We might need to buy a Diesel saloon for 2 grand or less and want to know which car people would recommend. So far i'm thinking Mondeo,Vectra or Pug 406.None of these are particularly inspiring but then they're not going to be are theyLOL .Just want to know which one people would go for and why.Thanks Gaz

 

for 2k i would without a doubt be seeking a audi a4 tdi or a passat tdi, superb cars, mileage no problem

 

How old, max mileage u would like etc?

 

Dont know really, the cars i mentioned above are all probably going to be 99/2000 registered cars but i,m open to suggestions . As long as its not too dull to drive and reliable .

 

Hmmm, didn't think of those. Thanks mate

 

Why does it have to be diesel?

 

Considering my A4 was sposed to be a temp fix until we could get the Focus ST170 estate it's really grown on me and we're now going to replace it with another A4.

Superb cars

 

Going to be doing big milage so needs to be economical.

 

Have a mooch around for an lpg jobbie ...you wont get better than one of those ..none of that getting covered in shitty diesel or shaking your windows when you kick it into life ..and not forgetting the Cosworth effect smoke out the exhaust!

 

lol, 2.5 omega maybe?

 

Has Gaz upset you?

 

hahahahaha they're not that bad!

 

 

Why do you have to buy a diesel?? Why dont you save money, and buy a cheaper petrol, same model?? £0.839 vs £0.899 /litre..

Just had the same decision myself. bought a 2.0l SRI Vectra, S reg for a grand, cheaper than the diesel equivalents, and saved myself money in the process. Great winter car.

 

Out of the three above I would pick the vectra. Proberly the hardest to find, Diesel mondeos are ten a penny as the 406


Dave

 

Passat everytime with 2k to spend if you had 3 then A4

 

my mate has just bought a 2001 y reg passat diesel turbo
sort of forrest green 140k miles,full history for 2 grand
it drives and looks like 50k miles.
only problem is he wants nearly 2.5grand for it, nice thing though.
vectra diesels are good for big miles,early ones are better than late ones.
406 mondeo vectra are very popular as taxis,so don't get stung with one.

 

peugeot 406 td most reliable car i have owend had it for 2 years and not let me down once 50 mpg also

 

A4 19 tdi

nice to drive and 50 mpg

 

Id have gone for a HDI 406, or a Mondeo TDCI, but they are twice the price as my trusty new steed, oh, and strangely enough, they wanted over £150 - £200 more to insure me on LX versions of the above diesels, compared to an SRI 2.0 16v Vectra!!

So, I now have an additional Grand in the bank (think how much fuel that buys...if anyone has worked it out...about 9,400 miles of fuel. circa £0.839 per litre, and 36 mpg. That is an awful lot of fuel to be going at instead of me paying £2k for a diesel. (assuming you paid £1k for the car, which I did)

Oh, ad apart from a new thermo stat, and some new rear pads she has seen me right for over a month and a half, and circa 3250 miles.