What is it with people and MPG's???

[[TW]Fox]

I can see it being a normal question to ask if it was a particular type of car. If it was my car, for example, a normal run of the mill diesel - it's absolutely a normal question to ask in that way.

If I wanted your car and I'd just seen it and decided to ask you 4 questions to qualify whether I'd be interested in seeing it, I certainly wouldn't be wasting one of them on 'whats the mpg mate'. I'd be far more bothered about whether you'd serviced it!

 

[Dr House]

Are you able to edit ads on that site?

Thanks, I will do that.

I thought the 111 point check always cost £200 no matter what?

I got a quick quote for a service the other day and they quoted £800 (nothing major needs doing as fair as I know, so that's just a basic service).

Tyres are N rated and only have 8k on them since new and all have like 5mm left but it's the brakes I'm worried about them just saying all 4 need changing at a cost of £LOL.

You can get the 111 point check for free, just ask nicely especially if they are doing a service on your car.

£800 sounds like too much to me but anything you save at a indi will be taken off the value of the car buy not having it done at a OPC. Its only every 2 years anyway.

Here is what it should cost
http://www.porschehost.com/servicepricingboxter987.asp?opc=15
you can get 10% off just by asking and if you take your own oil you will save a lot!

brakes, just get them done at a Indi they will never know about it. Do a search on 911uk or PH there are a few threads about using OEM discs and pads.

 

[Westyfield2]

+1 at LOLing at the question.

The MPG is a factor that you might consider when choosing what model of car to buy... but not whether to buy the seller's particular example.

 

[iaind]

If I wanted your car and I'd just seen it and decided to ask you 4 questions to qualify whether I'd be interested in seeing it, I certainly wouldn't be wasting one of them on 'whats the mpg mate'. I'd be far more bothered about whether you'd serviced it!

Maybe so but at least on a car where one of the selling points is decent mpg, it's at least understandable!

It's not something I'd ask though- take the book figures of any car, combine with a pinch of salt and knowledge of how your own driving style and routine affects it and you can get a pretty decent idea anyway.

I don't buy the idea of it being to judge how well it's been looked after - if a car was sufficiently knackered that it was doing half the mpg it should, chance are the seller isn't going to be entirely honest about it anyway

 

[sandys]

I don't know, it's not unreasonable to research running costs, if you are not someone who frequents car forums etc, how do you find this stuff out apart from asking owners, it was a question I certainly asked when looking to buy a petrol motor I could have some fun in but still do my 20k a year commute in.

Foolishly when buying I asked people for the cars with bigger engines like Megane RS then just took it for granted my Abarth 1.4 with high Gov. figures would do the job...doh, it's only marginally better on a fast motorway run than a Megane.

 

[jellybeard999]

Personally, this is the sort of thing I look at when drawing up a shortlist.

 

[bullit in head]

I think it's a valid question,
who's to say that he had many questions about the car but the advert covered it, so ask the seller what he gets to the gallon, the answer you get back would tell
1) about the cars health
and 2) the seller.

if he just came back with a number, its completely erelevant(sp?) and you can say the seller doesnt know /made it up/ never cared.
however if he came back with I get so and so ,in the city /my gereral driving is and I get...

you can gauge that the seller cares and knows his car. and generally might be a genuine with nothing to hide seller.

so dont discount it as a useless question when the answer is in the answer.


bullit