Buying an eco friendly car

[marknotgeorge]

We had that engine in a 2003 Citroen C3 HDi - and while it developed the "tick" from carbon build up on the injector seals (at well past 100,000 miles), it cost around £100 to sort at a non-franchise specialist and was about the only mechanical fault that the car had in over 10 years and well over 160,000 miles (and mpg permanently fixed in the low-mid 60's). It's over 3 years since we sold it and it's still on the road, according to DVLA.
That really is value for money motoring (although probably not suited to the OP on this thread).

To be fair, it was the only real problem I had with it, apart from normal wear and tear components. I suspect mine hadn't been looked after as well as yours before I bought it and that yours didn't suffer from the problem as much as mine did. Still, it stopped me looking at Fords, Peugeots and Citroens when time came to replace it, a pity because the Fiesta is a pretty good car otherwise.