Ok, tell me your car, engine size, how many £ to fill tank and how far you can go on it

[Busybean]

Please! Im looking for a family car, but I will doing a 2 hr commute to uni every day in sept, initialy looking at a picasso, now Im just wondering if I can get anything that'll be cheaper on petrol and will go more miles to the gallon, but still have 5 doors as I have 2 boys....

What have you got?

Zafira 2 litre diesel - a tankful costs about £50 and does about 500 miles.

New Zafiras have a 1.9 diesel engine, I don't know if that uses less though.

Oh, I like the zafira, what sort of price can you pick them up at a dealers do you know?

er, don't buy mine (2.0l, £56, not very far )

Are you looking for new or used, Bb?

Under £14000 for a new one here

Used really, dont like the idea of spending loads on a new car, then it depriciating in value as soon as I drive it off the forecourt.
My father died earlier in the year, so it'll be some of the inheritance money I spend on it soI want to be sensible in my choice and practicle as I will be driving 100miles a day to uni and back, so 200 miles a day.

does diesel usually do more to the gallon than petrol? is diesel more expensive?

£10 - 12K for a newish low-mileage one.

Diesel is usually more economical if you have a high mileage (and sounds like you will). I'm sure I read somewhere that if you do over 10,000 miles per annum then diesel works out cheaper than petrol.

we are picking up a 3yr old zafira on thursday that was £5200 and is immaculate. 1.8 petrol engine

In bigger cars diesel is much more economical and the more miles you do the better value it is. (It's generally 3p-4p a litre more than petrol)

Also diesel engines will happily do a lot more miles in a lifetime than petrol ones - you're looking at 1,000 miles a week on your uni trip so that's important too.

nemo, wow, thats sounds like a bargain what mileage has that got?

c 3-yr-old, low mileage, £8-9K

27000 the garage actually had 4 immaculate zafiras with really low mileage between 4500 and 6500

Bear in mind you will spend probably 50% more on fuel with a petrol car...

No idea. It's red. Oh yes, I know, it's a Mini Cooper, very fetching, two stripes down its nose.

will say they advertised at 5800 but we got it down to 5200 and also got him to do 3mths part and labour and 6mths tax and 12mths mot..pmsl

WendyWeber -so diesel will be cheaper? Im confused!

The diesel car will do 45-50mpg, the petrol one 30-35mpg, so you will be buying a lot more of it

ok, I see. Sorry for my ignorance, it'll be my first car you see!
So will a smaller engine size= more miles to the gallon?
Im starting to think that maybe dp could get a larger family car, that he could drive to wrk and we could use for family days out, then I could get a small 5 door, that would still be practicle with kids, but small and economical.....

That would be a great idea if you can manage it.

Have a look at Fiat Panda Multijet - it's very highly rated in all the motoring reviews (except by Big Jezza I expect ) and a really cute and cool car! And 65mpg. What more could you ask for?

smaller engine = les petrol less insurance & less road tax

4.5 litre Range Rover. £60 to fill up. Gets me to the end of the drive.

Actually that's a normal week of school runs, feeding animals, moving animals

I had a fiat sceicento which was had a 25 litre tank (so less than £25 to fill) and I could do 280 miles on a long journey!!!!!! You need to look at light cars perhaps a punto or something???

Automatic espace 2.2 petrol engine more than £60 to fill and only does 300 miles!

Oh Duchess, your my kind a lady
I have a silly big truck, I'll not put the stats down as I've misplaced my tin hat and I don't think the OP is looking for an F150.