What is it with people and MPG's???

Dr House · 23 Jan 2013 at 17:32

I had my car up or sale and got this today.

MAKE: PORSCHE
MODEL: 911
PRICE: £31500

Message:
Hi,

Just enquiring about your Porsche for sale. I would be grateful if you could let me know:
1.How many owners its had?
2.Is the warranty transferable?
3.What mpg do you get?
I look forward to hearing from you.

Really? if your going to buy a 6+ year old 911 with a 3.6l engine why would that be one of only 3 questions you ask???

thepeteh · 23 Jan 2013 at 17:42

Probably a scam as I would hope you'd put how many owners it's had in the advert itself.

lordrobs · 23 Jan 2013 at 17:45

Trying to get a feel for whether it is ragged around everywhere?

Dr House · 23 Jan 2013 at 17:45

thepeteh said:
Probably a scam as I would hope you'd put how many owners it's had in the advert itself.

seems to have a ligit phone number and email address. I did forget the put the number of owners.

AshD93 · 23 Jan 2013 at 17:48

Because some people in the world have to worry about this thing called 'money'.

Yes, I know it's a Porsche but 25MPG Vs. 40MPG makes a big difference if its a daily drive.

thepeteh · 23 Jan 2013 at 17:49

Dr House said:
seems to have a ligit phone number and email address. I did forget the put the number of owners.

Hmm, well fair enough... poor advert

It's not the sort of language you would expect from someone buying a £30K+ car either, this would make me wary.

Though you get all sorts who have money now days.

Jez · 23 Jan 2013 at 17:49

AshD93 said:
Because some people in the world have to worry about this thing called 'money'.

Yes, I know it's a Porsche but 25MPG Vs. 40MPG makes a big difference if its a daily drive.

But surely if you are in the market for a 911 at all, you know these kinds of things already? Only questions specific to his car are surely what you would expect?

Dr House · 23 Jan 2013 at 17:59

AshD93 said:
Because some people in the world have to worry about this thing called 'money'.

Yes, I know it's a Porsche but 25MPG Vs. 40MPG makes a big difference if its a daily drive.

I assume people that buy a old 911 would not be worry about an extra 1 or 2k per year fuel usage but I would have thought they would know that the car will do under 20mpg before evening looking at a 911.

[TW]Fox · 23 Jan 2013 at 18:04

AshD93 said:
Because some people in the world have to worry about this thing called 'money'.

Are these people spending £30,000 on 6 year old Porsche's?

Yes, I know it's a Porsche but 25MPG Vs. 40MPG makes a big difference if its a daily drive.

If you are expecting 40mpg from a Porsche to start with you should buy something else.

Matt82 · 23 Jan 2013 at 18:07

And most adverts for performance cars that mention mpg are telling porkies anyway to appeal to those stretching their budget

alx · 23 Jan 2013 at 18:07

[TW]Fox;23618314 said:
If you are expecting 40mpg from a Porsche to start with you should buy something else.

I'd go as far as saying if you think you can get 40mpg from a Porsche 911 you're probably an idiot

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alx · 23 Jan 2013 at 18:09

AshD93 said:
Because some people in the world have to worry about this thing called 'money'.

Yes, I know it's a Porsche but 25MPG Vs. 40MPG makes a big difference if its a daily drive.

If MPG is such a concern why are they spending £30k+ on a 6 year old Porsche 911? Makes no sense.

Housey · 23 Jan 2013 at 18:23

Tell him

1143322344
No
3mpg

See what he comes back with.

Horse Pop · 23 Jan 2013 at 18:34

I imagine in a porker fuel usage has a lot to do with your right foot.

Expecting economy in one seems silly.

edit

\/\/\/ is more than you'd expect.

Housey · 23 Jan 2013 at 18:36

Horse Pop said:
I imagine in a porker fuel economy has a lot to do with your right foot.

Expecting economy in one seems silly.

I got circa 30mpg out of mine on a trip to the south of France and my father got 34mpg on a similar trip. Much more than people imagine when driven normally on motorways.

AshD93 · 23 Jan 2013 at 19:14

[TW]Fox;23618314 said:
Are these people spending £30,000 on 6 year old Porsche's?

If you are expecting 40mpg from a Porsche to start with you should buy something else.

alx said:
I'd go as far as saying if you think you can get 40mpg from a Porsche 911 you're probably an idiot .

alx said:
If MPG is such a concern why are they spending £30k+ on a 6 year old Porsche 911? Makes no sense.

The 40MPG was just a example. And look, it's just a point about caring about money in general. Been brought up to not spend like a idiot, that's all.

jamoor · 23 Jan 2013 at 19:49

I've had worst, one of my friends bought a 69 mustang.

Another one of my friends asked him what mpg do you get.

Dr House · 23 Jan 2013 at 19:59

I have got 34 out of it on a long run once. Not bad.

mattyg · 23 Jan 2013 at 20:00

jamoor said:
I've had worst, one of my friends bought a 69 mustang.

Another one of my friends asked him what mpg do you get.

Dont you measure that in gpm's

Vince · 23 Jan 2013 at 21:28

You should just reply, if you get double figures then you are not driving it right

Best i've ever got from mine is about 32 on a run. In traffic, or if you start to have a little fun off of cruise it plummets quickly.