What sort of Mileage is it worthwhile getting a Diesel?
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Have you not bothered to read any of this thread?
Ok, as said, STOP talking to dealers.I'm listening aren't I? not just dismissing as I normally do
I deal cars, and while i will never sell dodgy products at the end of the day all i care about is shifting units as easily as possible and upping turnover (and therefore profit). I dont care about what is technically financially best for a customer, i will just listen and give them what they think they want so that they are happy and i make a few quid.
There are a lot of people on these forums who know a lot about buying cars. There is a reason why a lot of us drive such nice cars, and it isnt necessarily that we have loads more money than yourself, its that we buy cars which represent better value for money.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/353694.htm
how is that slow? and it's much more economical than the equivalent V5.
how is that slow? and it's much more economical than the equivalent V5.
8k miles a year? not diesel territory at all. You be a fool to think you was. Don't do it!
Why do you need a warranty on a car like a ford focus? Its about the cheapest car to run that you could possibly buy, there is nothing that will break that will cost anything to fix on it. They are superbly reliable and probably wont break anyway.
I dont get it? Warranties are not free!
[TW]Fox;11142802 said:
yes fox i have,
but i would look at just getting something like a corsa. cheap simple and not great. but will be cheaper to run than the driver, plus i'll still have that which i will change to the VR6.
for me doing 1400 miles a month (close to 17k a year) . im spending far to much on petrol at the moment (£3360 average a year on petrol)
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The only reason I had a diesel as my 2nd car was because it was cheap to buy and generally fitted the bill for what I wanted as a car (cheap to insure, decent size, post 1990 
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I used to do 100miles a day, 5 days a week at one point when I owned the car and can't say it was particularly worth it, especially as I changed jobs and was then driving 20miles a day, 6 days a week.
It was noisy, slow and quite boring, really not worth it for the short journeys I was doing (I class 50miles to work short), it only really came into it's own when I used it to do long trips, like driving to York from Launceston, which only took one and a half tanks of fuel.
Unless you are doing huge cruising mileage every day I can't see much point in a diesel really.
InvG
).I used to do 100miles a day, 5 days a week at one point when I owned the car and can't say it was particularly worth it, especially as I changed jobs and was then driving 20miles a day, 6 days a week.
It was noisy, slow and quite boring, really not worth it for the short journeys I was doing (I class 50miles to work short), it only really came into it's own when I used it to do long trips, like driving to York from Launceston, which only took one and a half tanks of fuel.
Unless you are doing huge cruising mileage every day I can't see much point in a diesel really.
InvG
And you'd be happy doing 17k a year in a CORSA?
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Well look at it like this Stinky...my 1.4p 205 was slightly faster than my brother's (my old) 1.9d 306.
To save money on fuel, get a smaller petrol
That way you get a nicer car overall.
InvG
To save money on fuel, get a smaller petrol
That way you get a nicer car overall. InvG
Fair enough.
Cheers for your input folks
No Doubt I will end up posting what I get on here in the next couple of weeks, so watch this space.
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