Opinions needed for an economical car please

[Lyndon]

get an old 2oo tdi and get down your local chippy

[Andrew Reed]

I have noticed the mid 2000s year 1.7 (CDTi?) astravans have an eco engine of somekind which means the tax is only 125 a year.

[Mark James]

VW TDI (in 90, 110, 105PD, 115PD, 130PD variants) does intergalactic mpg in golf size cars; I had a Y reg Golf TDI90 that used to do 74mpg without difficulty! The 110's were the most thermallly efficient lumps on the road as proven by an in-depth IDGTE and SMMT study.

 

But yes, the Astravan / estate 1.7 cdti is superb on juice.

 

If you do the maths you will find they are not that good, yes there economical but I think your getting those figures from the on board computer and they are not very accurate. I have owned 4 Audi's and just recently sold a 2008 s line 2.0 TDI 140bhp. They are sorer on the juice than the 1.9 130bhp which I had before it but even with it to get a good mileage out of a tank easy driving was needed.

Yes they are good but VAG owners get a wee bit carried away with how good they are because of that fuel computer which has been proven to be a a bit on the generous side.

[mikecotterill]

Have you thought about getting the Rangie lpg converted?

 

Okay, so the mpg won't improve, but the cost of the fuel would go down by about 40%.

 

Alternatively, what about something like this - better mpg, still 4x4, not too dinky:

 

2001 JEEP CHEROKEE 2.5 TD 60th Anniversary 5dr Sw Special Edition

 

It is gas converted but as it I'm probably getting about 22-28mpg equivalent, I'm still looking at getting double that plus cheaper insurance hopefully, and also a car that isn't always needing something doing to it!!

 

Cheers for the recommendations there's a fair list to go through there haha

[Johny Walker]

v8 ,disco with gas conversion:biggrin:

[twistedhicap]

Golf passat audivote here or look at sckodas the octavia is awsome too as its basicly a VW

 

got a golf at work thats been to the moon and back ! still goes welltoo !

[twistedhicap]

Golf passat audivote here or look at sckodas the octavia is awsome too as its basicly a VW

 

got a golf at work thats been to the moon and back ! still goes welltoo !

[gensetsteve]

We get 30 mpg on a run from our td5 disco van heavily loaded not hanging about. Its a lot lower than all the rest and all great cars but 4x4 in our job is ideal for snow or towing.

[Paul Barton]

I am selling an X reg VW golf tdi if you are interested?

129k miles

12 months mot

Full service history

Cd player

Air con

Metallic red colour

4 good tires

 

It's advertised on pistonheads for £2150 but I will take sensible offers.

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2498895.htm

Edited February 19, 2011 by Paul Barton
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