Dad wants a diesel

[oojamaboo]

Got "around" 5k to spend but mum wants a small car (fiesta size) but dad wont be happy unless it's got some poke! Could probably just afford a fiesta zetec s tdci or a 1.9 astra, he will definitely be chipping it though without telling her. Just wondering if you guys had any suggestions we may not have thought of or any knowledge you could pass over!

[AM4R]

why get a diesel? With the price these days arent your parents better getting a petrol?

[scottyvtr]

a diesel will get 50+ to the gallon and although petrol is cheaper the diesel still just on the more economical side - Depending on the car i.e our saxo vtr does the same mpg as the freelander but a work mate has a Renult senic 1.5 dci and he can push it up to 55-60mpg!!

[oojamaboo]

Get more per gallon so end up filling less, kinda makes sense, also allows much cheaper road tax apparently, fiesta zetec s tdci is only £35 a year which is a bargain!!

[Crunkers]

My girlfriends stepdad just bought a 2.5TDi VW Passat. That has some serious poke! Cost him £5300, 03 plate, FSH, Clean as you like!

[oojamaboo]

Not exaclty a small car but if my dad had his choice then it would be something a tad bigger, haha, gotta keep it small folks, lucky I'll never be in it again, woop!!

[Mieran]

Tell him to get a VW Passat/Bora/Golf 130BHP, they are fast standard so wont need to spend any extra on remapping the ECU.

[Crunkers]

Tell him to get a VW Passat/Bora/Golf 130BHP, they are fast standard so wont need to spend any extra on remapping the ECU.

As I said mate, the Passat is immense

[Pat_Vts]

Tell him to get a VW Passat/Bora/Golf 130BHP, they are fast standard so wont need to spend any extra on remapping the ECU.

130bhp diesel would be slow... technically against a VTS tbh...

[Rob_Furio7]

new audi a3 2.0 tdi, 140 bhp :)

[Rob_Furio7]

or skoda fabia vrs diesel :O, thats pretty quick i heard , 130bhp apparently

[saxodanny]

a golf tdi or a bora tdi my m8 has one n its pretty quick 4 a diesel

[Ste-88]

I agree on the Fabia VRS tbh... TDi's got some poke!

[Evolution4589]

(Don't shoot me)

206 HDi?

The mpg is between 45 and 70, depending on which engine you go for... nice cars to drive, comfortable too.

You can get a 1.4 HDi with 70bhp and a similar amount of miles to the gallon, or a 2.0 HDi with 90bhp and around 50mpg or so. Both are pretty safe bets and they have really good resale value.

[Jim-Bob]

hyundia getz hdci...learning to drive in 1 and its a 16v derv goes nicely, and u can get 1 new from like 7k so 5k will get a pretty new one

james

[L33h]

golf tdi ftw

[Crunkers]

(Don't shoot me)

206 HDi?

The mpg is between 45 and 70, depending on which engine you go for... nice cars to drive, comfortable too.

You can get a 1.4 HDi with 70bhp and a similar amount of miles to the gallon, or a 2.0 HDi with 90bhp and around 50mpg or so. Both are pretty safe bets and they have really good resale value.

I'm getting one of them, 600 miles to a tank sounds good to me

[Evolution4589]

Get it remapped ;) last gains I saw were 70bhp to 110bhp for the 1.4 HDi and 90bhp to 125bhp for the 2.0 HDi.

[oojamaboo]

Been looking at the golf tdi's, safe bet with vw i reckon, saw the top gear earlier on dave with the fabia vrs diesel against the mini cooper, bit of fettling and would be a pretty sound car!

[craggsy]

me dads got a 1.7 astra diesel slow as fuk but gets 300 miles to half a tank

[OLLYVTS]

I would get a golf tdi if it was me.

[oojamaboo]

That's what I said about the astra but the fiesta zetec s tdci is a good choice, however, I think the golf may just win this with it's poke and reliability, as well as good build quality!

[CampDavid]

Fabi VRs.

It's on a par with the 177BHP BMW 320d that's also on the drive, which makes me think the 130BHP may be a bit conservative.

Either way, superb little shed

[oojamaboo]

Good stuff, that's what he'll like to hear, haha!