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Author What are diesel cars like? looking for £<1000 cars for the girlfriend
Dean_H
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13th Jan 05 at 14:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
With under £1000 to spend

Are diesel engines which are 10-15 year old more solid and better built that petrol engines of the same age.

Are they easier to maintain? I heard the parts are a little more expensive?

Looking at
1.4 1.5 106's
1.8 clios
1.5 corsas
1.8 fiestas

Cheers !
Stoneyginger
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13th Jan 05 at 14:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Turbo Diesel Corsa's are nippy, LuckyB had one years ago and it was up there with my sport
Dean_H
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FORD FIESTA 1.8 DIESEL 93, l reg, red, tax & mot, low mileage 58K, clean, econ, and well maintained, open to sensible offers, £495

Get it for £400, reasonable enough with low mileage
Dean_H
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quote:
Originally posted by Stoneyginger
Turbo Diesel Corsa's are nippy, LuckyB had one years ago and it was up there with my sport


Insurance would be a problem as she would be 17 nearly 18 with 0 NCB, didnt TD only come in 1.7 and not with 1.5?
Rob H
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13th Jan 05 at 17:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They did a 1.5D, a 1.5 TD and a 1.7D in the corsas .
stubbsy
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i believe the peugeot 205 diesels are meant to run forever with brilliant fuel economy too
AK
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13th Jan 05 at 18:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
old diesels are feckin rough....
frenchcorsa@work
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one of my workmate drive a 205 diesel with 400000kms (original engine...).
Doug_SRi
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the old 205 1.8d is group 8 insurance i think, my mate paid a fair bit to insure one as his first car
Doug_SRi
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also there not the best cars but for cheap to run i would say the 1.5D 106 from experience
Kris TD
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i have a very very good condition vauxhall corsa 1.5 td for sale. its up for £1100 but i will take offers, pics here

http://groups.msn.com/krispringle/corsaforsale.msnw
ainsley_brader
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106 diesels like eating headgaskets.

Unless she does a lot of miles get petrol!

 
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