The impossible-cheap, good mpg, runaround car with nice interior

dinneenp

Hi,

Might be looking for the impossible but possible looking for a runaround car (to and from work, under 10,000 km a week ). Budget of €5,500, can stretch a small bit if if offers something a lot better, nicer.

• good mpg
• low tax
• as nice interior as possible
• reliable

Something like a Golf Polo, Ford Focus jump to mind but any suggestions.

Cheers,
Pa.

Well specced 1.6 petrol Focus wouldn't be too bad.

witnessmenow

dinneenp wrote: »

Hi,

Might be looking for the impossible but possible looking for a runaround car (to and from work, under 10,000 km a week ). Budget of €5,500, can stretch a small bit if if offers something a lot better, nicer.

• good mpg
• low tax
• as nice interior as possible
• reliable

Something like a Golf Polo, Ford Focus jump to mind but any suggestions.

Cheers,
Pa.

I'd hope its a good bit under!

Donie75

How about an Audi A2 http://www.carzone.ie/search/Audi/A2/1.6-FSI-/31813598390852740/advert?channel=CARS
Or if you can find the 1.4Tdi version they are a very good car.

dinneenp

Donie75 wrote: »

How about an Audi A2 http://www.carzone.ie/search/Audi/A2/1.6-FSI-/31813598390852740/advert?channel=CARS
Or if you can find the 1.4Tdi version they are a very good car.

I would consider that if it wasn't so old, that'd put me off somewhat.

colm_mcm

Mini d with the Toyota 1.4 D-4D engine?

dinneenp

colm_mcm wrote: »

Mini d with the Toyota 1.4 D-4D engine?

I'm a guy so no. Thanks for the suggestion though!

randy hickey

dinneenp wrote: »

Hi,

Might be looking for the impossible but possible looking for a runaround car (to and from work, under 10,000 km a week ). Budget of €5,500, can stretch a small bit if if offers something a lot better, nicer.

• good mpg
• low tax
• as nice interior as possible
• reliable

Something like a Golf Polo, Ford Focus jump to mind but any suggestions.

Cheers,
Pa.

What about this OP?;

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4590082

Good mpg - Check. (Better mpg than,say, a Chieftan tank.)
Low tax - Check. (Lower tax than a Lexus Ls400.)
Nice interior - Check. (Moo skin everywhere.)
Reliable - Check. ( As reliable as any vag.)

FFS, he's even thrown in a picture of the missus.

You know you want it.

ba_barabus

randy hickey wrote: »

As reliable as any vag

Must be shyte so

ironclaw

dinneenp wrote: »

I'm a guy so no. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Granted the social stigmatism but I wouldn't consider it an overly girly car in the higher spec models. Same goes for the TT RS.

dinneenp

randy hickey wrote: »

What about this OP?;

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4590082

Good mpg - Check. (Better mpg than,say, a Chieftan tank.)
Low tax - Check. (Lower tax than a Lexus Ls400.)
Nice interior - Check. (Moo skin everywhere.)
Reliable - Check. ( As reliable as any vag.)

FFS, he's even thrown in a picture of the missus.

You know you want it.

"In perfect condition".
"No NCT"

dinneenp

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

civic 1.4 petrol

2007 in specific like on adverts ! :pac:

Cheers, looks very nice but again no nct!

MortGoldman

Buy something fun for less money. Life is for living. Your mileage is small, and you have 5500. Spend 2-3k, it'll be a long time before you spend 2.5k extra on petrol over what you would have spent on petrol on the 'economic' car.

Lurching

MortGoldman wrote: »

Buy something fun for less money. Life is for living. Your mileage is small, and you have 5500. Spend 2-3k, it'll be a long time before you spend 2.5k extra on petrol over what you would have spent on petrol on the 'economic' car.

Good point here. The less economical cars are making nothing at the moment.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

dinneenp wrote: »

Cheers, looks very nice but again no nct!

you dont want a car with no NCT or you dont want to do NCT ?

NCT on the one i mentioned is valid until Jan 2015

Chuck Stone

dinneenp wrote: »

[*]good mpg
[*]low tax
[*]as nice interior as possible
[*]reliable
[/LIST]

Mazda 2.
2008
50+ MPG
€5,800
53,000 Miles
Low tax

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/4457213

dinneenp

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

you dont want a car with no NCT or you dont want to do NCT ?

NCT on the one i mentioned is valid until Jan 2015

Where? I couldn't find it on adverts- 2007 Honda Civics

monkeysnapper

I love minis myself, and I'd have loved to have owned a new version . And I'm a bloke . Stupid people with their narrow minded ideas

Zubeneschamali

colm_mcm wrote: »

Mini d with the Toyota 1.4 D-4D engine?

The Mini doesn't really have a great interior (and I own one!). Good to look at, but very hard/cheap plastics by Audi standards. The best thing about it is driving it, so you don't want the asthmatic Toyota diesel, get a Cooper.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

dinneenp wrote: »

Where? I couldn't find it on adverts- 2007 Honda Civics

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Alanstrainor

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

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