Reply to: what is the ultimate banger Contractor-mobile???

[Paddy]

Citroen C5, cheap as chips, cushioning hyrogas suspension...forget buying an older 'more reliable car' it won't be due to the age differencial and small cars are bad VFM

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2002-CITROEN-C...d=p3286.c0.m14

Agree, the C5, bought one at 80,000k now done 230,000 with no failures. Diesel getting 55 mpg doing 70+++ down the motorway

[d000hg]

I need a car for the winter to do 110 miles per day.

Brief:

Cost £1K-£2K
Economical
Petrol (NOT DIESEL)

Any ideas

Ford Focus is good these days but one that cheap is going back a few years, not sure they were as reliable then?
Toyota Corolla perhaps, or a Civic.

[Durbs]

Go for cheap and Japanese, our Almera has done over 100K now and in those 100,000 miles not a single thing has ever gone wrong with it, never missed a beat.

My newer Peugeot on the other hand suffers some form of new catastrophic failure every other day and has probably cost me 10x what the Almera is worth in repairs alone.

[Bagpuss]

I need a car for the winter to do 110 miles per day.

Brief:

Cost £1K-£2K
Economical
Petrol (NOT DIESEL)

Any ideas

Citroen C5, cheap as chips, cushioning hyrogas suspension...forget buying an older 'more reliable car' it won't be due to the age differencial and small cars are bad VFM

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2002-CITROEN-C...d=p3286.c0.m14

[Spacecadet]

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ighlight=civic

http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...ighlight=civic

[Spacecadet]

I'd probably aim for a Focus or Civic or even an Astra, should be able to get one in that budget which will do the job.

Trawl through Autotrader and you will find loads of candidates.

I think every thread we have had like this has boiled down to a civic or a focus or both

[Shimano105]

Sweeeet

[TykeMerc]

I'd probably aim for a Focus or Civic or even an Astra, should be able to get one in that budget which will do the job.

Trawl through Autotrader and you will find loads of candidates.

[Sysman]

This.

Seriously crap in snow and ice though.

[Bright Spark]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1226056.htm

very reliable had one when I was doing a gig for a telecoms client
several years ago, only needed to replace the brakes and light bulbs.

http://www.reliabilityindex.co.uk/top10.html

[Spacecadet]

how long does it have to last?

I need a car for the winter to do 110 miles per day.

About 6 months knowing this country!

[DS23]

how long does it have to last?

[Hawkeye]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...302&logcode=p# What about this! Not bad eh!

[Moscow Mule]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIA..._for_sale.html

[DimPrawn]

Something like this.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1066831.htm

Cheap, still looks modern, plenty of cheap servicing and spares, highly regarded handling.