Buying a car for the uni commute

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Reply 20

JC.

if you're looking at little uncomfortable boxes, why not just get a 2 seat roadster?

Reply 21

Erich Hartmann

Original post by jeffercake

Hiii
I still havent got a car :colondollar:

I really need to get one this week though, I've seen these three:
Peugeot 206 Insurance is around £1100
Peugeot 206 Insurance is around £950
Yaris Insurance is around £900

Thanks!

The Yaris is a way better car than the 206. Get a mechanic to give it a once over prior to handing any money over. Oh yeah I'd probably haggle it down to £1500 or so. :smile:

Golf.

Original post by Erich Hartmann

The Yaris is a way better car than the 206. Get a mechanic to give it a once over prior to handing any money over. Oh yeah I'd probably haggle it down to £1500 or so. :smile:

I was thinking the same, thanks! :biggrin:

Reply 24

Xyls

Original post by jeffercake

I was thinking the same, thanks! :biggrin:

I just sold my yaris, today :frown:

lol

Reply 25

Erich Hartmann

Original post by Xyls

I just sold my yaris, today :frown:

lol

Yes? What you getting next?

Original post by jeffercake

I was thinking the same, thanks! :biggrin:

All the best.... do let us know how it goes.

Reply 26

Xyls

Original post by Erich Hartmann

Yes? What you getting next?

All the best.... do let us know how it goes.

I got a golf TDI :P I commute 80 miles a day to uni :frown:

Reply 27

jeffercake

Original post by Xyls

I got a golf TDI :P I commute 80 miles a day to uni :frown:

Mine will be a 60 mile round trip, what's wrong with the Yaris for that? x

Reply 28

Xyls

Original post by jeffercake

Mine will be a 60 mile round trip, what's wrong with the Yaris for that? x

had a 2004 VVTI 1.5 sport model, did about 32 MPG and only has 33 litres of fuel so.... :tongue:

expensive.

Golf now does about 50-60 MPG!

Reply 29

jeffercake

Original post by Xyls

had a 2004 VVTI 1.5 sport model, did about 32 MPG and only has 33 litres of fuel so.... :tongue:

expensive.

Golf now does about 50-60 MPG!

Ah ok. It says on the Auto Trader thing, that that Yaris does about 65mpg, do you think that's correct?

I hate buying cars! I really don't want to waste my money :frown:

Reply 30

Erich Hartmann

Original post by jeffercake

Ah ok. It says on the Auto Trader thing, that that Yaris does about 65mpg, do you think that's correct?

I hate buying cars! I really don't want to waste my money :frown:

Depends on which engine... not every model will give the same FC.

Reply 31

Erich Hartmann

Original post by Xyls

I got a golf TDI :P I commute 80 miles a day to uni :frown:

That's a distance for uni... I don't miss such long commutes.... on my last year of uni I commuted from Aberystwyth to Birmingham for work. 120 miles each way. I should have bought a diesel car for that commute.

What version of the Golf TDI did you get?

Reply 32

Xyls

Original post by jeffercake

Ah ok. It says on the Auto Trader thing, that that Yaris does about 65mpg, do you think that's correct?

I hate buying cars! I really don't want to waste my money :frown:

The yaris I had wouldn't, but some of them may, id check on the toyota website or this might help http://www.car-emissions.com/cars/model/toyota/yaris

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 33

Xyls