ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
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Got a job interview next Friday, if I get said job then ill be on shit wages for a few years, plus ill have a 100 mile round trip every day, so the astra will have to go.
Need something cheap to run, fairly comfortable seeing as im doing 100 miles a day, and insurance friendly too.
Budget of £2.5-£3k
Would like something with decent power, but anything is going to be a step down from the astra 
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bigron1988
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Registered: 29th Aug 09
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pug 306 diesel and save the rest of the money for a toy?
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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1.3CDTi Corsa.
Go for Energy spec you get alloys and air con without paying the premium of SXi.
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Alex_Rally
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Registered: 6th Sep 09
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any of the tdi golfs ibizas stuff like that
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ChrisBoom
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quote:
Originally posted by bigron1988
pug 306 diesel and save the rest of the money for a toy?
Was thinking of one, had two before and loved them.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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I'd have thought you'd get a HDi for that kind of money.
Or even a 206 HDi.
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Fulton
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how much for the astra?
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ChrisBoom
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quote:
Originally posted by Fulton
how much for the astra?
Not decided yet, will have a years MOT on it come Friday though.
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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Nova/corsa B td stick some veg oil/deisel mix in it go forever on fuck all money.
[Edited on 10-11-2010 by sand-eel]
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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My old 306 Dturbo ran on red for about 6 months. Cheapest motoring ever!
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Mertin
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Maybe an astra or corsa, 1.5 or 1.7 td isuzu engine and open up the fuel pump. Only problem is their getting old now Let me know what happens with the astra chris  wheres the job interview at?
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Cole
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Location: eastbourne Drives:zafira sold now a qashqai
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1.5dci Clio I just got 700 miles to one tank of fuel mental
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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pug 106 1.5d
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Ingham
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Bus 
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonny Ingham
Bus
Would you get a bus 50 mile to work, and 50 mile back?
206 HDi
Deisel 106
Clio DCi
Corsa 1.7 CDTi
Thought about Admiral multicar? If you could afford to buy a shitter for work and keep the astra for weekend use?
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ChrisBoom
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quote:
Originally posted by Mertin
Maybe an astra or corsa, 1.5 or 1.7 td isuzu engine and open up the fuel pump. Only problem is their getting old now Let me know what happens with the astra chris wheres the job interview at?
Will let you know
Its at serimax in evanton, interview is for an apprentice welder. Know a few guys that work there, one lad in his 2nd year had some work in Norway a few months back, good pay too.
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ChrisBoom
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
quote:
Originally posted by Jonny Ingham
Bus
Would you get a bus 50 mile to work, and 50 mile back?
206 HDi
Deisel 106
Clio DCi
Corsa 1.7 CDTi
Thought about Admiral multicar? If you could afford to buy a shitter for work and keep the astra for weekend use?
Public transport up here is horrendous, its simply not possible to commute using it
Tried to use that admiral multicar already when I had my track 106, but it was an absolute fortune, nearly £2k.
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Ingham
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
quote:
Originally posted by Jonny Ingham
Bus
Would you get a bus 50 mile to work, and 50 mile back?
206 HDi
Deisel 106
Clio DCi
Corsa 1.7 CDTi
Thought about Admiral multicar? If you could afford to buy a shitter for work and keep the astra for weekend use?
Probably because then I could have extra sleeps.
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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quote:
Originally posted by ChrisBoom
quote:
Originally posted by Mertin
Maybe an astra or corsa, 1.5 or 1.7 td isuzu engine and open up the fuel pump. Only problem is their getting old now Let me know what happens with the astra chris wheres the job interview at?
Will let you know
Its at serimax in evanton, interview is for an apprentice welder. Know a few guys that work there, one lad in his 2nd year had some work in Norway a few months back, good pay too.
Nae fancy an economical 160brake ibiza?
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ChrisBoom
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quote:
Originally posted by Mertin
Nae fancy an economical 160brake ibiza?
Wouldnt mind actually, but need to sell as I need cash to pay off some bills
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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I heard the Clio driving position was horrendous.
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Mertin
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In my mums clio i need the seat more or less right back to get comfortable and im only 5,9'' and it seems pretty high aswell
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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A 1.5 diesel clio (second or third last shape, 2005) is probably the worst car i've ever driven...totally shit in every way.
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scottyp1989
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Registered: 29th Jul 07
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bora with a PD lump, iv got the 100bhp engine and can over 500 miles to £40 on a run, its the best car iv ever had
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonny Ingham
quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
quote:
Originally posted by Jonny Ingham
Bus
Would you get a bus 50 mile to work, and 50 mile back?
206 HDi
Deisel 106
Clio DCi
Corsa 1.7 CDTi
Thought about Admiral multicar? If you could afford to buy a shitter for work and keep the astra for weekend use?
Probably because then I could have extra sleeps.
But you'd have to get up an hour and a half earlier so that you could get the bus, which would pretty much cancel it out Plus a bus would take about 4 days to do 50 miles
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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