LukeD
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Registered: 23rd Jan 07
Location: Shropshire
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Im after a cheap, high MPG, reliable bullet proof car. Must be 5door diesel too.
After looking around seems that a peugeot 306 ticks all the boxes. Unless anyone as any other suggestions?
Off to look at a 2.0 HDI turbo diesel tonight, are the turbo models the best to go for? or should i be looking at a non turbo or 1.9 model?
Cambelt driven?, and what to basically look out for when viewing?
ta
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Eddx14xe
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Registered: 12th Jan 10
Location: Hertfordshire
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What do you class as high MPG?
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LukeD
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Registered: 23rd Jan 07
Location: Shropshire
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Need something 50+ pref
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Eddx14xe
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Registered: 12th Jan 10
Location: Hertfordshire
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The Renault dci's are suppose to be good on fuel. Not sure about the reliability of them though.
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Eddx14xe
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Registered: 12th Jan 10
Location: Hertfordshire
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The Clio 1.5 dci on paper can do 65mpg. They're dog slow though.
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sc0ott
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Registered: 16th Feb 09
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Got a clio dci myself and ive had no issues with it at all. Do 80 miles a day minimum and its saved me a fortune. The average mpg on the trip computer is 70.9.
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recarouk
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Registered: 30th Sep 05
Location: West Yorkshire
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fabia SDI/TDI
i have an SDI as a daily hack and easily over 50mpg most of the time 
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corsaben58
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Registered: 13th Oct 11
Location: Luton
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ive had a 306 1.9 d-turbo and ive had a 5door 2.0hdi both of them are sound cars if you get the d-turbo you can turn up the diesel pump pretty easy bring more power however the 2.0hdi is a very nice car if i was to choose i would say 2.0hdi mate 
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Matty SRi
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Registered: 3rd Dec 08
Location: Stockton-on-Tees Drives: Mk3 Golf GTi
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Had a 1.9 dturbo that was brilliant. Quite nippy and easily tuneable. Cambelt due every 36k iirc. Done mine, and water pump, aux belt and tensioners, and glow plugs. That's all that needed doing in the 18 months I had it. Good mpg too. Normally around 55 on steady journeys.
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Davey j
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Registered: 8th Sep 04
Location: Wiltshire
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I had the more agricultural DTurbo on an M plate. Managed 620miles to a tank (mostly motorway miles) sounded horrible but was a very reliable car. Power steering pump was the only fault in the time I owned it.
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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I owned 2
One returned 55mpg and nothing went wrong in 14 months
the other one was a lump of dog shit that would manage 30mpg at very best.
Hit and miss I guess
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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I had a Dturbo running 1.1bar boost. Was smokey as fuk, but went very well.
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