Sooo what about this diesel fuel then...

[carmadbaker]

Originally Posted by daytona365

Come on lads, if we worried about money, we would never go out with girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, they cost more than cars...........

LMFAO!!


SOOO SOOO very very true lol! so after that piece of advice... keep the 180 and get rid of the missus!
ha ha! gd luck with the TD hunt

[lawrence-zs180]

Dont get me wrong i love my 180 but im doing 60-80 miles a day so im spending nearly 320 a month on fuel which is daft... when im debt free then i will get one as a second car... gotta find i good derv first lol

[MG ZS STE]

Originally Posted by lawrence-zs180

Dont get me wrong i love my 180 but im doing 60-80 miles a day so im spending nearly 320 a month on fuel which is daft... when im debt free then i will get one as a second car... gotta find i good derv first lol

if i were doing that kind of mileage i wouldnt have a 180. mon~fri i only do about 8 miles a day, weekends maybe a little more and i'm probably filling up once every 2 1/2 to 3 weeks.

i wouldnt go from a 180 to an old banger either, false economy.

[caled]

To be honest, the fuel economy I get from my 180 isnt much worse than what I got from my old 1.6 escort, so buying an old petrol banger really isnt worth it.

A diesel banger would be the way forward, probably traditional TDi rather than TDCi engines as theres less to go wrong. Would greatly depend on the mileage you do as to whether you would offset the purchasing price in fuel consumption alone.

[lawrence-zs180]

Deff not having a banger hence the zs td hunt... if you get lucky a cheap one can for min expence, i had a 96 cavalier v6 got it for 400 t+t and in the 2 years i had it it only needed tyres and oil changes

[fastmike]

I have a cheap car if you want it ...... a 1998 Daewoo Nubira 2.0 16v auto... leccy windows , mirrors , roof , air con and full leather.... taxed and tested , no rust etc ..... a good no nonsense car and does 38 MPG on a run oh.... and 10 disc CD changer.... ?350

drop me a txt on 07920 842263

[lawrence-zs180]

Cheers for the offer but its gonna be a zed td onve i find one lol... not desprate and i gotta save the dosh.

[Maxfly]

What's your price range mate? Is that the reason for going MK1 or you just prefer them?

Just incase here's is a mix

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1975830.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2322072.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1760995.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2187326.htm
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...15dt?logcode=p
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...15dt?logcode=p

[lawrence-zs180]

cheers Gary I will have a look at those... not sure of budget prob gonna be about 2k and then when I shift the 180 some of the money from that will go to the new zed and the rest will go into savings... woooooo lol.

Do the derv's suffer with the same clutch issue?

Just had a look.... the 4th and last link look nice but the mk1 is almost the same price as the mk2 suppose its a dealer though.

[caled]

Just to add a bit to what I was talking about on page 1 about stupid insurance costs, it really does depend largely on where you are.
I just ran an insurance quote through confused.com for a 54 plate 1.2l VW polo that someone is selling on another forum (quite nice, actually, just shy of 50mpg too), and it came back with a premium of 85% of the cost of my ZS 180 insurance. For an extra 15%, thats a hell of a lot more car! I think insurance companies have mistaken my postcode for somewhere in Beirut.