small diesel car

Crann na Beatha

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Alanstrainor

Budget?

overshoot

the ford fiesta and vw polo 1.4 tdis are both really good. but good 1.4l diesels are relatively new if the budget is tight

Design_Dude

Clio 1.5dci are a good wee car, the north is full of them, not too many down here. From 2001 on i think.

vertico

i gotta mate with a nice 03 almera for sale, minded like a baby but its petrol, nice car

Crann na Beatha

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vertico

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steve french

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strandsman

1.5dci megane, 60mpg, great car

Zubeneschamali

overshoot wrote: »

the ford fiesta and vw polo 1.4 tdis are both really good slow.

Fixed your post!

Clio for me.

overshoot

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

Fixed your post!

Clio for me.

the polo reaches a tonne pretty handy, what more do ya need?

EPM

steve french wrote: »

am i allowed put a link to my own car?

No, use adverts.ie for that purpose. There is no advertising here and all posts have been edited accordingly.

black & white

strandsman wrote: »

1.5dci megane, 60mpg, great car

I have a Megane 1.5dci 06 which I bought new and have never, ever been able to get that mileage from it no matter how carefully I drive. Best would be 54/55 and that's motorway driving. My usual driving is a mix of city and dual carriageway and I average 45/48 depending on where I am going. If you are getting that, I'd be interested to find out how.

opinion guy

I guess it depedns what you call a small car.

for example if you are talking about golfs/a3's, having test driven them both I would conisder 1.6l diesels underpowered, but for polo's and the like 1.6 is probably tonnes

cadaliac

206/7 Hdi - not sure how comon there are here in the south.

reilig

black & white wrote: »

I have a Megane 1.5dci 06 which I bought new and have never, ever been able to get that mileage from it no matter how carefully I drive. Best would be 54/55 and that's motorway driving. My usual driving is a mix of city and dual carriageway and I average 45/48 depending on where I am going. If you are getting that, I'd be interested to find out how.

Nobody is getting that mileage from the megane's. Its the mileage that Renault advertised for them but you'd want to be going down hill all the way to achieve it. We've had 3 diesel megane's between myself and the Missus in the last 8 years. She has a laguna 1.5 diesel now which is achieving much better results than any of the megane's ever did.

strandsman

If i drive at 50mph, which is low rev in 5th gear, she'll run forever on a tank of juice

shedweller

reilig wrote: »

Nobody is getting that mileage from the megane's. Its the mileage that Renault advertised for them but you'd want to be going down hill all the way to achieve it.

You shouldn't say that with such certainty. I was told my mpg was impossible too. But it's not at all. You just have to use your head to get good mpg.

maidhc

shedweller wrote: »

You shouldn't say that with such certainty. I was told my mpg was impossible too. But it's not at all. You just have to use your head lose your sanity to get good mpg.

If it means driving at 50mph in 5th gear on a motorway that is more accurate.

Design_Dude

black & white wrote: »

I have a Megane 1.5dci 06 which I bought new and have never, ever been able to get that mileage from it no matter how carefully I drive. Best would be 54/55 and that's motorway driving. My usual driving is a mix of city and dual carriageway and I average 45/48 depending on where I am going. If you are getting that, I'd be interested to find out how.

Ive a 1.5dci megane also and regularly get high 50s on it. Around town around 50mpg average also

colm_mcm

You get 50 mpg around town? As in driving in a town with traffic and speed limits?

niamhocxox

I get 63 mpg (motorway driving at 120km/hr) in my golf but it's 92, never given any trouble.

I bought it in England worth the money but had to pay €720 vrt :mad: Still have my care for roughly €1500 though and its grand for college........

But yes I know no one would drive it

shedweller

maidhc wrote: »

If it means driving at 50mph in 5th gear on a motorway that is more accurate.

Never said anything about motorways. There are many other roads where 50mph is the limit. Although your point is perfectly valid about motorways, long motorway journeys in particular. Sanity must come first.

opinion guy

niamhocxox wrote: »

I get 63 mpg (motorway driving at 120km/hr) in my golf but it's 92, never given any trouble.

I bought it in England worth the money but had to pay €720 vrt :mad: Still have my care for roughly €1500 though and its grand for college........

But yes I know no one would drive it

63mpg ?
How are you arriving at that figure ?
What size engine have you got ?

niamhocxox

opinion guy wrote: »

63mpg ?
How are you arriving at that figure ?
What size engine have you got ?

Its 1.6l

We've filled it to the brim, put the clock back and drove until it was in the red, filled it to the brim again, got how much we put in in litres, converted it to gallons and calculated it against what I had on the clock

Did that numerous weeks and always got between 63 and 63.5mpg because I do the same journey all the time.

Its hard to believe but anyone who ever had a mk 2 golf will tell you they are a miser in diesel.

I love it

Zonda999

Its certainly possible. Friend of mine has a '91 golf mk2 1.6d and he gets unbelievable mpg all the time, i've a bora tdi and get about 50/52 mpg, but he always goes further than me on the diesel.

Fair slow yoke though, i will say that!

overshoot

in fairness its suprising what milage you can get if you drive economically. my 55mpg in the polo was done with donegal - dublin return, with about 2 hours city driving and booting it down the road the rest of the time. i definatley wasnt going to be gettin the best out of the car

JJJJNR

niamhocxox wrote: »

Its 1.6l

We've filled it to the brim, put the clock back and drove until it was in the red, filled it to the brim again, got how much we put in in litres, converted it to gallons and calculated it against what I had on the clock

Did that numerous weeks and always got between 63 and 63.5mpg because I do the same journey all the time.

Its hard to believe but anyone who ever had a mk 2 golf will tell you they are a miser in diesel.

I love it

What mileage is it on, any work done to it, sounds like a good find! 1500 euros are you studying to be an accountant!

I like the Mk2 golf and was very close to buying a 1.6TD myself at one stage.

niamhocxox

JJJJNR wrote: »

What mileage is it on, any work done to it, sounds like a good find! 1500 euros are you studying to be an accountant!

I like the Mk2 golf and was very close to buying a 1.6TD myself at one stage.

Hey Its kinda a long story.....we bought the car in the UK. It was a 1.9l petrol and I paid £450 for it. We took it home and sold its engine and gearbox for €250 if I remember correctly. Put a 1.6l diesel from a 91 jetta into it. Had to pay €720 vrt though :mad: So really it cost less than €1500 didn't it?

It has 177,000 miles on the engine (I know cause we actually have the clock from the jetta in it, had to put it in to get the rev counter to work)

Ha I'm studying to be a maths and applied maths teacher by the way

We didn't need to do any body work to it at all, its in perfect condition. It has central locking, a sunroof and side protection bars too. Its red, 3 door. We fitted a fob for the central locking the other day.

I was going to put a turbo into it but decided not to. I will buy something else once I finish college anyway and its only sluggish when its cold. after 10 mins its perfect. Will probably never sell it though. Although I have had 2 guys randomly come up to me at garages and give me their numbers incase I ever sell it.

Crann na Beatha

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eric hoone

Obaraten wrote: »

any other ideas?is the focus 1.6 a safe enough purchase in term of reliability,fuel economy etc?

I'm driving a 2008 focus 1.6tdci this last 14 months and can't complain. Bit sluggish from a standing start but i'm getting close to 50mpg blending city and m50 driving. Don't think i've enough mileage to comment on reliability, but no mechanical problems so far.

strandsman

am gona sell my megane soon, thinking of importing a 3 series BMW from uk, can anyone advise me on it, Looking at autotrader uk a '08 bmw with say 80k is making 10-12k does that sound ok? also are the likes of autoquake and all those car marts ok to deal with? or should i stick with small garages?

Crann na Beatha

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opinion guy

Obaraten wrote: »

What do the mechanics on this reckon?

Mmmm.....speak like yoda...you do!

Crann na Beatha

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vectra

overshoot wrote: »

the ford fiesta and vw polo 1.4 tdis are both really good. but good 1.4l diesels are relatively new if the budget is tight

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

Fixed your post!

Clio for me.

Actually you did not.
I had a 1.4 Tdi Cordoba ( Polo in disguise)

Reached well over a ton regularly

shedweller

vectra wrote: »

Reached well over a ton regularly

MPG or MPH??:D

vectra

shedweller wrote: »

MPG or MPH??:D

mph....No hope of 100mpg
Not with my right foot anyway