Peugeot Diesels of the 90s

[scdan4]

100 miles per day, 5 days a week is 2000 a month.

 

Fuel 1.30 a litre = £5.93 per gallon.

 

100 gals @ 20mpg = £593

67 gals @ 30mpg = £397

50 gals @ 40mpg = £297

40 gals @ 50 mpg = £237

33 gals @ 60 mpg = £196

 

Ever decreasing savings. I’d go for 50mpg and comfort rather than chasing 60mpg for the tenner a week difference myself.

[nacho man]

A Yaris 1.0 is a good bet. Mrs T had one for years and we went everywhere in it. Not too bad at all on the motorway. Plus mega tough. You don’t even need to jack them up to change the oil. I recommend them to everyone asking about cheap cars.

[The Moog]

Pug 406 estate I bought few months back cost £300 ISH so at bottom of curve.

[DodgeRover]

Is the avensis coming to the end? If it's mechanically sound enough then an LPG conversion might be a better move than buying an unknown vehicle depending on your local filling points and how much boot space you would be willing to sacrifice. I'm guessing at around £1200 fitted but you could DIY with a kit from Tinley Tech and a secondhand tank for under £400? Tinley Tech will give support and certify your instal if you have them check it over at the end.

 

Payback time at 2000 miles a month saving 70ppl (61.9ppl lpg vs £1.30 unleaded) would be very quick and you will be the envy of every minicab driver you meet.

[stephen01]

The latest diesel offering from Peugeot, the 1.6 blue hdi, 94 MPG's and only 79 Kgm co2 as fitted to the new 208.

 

That's mega,

[jon.k]

A Yaris 1.0 is a good bet. Mrs T had one for years and we went everywhere in it. Not too bad at all on the motorway. Plus mega tough. You don’t even need to jack them up to change the oil. I recommend them to everyone asking about cheap cars.

 

I've done quite a lot of miles in Yarii and whilst they've been faultless cheap transport, I thought they were pretty rough on the motorway. Given that you could get the same mpg from a big comfy diesel I know where I'd want to spend hours every week. 

[Sir Snipes]

I reckon a nice Avensis would be ideal for munching motorway miles.

[barrett]

Look, I've never once in my life worked out MPG figures, because I'm not a damn pauper, but my 2.1 XUDT 406 does 600 miles on a tank even though I drive it like a cunt, is supremely comfortable and is pulling 3000rpm at 82mph with enough sound insulation and a good enough stereo to be quiet and relaxing. I hate to admit it, but it's probably the most sensible £300 I've ever spent.

 

I really don't like the way HDIs drive* and I can't imagine the possible increase in economy is worth the potential hassle of extra electronic rubbish and the heavy DMF clutch.

 

*disclaimer: I've never driven an HDI 406

[The Moog]

406 hdi 90 has no dmf or Dpf. Preferred the 2.1 xud though!

[artdjones]

The latest diesel offering from Peugeot, the 1.6 blue hdi, 94 MPG's and only 79 Kgm co2 as fitted to the new 208.

 

That's mega,

That will only be achieved by driving everywhere at 35 mph in sixth.Unless PSA have managed to revise the laws of physics recently.My wife's Mégane 1.5 estate is supposed to achieve 80mpg but it's impossible to do that by driving in any normal way.It will still do 55-65 mpgs with normal driving and did about 60 mpg on a trip from Belgium to Augsburg today much of which was done at 120-150 kph.But these mega figures for modern diesels are basically fantasies of what might happen under idealised conditions.

[cms206]

Another vote for an XUD11TE powered 406 if you can find one - my LX was properly miserable BUT it did 40+ to the gallon on my daily cross town commute and 50+ was no hassle whatsoever on a run.

 

At 21 years and 275k miles it's heart was still strong but it's body was not - I had no sills left to plate up. Other than snapping a spring while parked outside the house it never once let me down and even drove itself onto the scrap wagon.

 

I miss it.

 

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[They_all_do_that_sir]

Did you boys know a petrol 1.6 C5 (2005) is pushing nearly 4000rpm at 70 mph? Ask me how I know.

Another reason we got rid of Wifey's petrol qashqai. 4000rpm at 70 is rather tiresome when half your 40 mile commute is on a free flowing motorway (they do exist)

 

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[dollywobbler]

Oh I have no probs with the reliability of the engine . The rest of the car is just so bloody awful .

Why is it tha 3cyl bike engines are some of the nicest sounding motors ever but all 3 cyl 4 stroke car engines shake like a shitting dog and sound like a skeleton wanking in a filing cabinet

I can't agree with this. The Matiz and the Daihatsu Sirion sound superb. Vauxhall Corsa not so much.

[stephen01]

That will only be achieved by driving everywhere at 35 mph in sixth.Unless PSA have managed to revise the laws of physics recently.My wife's Mégane 1.5 estate is supposed to achieve 80mpg but it's impossible to do that by driving in any normal way.It will still do 55-65 mpgs with normal driving and did about 60 mpg on a trip from Belgium to Augsburg today much of which was done at 120-150 kph.But these mega figures for modern diesels are basically fantasies of what might happen under idealised conditions.

 

 

 

Peugeot's facelifted 208 supermini achieved an official fuel consumption record last year, managing 141.2mpg over a long distance trip.

The 1,337.19-mile drive was supervised by the French Type Approval Authority (UTAC). The Euro 6-compliant 1.6 BlueHDI 100 S/S diesel model with a five-speed manual gearbox was, according to Peugeot, kept strictly standard with no alterations from its production spec.

The 38-hour drive saw a number of drivers completing three to four-hour stints, using 43 litres (9.45 gallons) of diesel fuel. Peugeot doesn't specify exactly where the test was conducted but we can assume it was on private testing ground.

 

sketchy on the details but I'd reckon you'd get 100 mpg on a good run! 

 

My 2.2 CDTI CRV MK2, 180k on the clock, I'm just back from France and the drive back in the UK averaged 49.5 with it peaking at 52MPG real world driving. That's better than the claimed figures from Honda.

[Floatylight]

Filled up the C4GP this morning and reset the counters and driven to Southend, apparently done 72mpg! Usually have Aircon on and get around 60mpg but must have had quite a tailwind!

 

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[stephen01]

My Grand Picasso i could get 60mpg no problem and that was fully loaded 4 adults 2 kids. 

 

Always wanted a 106 diesel, I'll have one one day!

[iainrcz]

My dad has an auto manual whatsit 1600 hdi c4gp and gets good mpg from it.

It's actually a nice drive as well.

 

I'm really tempted to get something a bit more Roly poly, having to have eyes In your arse for pot holes and other road crap can get boring.

 

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