Diesel, EV, or stick with petrol?

[Calpol]

Thing is they have depreciated like that already, so they won't stop going down yet. You'll probably still lose half on it so may not be such a bargain in the end.

I think that's a bit pessimistic. The problem with the Etron was that it was never an £80k car. It was pure greed on Audi's part to price it so high. I had one when I worked there and it was a fine car but it was always a £55k car not £80k!!
They look good value now. Well built, low maintenance. I'd say better than a Q5 but a lot cheaper now. Almost all cars depreciate. Only downside is that the range is c200 miles on a good day.

 

[blun]

Well, 7 months after accepting the job the T5 is plodding along nicely. Done over 10k miles in it, crossed the 100k mark and somehow averaging over 40mpg cruising at 65/70mph.

Have thought about chopping it for a V40 D4 as they'll do ~60mpg and with the torque I doubt I'd miss the T5 much (till the EGR/DPF plays up) but still unsure on diesel.

The company offers EV salary sacrifice after a year so if it's not too much per month on top of my £260 fuel bill then I could perhaps consider one of those, I think it's the Octopus scheme where they offer car, 4k miles of electricity, tyres, insurance etc but we'll see. I expect it won't be worth it.

Will stick with the C30 for now though.

Depending on your company scheme you could get a brand new EV with maintenance, insurance, tyres, tax included for £350/mo.

£25/mo for electricity- you’d pay for most of the car lease just with your fuel savings!

 

[john_smith]

you’d pay for most of the car lease just with your fuel savings!

That's what I did, the savings covered the lease and made me a small profit each month.