mpg+
Zanderman said:
Sadly it needs to be the family car as well so large 4 door saloon.
I have always had fairly large high powered cars but the running costs are just getting out of hand nowadays especially with my new job!
I could just go for a nice sensible VW Passat or something but honestly it just makes me want to cry thinking about driving something like that........ (no offense to VW drivers)
None taken I have always had fairly large high powered cars but the running costs are just getting out of hand nowadays especially with my new job!
I could just go for a nice sensible VW Passat or something but honestly it just makes me want to cry thinking about driving something like that........ (no offense to VW drivers
) I understand what you're saying, that's why I have an E46 M3 for the weekends!As regards economical and exciting, for 40mpg+ it will probably have to be a diesel, but that's not a terrible thing: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2608397.htm
If you can live without the noise, the diesel is actually quicker than the petrol version.
Why not keep your current car for weekends and holidays and get a cheap 320d or X type d for work.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2639692.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2639907.htm
Just to give an idea.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2639692.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2639907.htm
Just to give an idea.
RemainAllHoof said:
If you are very economical with the tyres, your driving will become very exciting. Wusses buy Pirellis, Bridgestones and Michelins. Nankangs, Linglongs and part-worn remoulds are for real drivers.
Inflate one of the rear tyres to 15psi FTW.Srsly though, a friend runs an Alfa 156 JTD and speaks very highly of it so that (or the later and heavier 159) may be worth considering. My V70 D5, whilst hardly exciting is comfortable and makes good progress - a colleague had one of the earlier 163bhp D5s remapped to around 220bhp which by all accounts went very well indeed and achieved better than 45mpg even with his lead footed driving.
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