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[Bushboy]

Need some advice with what car Babz is going to buy.

Shes just got a new job (woop) which envolves traveling around. Mostly local but for the first few weeks she will be doing a trip from stoke to dudley and back everyday. After that it could still be quite a bit of traveling around.

She currently has a Toyota yaris 1.0vvti. Its a great car in very good nick and an excellent runner but because of the small engine size, it wont take the added milage well and it doesnt tend to be the most economical car once upto motorway speeds (sits at around 4300rpm for 70mph).

Shes going to have around £2500 to play with but idealy wants something as new as poss with as low a milage as poss but which will be good on fuel and take the milage well.

Ideally she wants a petrol but could be swayed to a diesel but needs to be low milage. Something around 1.4-1.6 for petrol or some kind of turbo diesel.

Also She wants something a little bigger than a yaris but would still go for a small car if the right one came along. Something bravo/stilo sized really I think.

Any suggestions?

 

[Ffoxy]

Need some advice with what car Babz is going to buy.

Shes just got a new job (woop) which envolves traveling around. Mostly local but for the first few weeks she will be doing a trip from stoke to dudley and back everyday. After that it could still be quite a bit of traveling around.

She currently has a Toyota yaris 1.0vvti. Its a great car in very good nick and an excellent runner but because of the small engine size, it wont take the added milage well and it doesnt tend to be the most economical car once upto motorway speeds (sits at around 4300rpm for 70mph).

Shes going to have around £2500 to play with but idealy wants something as new as poss with as low a milage as poss but which will be good on fuel and take the milage well.

Ideally she wants a petrol but could be swayed to a diesel but needs to be low milage. Something around 1.4-1.6 for petrol or some kind of turbo diesel.

Also She wants something a little bigger than a yaris but would still go for a small car if the right one came along. Something bravo/stilo sized really I think.

Any suggestions?

Dont want much duz she lol!

 

[Bushboy]

Nope. Just something econimical that will handle motorways and high milage ok.

Oh.. and it has to have air con!

 

[JFL]

Punto JTD

are they available for that price

Not much bigger then the YARIS, but a little bit

 

[Hellcat]

Bravo JTD?

Stilo JTD?

Punto M2 JTD?

 

[Ffoxy]

Nope. Just something econimical that will handle motorways and high milage ok.

Oh.. and it has to have air con!

Of course lol! Wifeys 1.2 Stilo fits the bill....

 

[jug]

tbh the yaris is a great choice and imo she should keep it. the vvti will easily do 200k with no major work required, and even at 70mph (@57mpg) it will be more economical than 90% of cars on the road.

the grass is always greener on the other side, let her see it isnt and she might change her mind. go to a car supermarket so she can see all the different cars available, sit in them etc. so she can see if she prefers anything esle (but dont let her get attached to anything and buy it! only go to view, call it a market research voyage)

 

[Bushboy]

She doesnt want a fiat. I have suggested a Punto JTD but she doesnt like them. Doesnt want a bravo and stilo out of budget.

 

[GhostWKD]

106/306? *waits for fanboy flaming*

 

[Ffoxy]

I think ur right to let her see the Yaris is the motor for her... Top little tool.

 

[Bushboy]

Shes not keen on the older shape pugs. She likes the 206s though! but its french and will inevitably set itself on fire as one of my work mates 206s have done 3 times

 

[GhostWKD]

also 206 expensive iirc edit: not much input there i know but meh

diesel astra or something? not really looked into motorway mile munchers before tbh

 

[Bushboy]

They aint too bad. Can definatly get one within budget.

The yaris will be going though as well, shes never been that attatched to it as its not the colour she really wanted but the car was perfect in everyother way so she bought it anyway. Plus she needs some of the money to see her through the month in hand pay. We should get around £3500 for the yaris. its only on 27k.

 

[Ffoxy]

Shes not keen on the older shape pugs. She likes the 206s though! but its french and will inevitably set itself on fire as one of my work mates 206s have done 3 times

Tough li'l mutha to survive 3 fires!

 

[Bushboy]

No, none of them survived I dont know why she keeps buying them.

 

[bludvl_x19]

No, none of them survived I dont know why she keeps buying them.

They look good when going up in flames?? :chin:

Michael

 

[Ffoxy]

No, none of them survived I dont know why she keeps buying them.

Aaaah soz this confused me... not thinkin straight atm!

set itself on fire as one of my work mates 206s have done 3 times

 

[dibbers]

thinking o/s fiat and the usual diesel hatches here, but for commuting i've personally found a larger car to be more comfortable and refined?

handling can be second best on a larger car though, dont know if this is a criteria or not.

alfa 156jtd
alfa 147jtd
volvo s40d
focus tdi
astra diesel
older golf


me? i'm mightily impressed with my recent laguna - the initiale has everything, but lower models are still funkily equipped, comfortable, 6spd, and circa 40-50mpg. it'll be an early one for around your £2500k budget, could be ropey so choose carefully.

i used to be a petrol-only zone but the lag has changed my opinions on power delivery, tunability etc - esp when commuting 500m+ every week, the difference on the pocket is palpable.

 

[jug]

i've never met anyone who owned a 206 and afterwards said it was a good car. plenty of them enjoyed it, most say it looked nice, but none of them say it was a good car. imo they're made of flimsy crap. working on a 206 is one of those situaitons where you spend most of your time shaking your head and damning the french.

 

[jug]

alfa 156jtd

girls cant park the 156