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learned that my car can go to the top of scotland to the very bottom using just £16 of diesel :evil:

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learned that my car can go to the top of scotland to the very bottom using just £16 of diesel :evil:


My little car returned 45mpg over 1000 miles to and fro to Folkestone from Chatham. Not bad, really.

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learned that my car can go to the top of scotland to the very bottom using just £16 of diesel :evil:


My little car returned 45mpg over 1000 miles to and fro to Folkestone from Chatham. Not bad, really.


I honestly cannot comphehend why you would want a baby car? it was very painful when I had saxo and since moving to big cars It makes you realise how bumpy and uncomfortable little cars really are, It would be impossible for me to go back to a tiny car, theyre just so wrong ;) why? im so curious. I just bought another car yesterday 66.6k miles on the clock and its the same colour of satan too

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I honestly cannot comphehend why you would want a baby car?


It was economy. The bigger car I had was just too expensive to run, and completely unnecessary for daily use. I do agree with you about the ride quality, though. :?

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I honestly cannot comphehend why you would want a baby car?


It was economy. The bigger car I had was just too expensive to run, and completely unnecessary for daily use. I do agree with you about the ride quality, though. :?


Small cars are also great around country lanes, and fit into smaller parking spaces.

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Small cars are also great around country lanes, and fit into smaller parking spaces.

Also add in cheaper to insure.

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FIFA has an Ethics Committee! :lol:


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I honestly cannot comphehend why you would want a baby car?


It was economy. The bigger car I had was just too expensive to run, and completely unnecessary for daily use. I do agree with you about the ride quality, though. :?

It depends on where you are driving. I did a lot of motorway driving and there a bigger car is definitely more economical! Even in town, there can be a difference.

My Passat used to return 50mpg combined cycle (2L petrol), my brother had a Corsa 1.2L 12v, that struggled to make 40mpg combined (he lived in Esher and worked in Croydon, plus visiting the family on the South Coast once or twice a month).

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My Passat used to return 50mpg combined cycle (2L petrol)


I did once get a reported 45mpg out of the Carlton 2l automatic. I kept the car, but we only used it for when we needed the luggage space. Eventually it became uneconomical to repair (rust around the rear axle, compounded by a minor rear end shunt, which meant it would have cost way more to repair than to simply scrap and buy another car).

Now Best Beloved doesn't drive, we only need one car. We've kept the Fiat for now, and if financial conditions permit I'll move up to something a little larger. Right now, though, the Fiat is what I'm running, and he's just clicked over 100,000 miles on the clock. :D

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