Help deciding please :)

[Loladolly]

Hi guys, I am currently looking to buy a cheap runaround to save me running my 3.2 v6 guzzler for bout 400-500 miles a week and hopefully save quite a bit of money. I have narrowed it down to 2000 plate vw lupo 1.0 and 2000 plate skoda fabia 1.9sdi. I am really after the most economical/reliable car to drive out of them. I love driving my v6 as it's setup just perfect so I am not sure Whether I ll find the skoda to b too sluggish, or whether me enjoying the lupo will dramatically reduce it's mpg. Please help, I really can't decide, would like to get either one this weekend, thnx

[Hornblower]

Personally I wouldn't go for either if your a bit concerned about sluggishness(is this a word?) as both take around 18seconds to reach 62mph.
Obviously you'll save packets in fuel/tax and insurance over your current commmuting car, but if your prepared to sacrifice a few mpg's i'd opt for the Lupo 1.4s as this will be much better to drive than the 1.0

[geeteeaye]

Personally I would definitely opt for a diesel over a petrol for the 400-500 miles a week you'll be doing, especially as for 10+ year old cars the price differential between them will be fairly small. I echo what Hornblower says though, both are painfully slow and you will soon be tearing your hair out when struggling up slip roads and the like.

[Loladolly]

Thanks for the reply, if I could afford to loose few mpgs it would mean I d b able to go with lupo gti too but because I am still keeping my v6 purely to keep me smiling, the runaround car will really have to b just reliable and cheap to run. Enjoying the drive is a bonus, ( I used to love my mgfs for summer) altough not a need as I ll still have my fun car. What would u go for then, lupo or fabia

[Hornblower]

I had one of these a few years ago:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...

Great little car, fun to drive and cheap tax £35 a year. pretty nippy too. I'd reccomend it.