Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts?

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Mon 4 Apr 2011 20:48
Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts? - focusa

I have been looking at a few cars but i'm sure i'm missing something.

I need a small car 3 door prefered diesel prefered and has to be over 04 plate, I'm easy on make and even petrol is considered.

The cars i have looked at are fabia VRS

Mitsubishi colt 1.5 DI-D

Corsa 1.7 cdti

All excellent mpg and nippy

Is there anything i'm missing?

I really want a car 0-60 in under 10 seconds where i live you have to be able to pull out quick.

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Mon 4 Apr 2011 22:11
Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts? - Vitesse6

Citroen C2

avoid the semi automatic though

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Mon 4 Apr 2011 23:12
Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts? - japdriver

Toyota Yaris 1.5 vvti sport? Over 40mpg average plus 0-60 in 9 seconds.

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Mon 4 Apr 2011 23:45
Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts? - Boulder2k9

Budget? How about something like a Fiat Punto multijet diesel or petrol sporting?

A Fabia vRS would make a great choice best of the list you have there

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Tue 5 Apr 2011 12:30
Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts? - focusa

Yeah sorry budget of about 4000, Yaris sounds good as does the vrs but the look of the car turns me off :(

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Tue 5 Apr 2011 16:50
Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts? - focusa

The yaris seems to fit the bill, Not keen on the punto i'm just thinking there is something a little better on fuel out there.

The car is rarely full its had more than 3 seats used about once in the past 4 months

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Tue 5 Apr 2011 17:46
Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts? - Boulder2k9

aha I have it, How about a Renault Clio 1.5 DCI? Small frugal nippy enough etc! Looks like a great car!

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Tue 5 Apr 2011 21:01
Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts? - focusa
I have always hated french cars but i suppose lately they seem to be quite reliable i'l have a look at those see what the price is, Any more cars out there?
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Tue 5 Apr 2011 21:38
Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts? - Avant

I agree with the Yaris as a front-runner: you should cosider the 1.3 petrol as it's quite economical and there are more of them around. Small diesels don't sell very well, at least not in the UK.

If you want nippy, don't go for a Corsa - nothing nippy about it, whatever the engine. But some form of Fiesta is surely worth a look. There are more Fiesta diesels about compared with, say, the Yaris, simply because there are many more Fiestas sold. Unfortunately many are sold to fleets and could have been caned.

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Tue 5 Apr 2011 21:54
Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts? - Boulder2k9

VW Polo TDI 100? Should be a really quick car relatively of course..

Or the equivalent Seat Ibiza which is almost the same except usually costs less to buy than the VW.This one seems nice quick too

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201110381869534/sort/pricedesc/usedcars/fuel-type/diesel/price-to/4000/maximum-mileage/up_to_80000_miles/model/ibiza/make/seat/page/2/postcode/sw1a0aa/radius/1501?logcode=p

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Wed 6 Apr 2011 09:42
Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts? - focusa
I was under the impression the 1.7 cdti was quite nippy most of the fiesta's i have seen are very slow and pulling out where i live is a real pain thats why i'm trying to find a car with a little better set off than my focus tdci 115.
Thanks for the suggestions tho guys still thinking either vrs corsa or colt...
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Wed 6 Apr 2011 14:02
Any? - Advice on nippy small frugal car, Any experts? - Paul G1pdc

if your thinking of the fabia vrs. (with its 130hp 1.9 engine)

also makes sense to scout around for

polo 130 and ibiza Fr.

(both use the same engine...)

grp 9 insurance 0-60 9ish and over 50mpg.....(vrs fabia has a 6 speed gearbox)

someone said they didn't make a nippy corsa for 4k budget...they did knock out a 1800cc sri model.....

Paul.

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