Looking to get a beater, probably for around

 

Have you thought of buying a diesel and running in on veggie oil?

http://www.vegetableoildiesel.co.uk/fuelsd...abase/index.php

and

http://www.dieselveg.com/


Tax rules have changed for veggie oil powered cars, you don't need to tell HM customs until you go over 2500 litres a year which for a 50mpg car which is something like 24k miles (ish)

 

no I won't be going to that extreme. When I say economical I mean 35 MPG say

 

[QUOTE=JamieS2K,Jul 29 2007, 01:36 PM] Looking to get a beater, probably for around

 

All good advice,

Inherent in what Pete suggests is nothing 'popular' - so any Focus selling for ~

 

My Mondeo is a sound beater.

I paid

 

[QUOTE=WRumbled,Jul 30 2007, 10:06 AM] My Mondeo is a sound beater.

I paid

 

http://www.bangernomics.co.uk/Welcome.html

Have a look on here Jamie, you might get some useful advice,

 

I have a Focus. Owned it for 3 years now and it's been a great car and taken some heavy abuse. Needs washing as there is now moss growing on it. However it is very reliable and a good spec.

As has already been mentioned it was more expensive than the Mondeo equivalent as apparently it's more desirable.

Insurance is cheap too 1.8 Zetec is group 5 I think, my insurance is about

 

Mine is a 2 litre. MPG is around the 30 mark.

As for insurance, it's about