ST24MK2

I need to try save some money up so selling my current car and going to buy a cheap diesel to get around in.

Only things that matter here is reliability to be honest, ive got about £750 max to spend, so i know im not going to get anything i can polish an cherish every weekend but just want something half decent and reliable and thats not totally gutless.

A quick look on ebay gave me , last shape escort TD , mondeo mk2 TD, citroen zx and xantia diesels, few peugeot 306s, 406s, i dont want anything small like a 205 or a 106 cause im a big guy.

Would also be good if i could run it off veg oil ?

Thanks

24vcossiemat

tell ya what mate, i've had 3 pug 406, 1905cc turbo diesels and there great.. and ya can get em for a few hundred quid with tax and test. nice to drive, comfortable as well. taxi drivers used to use them so you regularly see them with 3 or 400k on and still going.

phil_rs

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306 or 406 1.9 TD or 2.0 HDI for your budget mate.

TIFF

pug diesel......306 hdi....

Glenn_

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mk 2 mondeo mate. I know a lad who sold one with 250.000 mile on it and the car is still going strong. The 1.8 diesels are a good old engine.

Ian-North-London

Hi Mate might be abit small for you but what about a pug 206 1.4 hdi cheap to insure and according to the parkers website £30 for 12 months tax and should do about 69 mpg

ST24MK2

Yeah been looking at pugs to be honest, i had a citroen zx with the 1905 n/a diesel engine in a while back and it never missed a beat

phil_rs

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My dad had 2, both with around 400k and they were still sound when he sold them in 2003.

BigChuck

i was in the same position, i ended up with a rover 620 GDSI,its comfy enough, decent miles to the gallon and they are just over 100 bhp iirc, so they aren't gutless.

i found gumtree to be very useful, loads of cars put up fresh every day, the diesels seem to go quick though at that kind of price range, you do get the odd ex taxi popping up cheap, high miles but they can be good value.

syko2005

I bought a escort van for a cheap runabout. It's amazing on fuel and will apparently run on anything although I've only ever used derv in it.

sidewaysdave

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i have just done the same thing, i managed to pick up an r reg pug 306 estate little rough round the edges but i use it for work. its got 6 months mot and i paid £200 for it. its great on fuel and it hasnt missed a beat, i was doing a 200 mile a day round trip for work in it for over a month.

thebigmacmoomin

Audi A4 Avant
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2982873.htm

205 Diesel
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2985382.htm

Glenn_

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Yeh there proper good work horses there not bad on fuel too.

24vcossiemat

same engine the 1905 in 406's, 306's citroen zx, zantia, to name but a few.. Hdi's are good engines as well, had one.. but more modern I suppose.

RS 5tu

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Seat ibiza 1.9 SDI

clarke5700

my run around is a corsa diesal 1998 1.7 non turbo slow as fuck but does 100miles to £10 cost me £350 with 60k on the clocks. ive seen some with over 200k

morcheen

pity the van version tax aint that cheap
nice con there !!

JohnnyB

306 tdi, brilliant car used one for ages, as a daily shitter, they just keep going and quite fast, check the rads out though they a bit shit, run mine with rad weld for a year lol.

just fancied a new car with air con, else I would be still using it