to work andrunning around during the week and leave their pride of joys for weekend use???

thinking of buying a pug 106 d for traveling to work

is it worth doing ??

 

me... Yes and no, I got a mondeo TD 1.8 mk2, not mega to insure, but still £500 a year as I only got 1 set of no claims, so thats £50 a month ish, nother lot of tax, nother lot of MOT etc, but it's great as I can leave it anywhere and not give a shit, I carry loads of dirty car bits in it and don't care, and it gets all its spares from scrappers or as cheap as possible ...

I would say its only worth it for 200+ miles a week or if you do lots of short trips to save fucking your good car

 

I got a LPG astravan does that count?? 300-350 miles for £22

 

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk...0&max_mileage=

I like this, going to phone up tomorrow

 

ive got a 306dt, does me for the 1400 miles i do each week

I keep the Escort to fix breakages of a weekend

 

I've got a 306 diesel

 

had a 106 diesel, brilliant on fuel but shit slow, milk floats used to outdrag me from the lights

 

306 Turbo diesel aswell!! Cant ask for much better economy, done 120 miles on just under 1/4 of a tank to and from work recently! Goes well aswell!

 

Ive got an audi a4 tdi avante, 50+mpg, totally reliable so far, comfy and handles surprisingly well too given its size, mind you on the downside its slow

overall though, definately better than driving something nice day to day and wrecking it and spending a fortune on fuel IMHO

 

I`ve got a 406 1.9td as a daily hack, very reliable and good on fuel

 

 

Ive got an old k reg ford courier it's fast as fuck down hill with the wind behind you

But it's the going back up that takes the time it's like it's in slow motion

 

Cannie beat old diesels for cheapness

Ive had several pug 405s and escort vans all been superb motors and will be getting another derv soon maybe d sport 306 or escort td and get the gti/rs2k kit on it

 

i have a fiesta diesel that i used for the last year or so....problem was i ended up not using my cossie hardly ever

sold the cossie, and driving the fiesta got bored of it so bought a Focus RS

best of both worlds

 

i used to when i did a lot of miles, i had a 306td, well worth it IMO

now i have a 57 reg Navara Pickup

 

yep. Mondeo TD 1.8. Pile of wank but does the job

 

Yup i got Mondeo TD. Though its my only car Well atm Might be u p for sale after this weekend.... AS could have a new car lined up. Possibly.

 

I got a little 1.8 fiesta diesel to run about in to work and that.

Cosmetically she is a right state, however the engine is sound and just keeps going.

Plus if anyone try's to get to close i just put my foot down and smoke um...literally

 

Yep got an Audi A6 2.5 V6 TDI Avant.

Loads of space, comfy as hell and surprisingly quick with the tiptronic box.


Only got it when I realised that I had put 16k on the 200 estate's new engine in 8 months!!!!!!!!!!

 

I've got a Passat tdi with 166k miles on. Works everytime, does 50+ to the gallon, only costs me £250 to insure (I'm 25) and even doesn't come off too badly when an artic lorry runs in the back of me like yesterday!

It's a bloody tank!

 

405 td. had it 3 years and it cost me £200. bargain. only problem is i think the paddle clutch in the saff is lighter

 

I have a Skoda Superb, does 56mpg on a run

 

X5 but thats going soon to make way for something a bit more economical...

 

Mk1 Mondeo TD, very tidy car and runs on 50/50 mix of veg oil with no messing.

 

Overfinch Range Rover

Still derv tho, get 18 - 20 to the gallon

 

I DO I DO LOL

diesel powered 1.8 fiesta its rubbish but always works cost little in fuel and stops me running the cossie when it is actually working

 

106 is a cracking little car

just don't let any water get to the immobiliser connection as it's a right pain to get it to start then

we used to run them ragged and they still took the abuse thrown at them by loads of drivers all rushing to and from shifts

get a basic one and it's got even less wieght to hold it down, then drop in a td lump and you won't want to have he decent car for much longer

 

Lad in at work here has a 106d, he travels about 50miles each way to work, so 600miles a week, he goes half and half, veg oil and diesel, claims to get up to 80mpg if he tries hard Unreal.

 

on the motorway doing boring mph i got 83 mpg from the diesel auto octavia the other year

cold, going to work in the morning for the 2 miles it was doing 49 mpg

 

cheers people

 

i do, bought a 205 TD for 350 quid...........

started life like this.....



unfortuanatly, having a mate who tunes derv pugs for a hobby, and being into rallying, has meant it now looks like this.............



so much for a standard run about.

 

It's definitely worth doing imo
I've been using my s2 for work for the last 2 months and it's been expensive
I could insure and fuel my old 306 for less than half of what it's costing me at present, have been after another since xmas, but not seen one as cheap as my old one-it was pretty rough though

 

I think it has to be done

 

Does a Y reg focus diesel ghia with nearly 100k count as a shitter?

 

Got me a batterd up Astra van,get cheep diesel (proper stuff,not red),£20 for 400miles!!!! Whippy can confirm this,and it does me just fine.. And as its a van people always wanna borrow it,so theres a few quid in me pocket too!!!

DEFFO do it...

Pete...

 

I've also got a 306td. Great economy. Haven't tried the old veg oil yet. Has anyone done it with a 306? If so how did you get on?

SMG

 

My diesel shitters of past have always been great value - especially the £80 ford escort TD with 5 months tax

plus a shitter is great fun to drive as you can just thrash and abuse the fuck out of it without a care in the world

 

mondeo td for me cheap diesel shitter runabouts, cant beat em

 

I rock round in a Audi A4 Avant LPG shitter

400 mile for £15

 

Getting a company van soon so use that and free fuel!