Question for petrol heads - what's a good MPG?

[Jog On]

You are making an assumption here. It's you who is buying the car remember, you take the risks of asking CUK membership to help you out

I am aware of this risk, however I am spreading it by asking in many places.

I shall soon be creating a facebook group purely to deal with this issue.

[AtW]

I am aware of this risk, however I am spreading it by asking in many places.

You are not actually spreading the risk in this instance...

[swamp]

1.8 - 2.0 petrol you'll be looking at 30 - 35 mpg for an old (i.e. £1K) car.

Diesel cars offer better economy but will cost more to buy and service, and the fuel costs more so it won't pay. Plus diesel cars sound like tractors.

In the £1K bracket you're in Bangernomics territory. I'd go for a big-engined old Jag/BMW/Audi with full leathers, and sell at first sign of trouble. Check out the prices of the old 2.8L A6

[Ravello]

He did not specify if he meant km or miles...

To clarify for the hard of thinking, I was indeed talking in Miles, as per the thread title MPG.

Fortunately, it seems the OP had no such problem understanding.

[Jog On]

1.8 - 2.0 petrol you'll be looking at 30 - 35 mpg for an old (i.e. £1K) car.

Diesel cars offer better economy but will cost more to buy and service, and the fuel costs more so it won't pay. Plus diesel cars sound like tractors.

In the £1K bracket you're in Bangernomics territory. I'd go for a big-engined old Jag/BMW/Audi with full leathers, and sell at first sign of trouble. Check out the prices of the old 2.8L A6

I quite like the idea of a diesel but I think we can get more for our money for a petrol. Hondas have a good rep for being reliable and lasting for a long time. Plus they are fairly understated and priced accordingly

[AtW]

To clarify for the hard of thinking, I was indeed talking in Miles, as per the thread title MPG.

Fortunately, it seems the OP had no such problem understanding.

You are not a team player, are you?

CUK noobs these days

[Ravello]

You are not a team player, are you?

Yes I am, you just failed to notice which team I'm on.

CUK noobs these days

Looking at your posts AtW, it is apparent that post count is clearly not in correlation to IQ, so I'll sleep easy.

[AtW]

Looking at your posts AtW, it is apparent that post count is clearly not in correlation to IQ, so I'll sleep easy.

I never managed to finish that stupid IQ test

[VectraMan]

My Primera 2.0GT manages about 33mpg, and you'd get one of them for <£1K and it'd go for a million miles. Presumably the 1.8s will be a fair bit better on economy.

Hondas tend to be somewhat overpriced at the banger end of the market; Nissan are much better value for money and just as good if not better on the reliability front.

[TimberWolf]

My Mondeo is worth £0 because it's been written off. I wouldn't sell it for twice that price though.