Best car for takeaway deliveries...?
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My nephew is getting a job as a delivery driver during his holidays from University.
His budget is £2,500. I suggested he get a Mk1 Yaris because they're cheaper but he wants a Mk2. I also suggested he get the 1litre petrol but he wants the 1.4D4D because "it does better mpg".
Am i right in thinking that the continuous short journeys and stop-start nature of delivery work will not be great for a diesel engine?.
His budget is £2,500. I suggested he get a Mk1 Yaris because they're cheaper but he wants a Mk2. I also suggested he get the 1litre petrol but he wants the 1.4D4D because "it does better mpg".
Am i right in thinking that the continuous short journeys and stop-start nature of delivery work will not be great for a diesel engine?.
Countdown said:
My nephew is getting a job as a delivery driver during his holidays from University.
His budget is £2,500. I suggested he get a Mk1 Yaris because they're cheaper but he wants a Mk2. I also suggested he get the 1litre petrol but he wants the 1.4D4D because "it does better mpg".
Am i right in thinking that the continuous short journeys and stop-start nature of delivery work will not be great for a diesel engine?.
Pre DPF diesel and lots of hot stop starts won't be a problem - no worse than a petrol version.His budget is £2,500. I suggested he get a Mk1 Yaris because they're cheaper but he wants a Mk2. I also suggested he get the 1litre petrol but he wants the 1.4D4D because "it does better mpg".
Am i right in thinking that the continuous short journeys and stop-start nature of delivery work will not be great for a diesel engine?.
Suzuki Alto?
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Money goes pretty far on one of those and only £20 VED.
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Money goes pretty far on one of those and only £20 VED.
Shore said:
He needs a fiesta mk6.5 2006-2008 model loads of them for under £1200. The 1.25 engine is good in these and it's only £130 to tax a year,
Hmm..... Hadn't thought of that .They're a great drive but.... Is a Ford ever going to be as reliable as a Yaris?
Kids these days are not the most mechanically sympathetic. Yarises are pretty idiot proof (as is the Jazz suggested above ) which is why I recommended it.
He's happy with the Yaris - I'm just trying to dissuade him from the diseasal.
Shaw Tarse said:
& proper insurance!
And there goes ALL the money you will potentially make 
. Has he looked into business insurance costs for carrying goods? Most of the delivery drivers I know don't bother but I looked at it for myself a while back for a small van and it was prohibitively expensive. I know some of the larger companies provide it for the drivers (Dominos comes to mind), but a small takeway? No chance. But yeah micra or an older diesel is a good bet, local takeaway guy I know uses an ancient Focus diesel.
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ZX10R NIN said:
I reckon your nephew is on the money with the 1.4d or the 1.25 Fiesta is another option worth looking at.
Surely the 1.4d is going to get rapidly knackered with stop start journeys...that's the question really.The Fiesta 1.25 is a cracking engine but again, reliability is what he needs so Im still pushing him towards a Yaris.
@Hustle - why are yarises horrible? Not the best handling admittedly but nippy and chuckable IME
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