Need a mile muncher!

Teledude

Teledude

Teledude

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Thinking of moving further out of London which means we need a mile muncher for the Mrs for the short term.

100 miles a day.

Got an ML320 but don't fancy £100+/week in diesel and 2000 miles/month on it :o

Was thinking Polo Bluemotion??

£7.5k ish for a good example :)

Any others worth considering?
 
We are keeping the ML yes but at over 5k/yr on fuel and it will hit the depreciation massively, I'm thinking it will be better for local commutes or when we need the space! :)

Edit - by short term I mean 12-18 months possibly less - I guess I'm more worried about the depreciation, as the Merc is a lease with a balloon at the end :)
 
Buy something reliable with a years MOT and be done with it. Currently doing a 100 mile/day commute in a 10 year old car that I don't mind ruining with 24k/year just to get to work, works out at about £3k a year in fuel, £300 on insurance, £100 tax and 2 minor services I can do my self. Tyers and any other parts not included.

Spending 7.5K to save 2k in fuel is madness. Especially after 18 months you'll loose 1k+ in value on the car, plus insurance, MOT, 1 or 2 services etc.
 
That's 22mpg, is it broken? Is the handbrake on? (I joke but my Dad took his first mercedes back to the garage as the rear brakes were glowing everytime he drove it).
 
Buy a high miler mondeo vectra octavia something or other oil burner for a few k

5k gets you in a 3yr old vectra diesel with a decent spec

Or buy a high miler and slightly older and pay less

Pocket the remaining 3/4k a d blow it on hookers and drugs



Or
 
Switch the ML to a better car? If you can have a sedan instead of an SUV you can get something with a modern engine that will be more fuel efficient, more performant, more comfortable etc.
Minstadave said:
So does my 2.0T petrol. 500 miles on £80 is about 36mpg at current prices.
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What car is that? I make it about 38 MPG at the average 95 RON price on http://www.petrolprices.com/.

EDIT: Just noticed that the OP has a lease on an ML.. making it quite new! What model year is it? It isn't possibly going to get 21.5 MPG on the motorway.
 
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Minstadave said:
That's 22mpg, is it broken? Is the handbrake on? (I joke but my Dad took his first mercedes back to the garage as the rear brakes were glowing everytime he drove it).
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It's an Automatic Mercedes 4x4 6 cylinder petrol SUV - sounds about right.

Merc 6 pot petrol engines have never been particularly economical at the best of times, add the aerodynamic properties of a small house and a 4x4 system in there and 22mpg sounds about right :D
 
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