chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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Well looks like I will be doing 80 miles a day now and don't think my 307 is going to enjoy that much so idea welcome for what I can replace it with
Must be:
Diesel
Reliable
Insurance friendly
6 Speed box would be a plus
Thats pretty much it really 
Go.
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SetH
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Registered: 15th Jul 01
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Leon diesel
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Clio DCi 100.
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Jon_C
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Registered: 7th Dec 05
Location: Suffolk
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Corsa c derv ???
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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quote:
Originally posted by Jon_C
Corsa c derv ???
Don't want another C, Last one was a pile of shit.
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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My mate has just bought a nice 2003 Golf GT TDI for £2200 which has all these.
I've just bought a 2002 Clio DCi as my daily for £1200. Absolute bargain. Returns 60mpg+ and is £30 a year tax. Isn't 6 speed but still ideal for cheap motoring 
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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Clio sounds a good buy, Was looking at the golfs but for the money they do have a lot of miles up their arse.
Any known reliability issues with the clio dci?
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Make sure it starts and runs on all 4, glowplug controllers can be a bit of a cunt.
I used to have one that used to average 57.2MPG all day long
[Edited on 04-10-2012 by pow]
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Sco0tt on here has an 05 DCi 100 (for sale also) and it was averaging over 70mpg.
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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A friend just picked up a hybrid turbo'd Fabia VRS (around 200bhp, 280lb/ft) for less than 1800
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201240487231429/sort/default/usedcars/price-to/2000/fuel-type/diesel/model/ibiza/make/seat/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/radius/1500/postcode/cv15nr/page/1?logcode=p
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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Does the Seat use the same engine as the Golf, A3 etc basically?
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Matty SRi
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Registered: 3rd Dec 08
Location: Stockton-on-Tees Drives: Mk3 Golf GTi
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Vectra SRi cdti
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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quote:
Originally posted by chrisritch
Does the Seat use the same engine as the Golf, A3 etc basically?
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recarouk
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Registered: 30th Sep 05
Location: West Yorkshire
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borat, simples:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volkswagen-Bora-1-9TDI-115-bhp-6sp-Sport-Saloon-/251161709023?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3a7a6789df#ht_1057wt_1393
great mile muncher 
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Tom G
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Registered: 4th Aug 08
Location: Cheshire
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The Ibiza seems really good value. Will be adding that to the list of cars for early next year
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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They're not good value when they go wrong. £500 for a dashboard!
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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quote:
Originally posted by Jon_C
Corsa c derv ???
40k on a 56 plate plate. Amazing on fuel, decent build up speed considering it was only a 1.3 but had a fair amount of rust. The gearbox was shocking which was one of the main reasons i got shut.
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Jed D
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Registered: 15th Mar 11
Location: Durham
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possibly not too insurance friendly but a Signum, sure they do 6 speed ones
i want one myself to replace the daily fiesta but cant see it being cheap to run around the doors so holding on for now
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Sunz
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: SE England
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Megane 1.9 dCi - 6 speed box.
They did have a lot of issues with electrics in the earlier models, mainly due to leaks, water going to the electrics, so it's always best to check the electric windows are working, there is no damp patches on the carpet, other then that they are pretty reliable.
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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Going to look at a Golf GT TDi on monday, anything I should look out for? Theres a Leon TDi just down the road from me so will probably have a butchers at that too
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
They're not good value when they go wrong. £500 for a dashboard!
Thats only the very early ones
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sc0ott
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Registered: 16th Feb 09
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
They're not good value when they go wrong. £500 for a dashboard!
Dashboards are probably the last part to break on a car though 
Prefered my clio dci over the ibiza cupra tdi i had. The ibiza was really crashy, interior was rattly as hell and the engine sounded like a right tractor.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Seat thought it was a disposable maintenance part
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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I don't know if I just happen to go in good ones, but I have never been in an Ibiza that rattles, I have owned 4, been in/driven another 8 or so and none of them rattled. My Audi A3 rattled though...
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