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

If you're spending almost £1 per mile on petrol then:

Based on £1.15-£1.20 a litre, that will take you roughly 1.2 miles per litre.

So a 50 mile journey will use 41.67 litres of fuel which equates to 5.65 mpg. :eek:

Even if it's 50p per mile that's still only 11 mpg
 
Last edited:
Indeed the maths is out somewhat...somewhere along the line.

I cover 220 miles a week at the moment, that costs me £45 and works out about 28mpg and circa 20.5ppm with an engine that, although not forced induction like yours it's the same capacity and a similar order of output, car is probably not all that much lighter either...so either your car or your maths must be seriously broken

It's still a lovely looking car, would be a shame to move it on for an absolute crapbox on a whim about mpg
 
Last edited:
50-60 miles a week?
Minimal fuel costs...
Pr4amHE.jpg
 
I'm getting better mileage from a Focus ST in start stop commuting traffic, and everyone know's ST's drink petrol for fun. So your car is either broken, your maths are wrong, or your driving is less to be desired.

£30 in my car is just under half a tank, and I get about 130 miles for that; at least. Something's not right.
 
Last edited:
psd99 said:
Well basically it is all about the costs.....
Click to expand...

I don't think you really understand the costs.

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

No, you are not. Either you are not spending £120 or you are doing much more than 50 miles a week.

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?
Click to expand...

Yes to most of these but of the biggest issue is of course how much less. If you really only do 50 miles a week the savings will be very small, so small that it simply isn't worth the bother.

Of yes two of those then it is worth it for sure :)
Click to expand...

How can you possibly say that without knowing the numbers?

Lets assume your car does 22mpg around town. A reasonable worst case scenario. It's probably better than this, it's almost certainly not worse.

Lets assume you consider replacing it with a crap car that does 40mpg around town.

50 miles a week, 200 miles a month, 2400 miles a year.

Fuel cost with your Audi: £46 a month
Fuel cost with crap little eco car: £25 a month

Why bother for such a pathetic saving?

Either your maths are terrible, you do far more miles than you've told us or your car is broken.

If your car is broken, fix it, because you'll need to fix it anyway if you want to sell it.

With mileage as low as yours the biggest cost of motoring will be unscheduled repair bills. Therefore the only credible saving you can have by changing to another car is if your Audi is very unreliable and constantly costs you money to fix it. If it doesn't, then don't bother.
 
I suspect you're running fag packet calculations with a prejudiced opinion that the car is costing too much to run.

If you don't want to pay to run it, sell it and buy a crapheap that's marginally cheaper.
 
My 330 is reading 22mpg from doing multiple short cold journey's of less than 5 miles to and from work.

Your car should be doing a lot better!!
 
My 2.0T would do 360-400 miles on a single tank, I think you're conning yourself with your maths. Its the perfect car for not doing many miles.
 
I am confused the OP has the perfect car for 50 miles a week. I am on 150 miles a week with a 2 litre N/A. I get about 300-400 to a tank costing me £30 a week. My comute is mainly A road though and in the evening.

I am currently on the hunt for a decent 9-5 Aero estate now though! No dirty diesel for me!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom