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Post by Merlin » Wed Nov 28, 2012 9:37 am

^^ It's swings and roundabouts. I ran a cheap diesel as well as my Ludes over the previous 3 years. I would say that my cheap diesel car paid for itself in fuel savings alone over the first year. True I did nothing to my beater, I mean nothing :lol:, probably why it fell to bits in the end.
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Post by honda-hardy » Wed Nov 28, 2012 10:48 am

a focus 1.8 t diesel could be an option too. My mate just had his re mapped and now is 150bhp

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Post by spudep91 » Wed Nov 28, 2012 10:50 am

It would only be my one car on the road.
Diesel for work
prelude for track
The anamil is tucked up sleeping to come back out some day lol.

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Post by spudep91 » Wed Nov 28, 2012 10:51 am

Do u no how much he payed for the map and also did it start off at 115bhp

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Post by jjmartin349571 » Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:19 am

Merlin wrote:^^ It's swings and roundabouts. I ran a cheap diesel as well as my Ludes over the previous 3 years. I would say that my cheap diesel car paid for itself in fuel savings alone over the first year. True I did nothing to my beater, I mean nothing :lol:, probably why it fell to bits in the end.
This!! ^^^

I was doing 60 miles a day in my Prelude, swapping to the Xsara saved a small amount of money monthly, but more importantly meant my Prelude wasn't racking up the miles. Who cares if a Citreon dies of abuse and high mileage at the end of the day :lol:

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Post by Merlin » Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:35 am

It isn't an issue if its going to be his only car. The yearly insurance for my beater equalled two tanks of fuel for the Lude :D
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Post by jjmartin349571 » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:30 pm

Yeah I know :) but just in case anyone else was considering running 2 cars to save money :) insurance, fuel and MOT factored in monthly made me a saving of £120 a month, the car soon paid itself off and now I'm into 'profit' :lol:

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Post by ziyaan » Thu Nov 29, 2012 12:59 am

vw, audi or seat 1.9 tdi 8 valve before 55 cant go wrong.

i wouldnt bother with anything else.
maybe pug 306 td

or another french pile of shitron picasole quite reliable actually...

but the 1.9 is best bet. good for mpg, power and reliability.

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Post by Edd » Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:18 am

As said before. Anything vag. The 90 tdi can only be mapped to 115 but as said the 110 can be mapped to around 140. My friend has a Leon 110, remapped. It's pretty good.
You get a lot of money for your car too, much, much better than any French crap for the same money. I bought my mum a 90tdi A4 650 miles to a tank. :)
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Post by spudep91 » Thu Nov 29, 2012 8:52 am

Mpg not really an issue as im getting my diesel cheap :? Power and relaybility is maine thing

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