Petrol/diesel cost comparison

Oh, TW, TW....

How you turned from a diesel sniffing, chevron hugging, hydropneumatically surfing teenager into a cynical, all sports wearing, fakewood dash petting petrolhead I will never know. And you just can't stop yourself from pushing the figures to what you would like them to show...
 
I still love diesel, v0n, but I think the financial benefits of them are more often than not outwighed by additional cost.

I'd still prefer a 530d to the 530i :(
 
v0n said:
Depreciation is unpredictable and unaccountable for.

If depreciation were consistent for every car, then sure, ignore it, but in real life, things are simply not like that.

Whilst I'd agree that depreciation is not 100% predictable, I do dissagree that you shouldn't account for it.
For example, you know that if you buy an Alfa, it's going to hurt. Buy a BM and it'll be not too bad in % terms etc etc.
It is viable to guestimate probable depreciation on a car based on actual values at various ages of cars. As you rightly point out, it's not easy to calculate, as listed values in magazines sometimes bear little resemblance to actual cost values (when you can buy an Impreza for 5k under list value without a problem), but to ignore it is basically acting like an ostrich.
 
i prefer my old diesel audi over my golf. im always filling up the golf. for £45-£48 per tank, the audi did over 500 miles a tank, the golf gets no where near that.


the audi was faster too. the golf only cost a grand tho, the audi was nearer 10
 
Matt82 said:
i prefer my old diesel audi over my golf. im always filling up the golf. for £45-£48 per tank

And I think this is really the nub of the matter.

With a petrol car, you WILL fill up more often, and its this pyshcological effect which leads people to assume that diesel = noticeably better. I'm not being critical, just realistic - its what happens.

I know becuase I've done it - after the Xantia, it felt like the Mondeo *always* wanted more petrol. I felt like I was visiting the petrol station noticeably more.

But when I sat down and did the maths, it was costing me just £300 a year more in fuel - or less than 30 quid a month.
 
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