My car becomes illegal (or as good as) in April next year. My current wheels are a 2005 Honda Accord Tourer Diesel, with 170k miles which I have had for nearly 7 years. Were it not for Saddiq Khan I had high hopes for another decade from it.
What should I replace it with? It has to be petrol (on the grounds only diesels made in the last ten minutes are Euro 6 and so London-compliant) and it has to be a decent-sized estate car. Budget is not very many K.
Very much in the having initial thoughts as I've a year to do this, but somebody posted about this forthcoming issue and it made me start to think - not least as the price differential between diesels and petrols may well begin to increase for this reason.
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How many K, The K is key.
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Toyota Aviva estate - reliable, almost diesel like mpg.
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www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201801222988851
There ya go.
Avoids the evil VED by a year.
Note the pee-stained passenger seat, and 'extensive service history' on picture 16.
And heavily kerbed shonky alloys and Event brand tyres.
£50 for a set of discs and pads - must be Brembo.
Yours for one of your Ks.
Last edited by: VxFan on Tue 27 Feb 18 at 01:48
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>> Note the pee-stained passenger seat, and 'extensive service history' on picture 16.
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That's a spilt drink stain IMO. Pee stains nearer the backrest. Don't ask how I know this.
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>>Pee stains nearer the backrest
I guess mine's longer than yours
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Assuming you want to only spend sixpence, then it has to be something unfashionable.
I had three Subaru petrols and they were 100% reliable mechanically. Downsides were expensive parts ( rarely required) low mpg, very uninspiring interior, but the 2.0 petrol drove ok, handled well, they all had large sunroofs and were dirt cheap to buy third hand from friends and relatives.
Because they are niche market potential buyers are few and far between, but unless you plan to sell within a short period of time, that’s not an issue.
If I wanted a cheap sub £2k estate, and could live with low to mid 30s mpg with the 2.0 petrol, I’d start there.
Or a Mondeo/Avensis estate
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>> My car becomes illegal (or as good as) in April next year.
How so?
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>> >> My car becomes illegal (or as good as) in April next year.
>> How so?
Lives in London so he'll have to start paying lots of money to drive the current car is my guess.
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Sort of, but don't forget it affects petrols cars as well as diesels.
My 2006 diesel is still OK and doesn't attract the T charge, cars have to be Euro IV and above compliant regardless of fuel type.
They mainly focus in on the diesel cars and put the bit about the petrol cars in very small print.
I'm sure my time will come if I want to drive into the central area, as it is I'm just inside the LEZ but if it becomes a ULEZ then I could be forced to go petrol.
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Diesel has to be Euro 6 whereas petrol can be Euro 4, as of April 2018 for inside the congestion zone. HOWEVER, I have just discovered that living within the zone I get a further three years "to change my car" before it applies to me.
That Jaguar is *ugly* - doesn't it look like a Maestro?
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Ok but I've checked on the TfL site and my 2006 car is not subject to the T charge, is that the same thing?
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No. The T charge is currently in existence and a Euro 4 diesel is OK in it. This is the ULEZ which applies in CC areas from 1 April next year - requiring Euro 6 for diesels and Euro 4 for petrols.
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ULEZ. Is that a question?
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>> ULEZ. Is that a question?
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I know this one!
Ultra Low Emission Zone.
House point and gold star?
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Thinking about a new estate car - Zero
