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bily the taxi
 Post subject: an economical automatic?
PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:48 pm 
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hi guys,i wasin my focus earlier 2day and began to realise what an hassle avin to change gear is,does anybody know if there are any diesel automatics out there that might do around 50 mpg. cheers
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Nigel
PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:35 am 
bily the taxi wrote:
hi guys,i wasin my focus earlier 2day and began to realise what an hassle avin to change gear is,does anybody know if there are any diesel automatics out there that might do around 50 mpg. cheers


The new Superb does well over 50MPG and that's an auto, it's got 2 clutches so the grear change is smooth and fuel saving. They are knockin them out for about £65 a week.
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Also the Octavia crd DSG
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bily the taxi
 Post subject: an economical automatic?
PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:33 pm 
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cheers lads,il be havin a trip down to local skoda dealer when my plate runs out,do peugeot or ford have anything to offer?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:54 pm 
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bily the taxi wrote:
cheers lads,il be havin a trip down to local skoda dealer when my plate runs out,do peugeot or ford have anything to offer?


dunno but have a test drive in a vectra bifuel auto if you can find one too

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skippy41
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bily the taxi wrote:
cheers lads,il be havin a trip down to local skoda dealer when my plate runs out,do peugeot or ford have anything to offer?


Get down there quick and you can save 3.5 k off the price especialy if you have a scrapper to put in, the pig and ford are crap

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Nigel
PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:39 am 
bily the taxi wrote:
cheers lads,il be havin a trip down to local skoda dealer when my plate runs out,do peugeot or ford have anything to offer?


The Mondeo TDCI Auto is only returning 30MPG at the moment.
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bily the taxi wrote:
cheers lads,il be havin a trip down to local skoda dealer when my plate runs out,do peugeot or ford have anything to offer?


The Mondeo TDCI Auto is only returning 30MPG at the moment.


ouch!

Tourneo Tdci 38mpg (manual)
Mondeo Tdci 130 6 speed 42mpg

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