Long commute will i save money changing car?

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atm i have a 207 GTI averaging 38 - 42mpg depending how i drive im doing 108 miles a day 3 days a week

im looking at a fiesta Zetec S TDCI or a Mazda 2 sport which both do 60mpg allegedly :confused:

in real terms you think i'll save any money seeing as i'd have to put a few grand towards the new car anyway and i love my GTI it's the best car i've ever had, I would only really happily give it up for a 120d m sport coupe which i'll have to save for a while cheapest is about £12k :rolleyes:
 
For the sake of 324 miles a week and the fact that you are getting about 40mpg it isn't really worth changing. Add in the fact that you like the current motor and know what you'd like to change it for when funds allow means that you'd be silly to make the change now IMHO.
 
What lordrobs said really. No point changing for the sake of it, especially as you're not getting bad fuel economy currently. Wait until you want to change because of desire/some better reason than saving money, because it doesn't usually add up...
 
Definitely not worth swapping 175hp of petrol turbo goodness for 90hp of dag dag rattle in the Fiesta ZS. Especially when you're hitting 40mpg in yours. If you do want to go down the diesel route, buy something bigger/more refined.
 
i've worked it out if mpg stats are correct i'd save about £70 a month with a 60mpg car but spending 2k more to get it kind of cancels it out i'll save my pennies for a M Sport cheers guys for affirming my thoughts :D

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I paid to change car recently but that was going from something average 30MPG to near bang on 55MPG, and i've basically broken even on the additional cost of the new car because of the savings.
 
I wish I got 42mpg :(

Just keep thinking that, it's better than my 30mpg on a run, but we don't have to put up with a dagdag ;)
 
Bit off topic but I had a go of the 208 Gti when we bought the mrs pug 107 - it was a cracking little thing, even looked decent inside too. Given it's just a revision engine-wise (afaik) of the 207/cooper S engine in yours that economy is pretty impressive
 
I do a 140mile round trip 3 day's a week.

I went from a Civic 1.4 Vision (2002) that was averaging 45mpg (using Fuel Log on my phone) to a New Fabia Greenline 1.2 Diseaseal which I've so far managed to get 60mpg on the same run (but the engine isn't run in yet!).

I'm already seeing an improvement in my finances, as I only had to fill up once last week (at £55) rather than twice (at £45 each). :)
 
Simian said:
I do a 140mile round trip 3 day's a week.

I went from a Civic 1.4 Vision (2002) that was averaging 45mpg (using Fuel Log on my phone) to a New Fabia Greenline 1.2 Diseaseal which I've so far managed to get 60mpg on the same run (but the engine isn't run in yet!).

I'm already seeing an improvement in my finances, as I only had to fill up once last week (at £55) rather than twice (at £45 each). :)
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Will take you many weeks of that to pay off the difference in cost of the cars though
 
yeah i was impressed with my mpg @ 40 but it is mainly motorway on my commute, soon as im in town that can drop drastically overall average since owning the car is about 33.5mpg which is still pretty good considering how fast it is :D

by the time i've spent another 2k on fuel i could have probably saved for my beemer :)
 
rodenal said:
Will take you many weeks of that to pay off the difference in cost of the cars though
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True, but I had a Loan for about the same monthly amount, that finished the same month as the Finance for my new car started!. The Loan was more a month than the Finance, so I'm 'saving' that way too!!.. :)

I needed a new car too! as the Civic needed a new clutch, brakes, tires (all round) and the Cam Belt needed doing next service! £1500+ work on a car worth £500.

Also I won't have to pay Road tax Ever again as the car is Band A!! :D
 
Simian said:
True, but I had a Loan for about the same monthly amount, that finished the same month as the Finance for my new car started!. The Loan was more a month than the Finance, so I'm 'saving' that way too!!.. :)

I needed a new car too! as the Civic needed a new clutch, brakes, tires (all round) and the Cam Belt needed doing next service! £1500+ work on a car worth £500.

Also I won't have to pay Road tax Ever again as the car is Band A!! :D
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Whilst I understand your point and why you've aimed for a month on month cost, you do realise that you have cost yourself a considerable sum of money? Sounds like you wanted a new car, which is fine but don't be deluded into thinking you've somehow saved anything in the process.

Car that was paid off but needed £1500 (doubtful on an older civic with a cambelt) vs financed a brand new car - unless your fabia was about £3k you aren't saving anything.
 
Simian said:
I do a 140mile round trip 3 day's a week.

I went from a Civic 1.4 Vision (2002) that was averaging 45mpg (using Fuel Log on my phone) to a New Fabia Greenline 1.2 Diseaseal which I've so far managed to get 60mpg on the same run (but the engine isn't run in yet!).

I'm already seeing an improvement in my finances, as I only had to fill up once last week (at £55) rather than twice (at £45 each). :)
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There is something wrong with the maths here (There usually is when somebody tries to say it was financially prudent to replace a depreciated car with a brand new one, it never is - buy one because you WANT one, don't try and convince yourself it makes financial sense).

You've got a car thats about 25% more efficient but it's almost halved your fuel bills?

I make that 140 mile round trip twice a week £57ish in the Civic and £44 in the Fabia.

So the saving on the commute is £13 a week.

That little Civic sounded like an impressive car economy wise - 11 years older than a brand new small capacity ecodiesel with zero road tax and yet not hugely more thirsty.
 
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There is something wrong with the maths here (There usually is when somebody tries to say it was financially prudent to replace a depreciated car with a brand new one, it never is - buy one because you WANT one, don't try and convince yourself it makes financial sense).

You've got a car thats about 25% more efficient but it's almost halved your fuel bills?

I make that 140 mile round trip twice a week £57ish in the Civic and £44 in the Fabia.

So the saving on the commute is £13 a week.

That little Civic sounded like an impressive car economy wise - 11 years older than a brand new small capacity ecodiesel with zero road tax and yet not hugely more thirsty.
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I was filling up twice a week at £45 (140 miles 3x a week) and now I'm only filling once a week at £55 so far (had the car for 2 weeks!), to me that's a saving of £35 a week. (I don't really go on mpg... I go on money in my account ;) )

I loved my Civic and it's Epic mpg for an 11 year old car, but the fact that it needed a Clutch (£450ish) Brakes (£150ish) Tires (£50/corner) This Year, and a Cam Belt next Service (about £300 from Honda), Plus other minor bits and Bodywork, I couldn't warrant it on a £500 car. :(

Plus, Yes!!... I did want a New Car! :p

Okay, It's an old Man Diseaseal Car, but it goes fast enough for me, and it's quite comfy for a Fat 6 footer like me! :)

I know I'm probly not saving money in the Long Run, but it feels like I am! :D
 
Unless you really want an Ecobox or drive a very un-economical car there's usually very little financial point.

It was worth me getting a 2nd car as my 'fun' car is so poor on fuel but even then i don't save that much really even going from 28mpg to 66mpg. But for me i needed another car so my 'fun' car could be off the road for a period if i broke it on a trackday etc.

You have to work the numbers out, going from 20 to 30mpg saves a lot, but say from 50-60 saves surprisingly little.
 
Simian said:
I was filling up twice a week at £45 (140 miles 3x a week) and now I'm only filling once a week at £55 so far (had the car for 2 weeks!), to me that's a saving of £35 a week. (I don't really go on mpg... I go on money in my account ;) )
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Erm... the mpg is exactly what dictates your fuel spend!

You don't save £35 a week doing 140 miles three times a week moving from a 45mpg petrol to a 60mpg diesel.
 
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