New Work Lease Car

antijoke · 17 Apr 2010 at 08:36

Agreed,why on earth would you want to map a company cat anyway

iaind · 17 Apr 2010 at 09:27

Surely with 140bhp and 60 in 8.7s, it's not exactly going to feel slow? 10bhp more than the diesel engine in my old Mondeo had - that, while never exciting, never felt slow. So in a much smaller car, I dont see it being a problem. Depends on your priorities but my old car had all the body kit, suspension, big wheels etc with a measly diesel engine and that never got criticised too much

Rwac · 17 Apr 2010 at 09:48

[TW]Fox · 17 Apr 2010 at 10:06

iaind said:
Surely with 140bhp and 60 in 8.7s, it's not exactly going to feel slow?

It does though. I dont know where BMW get the performance figures from but neither the 18d nor the 20d feel anything like as quick as they are billed as.

bazola · 17 Apr 2010 at 10:12

I know what you mean about remapping a company car, and to be honest I probably wont bother as it invalidates warranties etc.

Was just suggested by someone to get more power as its the same engine that is in the 120d.

monkey_boy · 17 Apr 2010 at 10:18

anticonscience said:
Agreed,why on earth would you want to map a company cat anyway

If they allowed it then why not? You get all the fun and none of the risk. It's not like a remap adds value to a car, it's lost money whether he owns it or not.

[TW]Fox · 17 Apr 2010 at 10:20

monkey_boy said:
If they allowed it then why not? You get all the fun and none of the risk. It's not like a remap adds value to a car, it's lost money whether he owns it or not.

They are not going to allow it are they - as legally it affects both your warranty and your insurance, neither of which your fleet department are going to want to be dealing with!

GinG · 17 Apr 2010 at 10:26

[TW]Fox;16379705 said:
It does though. I dont know where BMW get the performance figures from but neither the 18d nor the 20d feel anything like as quick as they are billed as.

Drove a mates 120d when he had one, after the turbo lag I thought the torx made the car feel 'fast'. Not going to sent the world on fire however I would say it felt as quick as the book figures.

Never drove a 118d, however as ian said above, the 130bhp mondeo doesnt feel slow either, yeah compared to the 330i or 530i will feel dog slow, however the power is adequate for most people

lordrobs · 17 Apr 2010 at 11:31

Nocturne_sa said:
Not bad at all.. whats the mileage cap and how long is the lease period?

If I lease the same car through my company (they use Zenith) it will cost me close to £330/month over 2 years !!

That's what I was thinking.

I just had another look at the lease offerings that I was sent a few months back and I can barely get a Fiesta for what the OP is paying (£139/month) and a bog standard 1.6 diesel Focus is more at £178/month!

[TW]Fox · 17 Apr 2010 at 11:33

There wont be a mileage cap really, if its a company subsidised lease it will be a car he needs for work rather than got through work if you see what i mean. Therefore the true cost of the lease is higher, but paid for by the company, and any excess mileage charges will be paid for by the company.

thepharcyde · 17 Apr 2010 at 11:35

For the sake of £50 I would be getting the 120d. If you are stretching your budget then maybe a co car is not a good idea.

Just my 2p worth.

[TW]Fox · 17 Apr 2010 at 11:38

It does seem that £50 is hardly a lot of money (£12.50 a week!) to get the decent model.

mjt · 17 Apr 2010 at 11:42

I'd have thought the same, but £600 a year is still £600.
If the lease is a few years, a few thousand pounds helps save towards a house deposit.

It also depends whether the OP feels the extra BHP is worth that much.
I do, but alas we are all different

thepharcyde · 17 Apr 2010 at 11:46

Compromise and get the hatch that I suspect is cheaper?

antijoke · 17 Apr 2010 at 14:15

monkey_boy said:
If they allowed it then why not? You get all the fun and none of the risk. It's not like a remap adds value to a car, it's lost money whether he owns it or not.

Except for the small matter of invalidating the warranty!

Kappa · 17 Apr 2010 at 14:34

hey, I get by with 130PS and 34mpg

I'm sure this chap will be chuffed with the 118d!

PeterNem · 17 Apr 2010 at 14:52

thepharcyde said:
For the sake of £50 I would be getting the 120d. If you are stretching your budget then maybe a co car is not a good idea.

Just my 2p worth.

Sorry, but what?! It's true fixed cost motoring, it makes perfect sense - particularly if you need your car for work and don't want to be running up mile in a private car that you have to pay maintenance on.

Relative to what he's paying, £50 is a fairly sizeable increase.

IAmATeaf · 17 Apr 2010 at 15:26

thepharcyde said:
For the sake of £50 I would be getting the 120d. If you are stretching your budget then maybe a co car is not a good idea.

Just my 2p worth.

The real problem is that you get leasing car fever, similar to the bay of e fever where you decide to put in another 50 and then realise that another 5 will get you something better but another 10 on top of that will get something better then better etc...

monkey_boy · 17 Apr 2010 at 17:20

[TW]Fox;16379749 said:
They are not going to allow it are they - as legally it affects both your warranty and your insurance, neither of which your fleet department are going to want to be dealing with!

I didn't say it was likely.

bazola · 17 Apr 2010 at 19:20

I pay towards the lease and my company heavily subsidize it. If it was a complete company car, you only pay for company car tax although that is quite high as its classed as a benefit.

I can have any car I want on lease, but the company will only pay so much towards it and I have to find the rest.