Good time to buy a diesel?

[rich p]

the Fezza ST.

You what?

 

[rich p]

If you care about your fellow man

Hmmm, that's put me on the spot...

 

[Deleted member 26715]

If you care about your fellow man there's never a good time to buy a diseasel.

Never mind all those HGV's, Buses & Trains that probably in a single day kick out more toxic fumes than a lot a cars do in a lifetime

 

[Dirk]

If you care about your fellow man there's never a good time to buy a diseasel.

Another good reason to buy one then.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Honda Accord - because Honda has a reputation for excellent petrol engines.

Try telling that to Mark Marquez

 

[KneesUp]

Try telling that to Mark Marquez

I will do as soon as I've googled to find out who he is.

I'm getting old, it seems.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Try telling that to Mark Marquez

I will do as soon as I've googled to find out who he is.

Or Fernando Alonso, Honda didn't have a good bank holiday weekend

 

[Drago]

You what?

Sorry, that's the yoof speak us Ford owners use.

Fezza = Fiesta.

 

[KneesUp]

Sorry, that's the yoof speak us Ford owners use.

Fezza = Fiesta.

My daughter tells me off if I refer to ours as the Fezza, but more so when I call it the Fester.

 

[Drago]

Start calling it the Fiasco, see how she reacts

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Honda Accord - because Honda has a reputation for excellent petrol engines and for being bought by old gimmers, a decent proportion of them were sold as petrol.

Or try the Honda Civic, my sons had two and has been happy with both of them. His first one was written off when someone ploughed into it whilst it was parked outside his flat . It was ancient and had more miles on it than the starship enterprise but was still going strong.

 

[Dan B]

S-Max is available with the 1.6 petrol turbo, pretty much as used in the Fezza ST.

Options when I looked were 1.5L Ecoboost and 2.0L Ecoboost. Just to bring the original request to closure, we eventually found an 18 month old example of the former, which is now admirably performing its allotted duty of keeping our allocated parking space dry.

(We also bought a second cargo bike and upgraded the Christiania to e-assist, but that's a different story and a lot more fun)

 

[rich p]

Honda Accord - because Honda has a reputation for excellent petrol engines and for being bought by old gimmers, a decent proportion of them were sold as petrol.

The only used one on Autotrader within a 40 mile radius,that's petrol, is this one
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...-type=Petrol&postcode=bn16nn&radius=40&page=1
An automatic and a whopping £280 road tax

 

[PaulSB]

Thread resurrection!
I've got rid of my old (diesel) van due to a badly failed MOT and rather than get another, and have 2 vehicles, I want a bigger car and have been looking for secondhand estates.
Particularly a Skoda Octavia or a Mondeo. The trouble is, as @Dan B has pointed out, 98% of them are diesel and I don't really want to buy a diesel.
And they're not knocking them out cheap either.
Tricky issue to solve.

Locally diesels are being virtually given away brand new. I don't know specifically about larger cars but mid sized vehicles with top spec are £10/11000.

I retired recently and my wife wouldn't countenance a diesel. I spent about 6 weeks in the second hand market eventually buying a two year old petrol Hyundai i30, 5000 miles, £7500. I realise this isn't what you want but it demonstrates the value to be had.

I'd suggest keep looking, check main dealers and direct on the manufacturer's website. The trick is to spot when they have a lot of vehicles being returned from contracts with rental firms, large organisations etc. This tends to show up on the manufacturer's website about 5-6 weeks after a new reg.

Mine had been with Europcar and was absolutely spotless.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

An automatic and a whopping £280 road tax

That's not whopping a Merc SLK at £480 is whopping, was going to buy one until I saw how much VED was, it should all go on the fuel.