Considering selling my Audi 2.0T A4 - what car next?

psd99

psd99

psd99

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I have had this beautiful car for more than 2 years now:

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Lovely ride and smooth to drive.

The problem is the running costs, especially petrol!
Cars like this are designed for motorway driving, but I barely do 50-60 miles a week.
Almost spending a pound a mile!

Beleive next year it will be time to sell this car. I am looking for something more economical, wish to spend 4/5k max with very comfortable seats


Which cars should I consider buying?
 
Seems silly to change it if you like it, especially for your low mileage. It's barely 3k a year! If I only drove 50 miles per week I'd probably have a V8! :p
 
Lets see..

Pound a mile, at 60 mile a week. 60 quid a week.

Willing to spend £4500 on a new car.

That's a lot of weeks you're going to need on your new car to get any kind of return back. Is it not better financial sense to just keep the car you have?
 
Well in theory my commute to work is 40 miles a week
I am spending £30 quid a week on petrol

However I probably end up doing around 50-60 miles a week
The car drinks petrol far too quickly. So that pound a mile might be 50-60p per mile, still though that,can't be normal! The petrol miles left go on the dashboard down very very quickly.

I get it serviced regularly
The tyres are not flat either, could not find any obvious problems.

Just not designed for these stop start small journeys imo

Want to sell car, buy new one but get some money back from the car into my bank,account.
 
You are not spending a pound a mile on fuel.

Even a car with an engine like yours will go over a month on a tank of fuel at 50 miles a week. with mileage as low as this fuel economy is a total non issue and getting rid of the car for that reason is bizarre.
 
[TW]Fox;27350321 said:
You are not spending a pound a mile on fuel.

Even a car with an engine like yours will go over a month on a tank of fuel at 50 miles a week. with mileage as low as this fuel economy is a total non issue and getting rid of the car for that reason is bizarre.
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Well basically it is all about the costs.....

i am spending £120 a month on petrol to start with

What i wonder is if i got another car with a better mpg
Smaller engine etc
And did the same amount of miles

Would it cost less on petrol?
Would the insurance be less?
Would the road tax be less?

Of yes two of those then it is worth it for sure :)
 
£120 per month on petrol, 60 miles per week / 240 miles per month.

That's just over 10MPG. Either your figures are wrong or your car is broken.
 
The reason I drive a 2.5L BMW and the missus drives a 1.0L Polo is that she does 300 miles a week. I do 50 tops.

<miles = bigger car.

Smaller car still carries most of the cost. (servicing, repairs, insurance, tax etc and most of the petrol cost) 40mpg vs 30mpg isn't really any different at 50m per week is it?
 
psd99 said:
Well basically it is all about the costs.....

i am spending £120 a month on petrol to start with

What i wonder is if i got another car with a better mpg
Smaller engine etc
And did the same amount of miles

Would it cost less on petrol?
Would the insurance be less?
Would the road tax be less?

Of yes two of those then it is worth it for sure :)
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At £1.19 a litre that's still over 20 gallons, you're only doing 240 miles a month, how is this even possible.

Sort your maths out before you go out and buy another car.
 
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