Posted
on Nov 26th, 2009 and filed under I’m currently looking to either a) buy a second hand car or b) get a company car to use to commute 60 miles (each way) to work. It is mainly motorway driving and as I have no idea about cars I’d be grateful if you could give me some pointers as to what would be the most economical.
Posted by Claire13
if your driving over 80 miles a day your better off with a diesel
avoid saloons and automatics
1980’s Honda Crx.
50mpg city, 65+ highway.
You could do the commute in around 2 gallons of gas.
Can’t beat it.
Remember if you do get a company car your tax code will be different on your wages, I would go for a small diesel like a VW Golf
if you can afford it, get a toyota prius. those things are supposed to get upwards of 50 mpg in 2010.
as an alternate, you can get a motorcycle ninja 250R which will get you 70 mpg. or a ninja 650R, which will give max 45-60 mpg depending on how you ride
The most economical car is somebody else’s – hitchhike or cadge a lift
VW Polo Bluemotion diesel – 74.3mpg. Better than a Prius, especially for motorway driving when its electric motor won’t be much use.
If you’d prefer a bigger car try the old Golf Bluemotion (62.8mpg) as a used buy, or wait for the new one. Though I don’t know how long the new one will be in coming.
Chevy Cavalier, my son has one & they are excellent on gas & at 140000 miles on a 2001 he’s never had any problem with it yet