Cheapest to run car between £2-3k

[aztechnology]

A £1500 car that does 30mpg is cheaper to own than a £3000 car that does 50mpg you know - fuel is NOT the major cost with driving a car, it's a secondary cost and picking a car based mostly on fuel economy is how you end up with something gash.

Whilst this IS true, it doesn't feel like it when I now spend £70 instead of £40 on a fillup for the same range on a tank full. I bought a 2.2petrol instead of a diesel 406 coupe because price difference meant I would need at least 70,000 miles before the Hdi was cheaper, and that was when pertol was almost £1 a litre, now I would need even longer.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Whilst this IS true, it doesn't feel like it when I now spend £70 instead of £40 on a fillup for the same range on a tank full. I bought a 2.2petrol instead of a diesel 406 coupe because price difference meant I would need at least 70,000 miles before the Hdi was cheaper, and that was when pertol was almost £1 a litre, now I would need even longer.

No, it doesnt feel like it, but it's purely a pshycological thing. If you can get over it you are onto a winner