running two cars, is it worth it?
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lostkiwi said:
You'd be in profit in just over 3 years assuming no costly maintenance on the Renault and assuming 30mpg from the Renault.
10k miles @15mpg= 666 gallons = 3023 litres. At 1.08/litre thats £3265 per year you spend on fuel.
10k miles @30mpg will be half that so you save ~1600 per year in fuel. Purchase price recouped in 3 years or so and just tax/insurance to complete.
If price of petrol goes up the time shortens.
Cheers pal!10k miles @15mpg= 666 gallons = 3023 litres. At 1.08/litre thats £3265 per year you spend on fuel.
10k miles @30mpg will be half that so you save ~1600 per year in fuel. Purchase price recouped in 3 years or so and just tax/insurance to complete.
If price of petrol goes up the time shortens.
Edited by lostkiwi on Thursday 29th September 15:07
Scootersp said:
What running two cars does, is it makes you consider a frugal and relative shed (some just can't put up with this) to preserve condition mileage etc of another car. It usually comes when the nicer car is a keeper or passion, essentially a car that often without you realising stops you looking at/or at least purchasing anything else for a few years or even a decade or so.
Couldn't agree more with this comment!! I've been driving a daily runabout since 2006 when I bought my Megane 225 and I loved the stress free ability to park anywhere and just generally not be fussy about it. Admittedly slowly but surely I've ended up with three 'weekend' cars and one daily but I'm more than happy to roll about in an '03 E Class day to day and preserve the condition/mileage/enjoyment of my other cars.
I can't see the drive of my CLS wearing off for some time yet.
Sorry for the late reply, I've been busy at work all week. Thanks for the replies and some good points to mull over.
Somebody asked what car it is, it's only a Skoda Octavia 1.8 turbo, it's a weird luxury version but interesting enough to make me want to save it. I've ended up holding onto it for longer than any other car ive owned and it had major issues, which got sorted.
It now needs a bit of home restoration to make it as good as it can be.
I dont want it to defeat me before I'm done with it so it's a keeper for another couple of years at least. I want to see it through.
I do 60 miles down the M4 and M49 every day, it'd suit a diesel perfectly with the miles I do it'd pay for itself after a year. I have thought about the bike licence especially as bikes go toll free over the severn, but going into winter is really the wrong time to do it IMO.
I'm looking to spend £500 so depreciation is of no consequence to me. The car it'd be supplementing is at the bottom of its depreciation curve anyway.
I can get half decent mpg out of it but that's really concentrating on timings so everything's gentle, when I was flusher it's natural return was low 30s, but it's more the milage it's doing.
The extra routine maintainence on top of the mild restoration maintainence is getting the point that I've got nothing left to add to my savings.
Somebody asked what car it is, it's only a Skoda Octavia 1.8 turbo, it's a weird luxury version but interesting enough to make me want to save it. I've ended up holding onto it for longer than any other car ive owned and it had major issues, which got sorted.
It now needs a bit of home restoration to make it as good as it can be.
I dont want it to defeat me before I'm done with it so it's a keeper for another couple of years at least. I want to see it through.
I do 60 miles down the M4 and M49 every day, it'd suit a diesel perfectly with the miles I do it'd pay for itself after a year. I have thought about the bike licence especially as bikes go toll free over the severn, but going into winter is really the wrong time to do it IMO.
I'm looking to spend £500 so depreciation is of no consequence to me. The car it'd be supplementing is at the bottom of its depreciation curve anyway.
I can get half decent mpg out of it but that's really concentrating on timings so everything's gentle, when I was flusher it's natural return was low 30s, but it's more the milage it's doing.
The extra routine maintainence on top of the mild restoration maintainence is getting the point that I've got nothing left to add to my savings.
Edited by KM666 on Sunday 2nd October 22:48
Alex_225 said:
Scootersp said:
What running two cars does, is it makes you consider a frugal and relative shed (some just can't put up with this) to preserve condition mileage etc of another car. It usually comes when the nicer car is a keeper or passion, essentially a car that often without you realising stops you looking at/or at least purchasing anything else for a few years or even a decade or so.
Couldn't agree more with this comment!! I've been driving a daily runabout since 2006 when I bought my Megane 225 and I loved the stress free ability to park anywhere and just generally not be fussy about it. Admittedly slowly but surely I've ended up with three 'weekend' cars and one daily but I'm more than happy to roll about in an '03 E Class day to day and preserve the condition/mileage/enjoyment of my other cars.
I can't see the drive of my CLS wearing off for some time yet.
I personally enjoy anything with a manual box, tidy handling and rear drive, so whilst I'm not as happy in my daily driver 3 series as I would be in a Porsche or a Lotus, I'm still pretty content.KM666 said:
Sorry for the late reply, I've been busy at work all week. Thanks for the replies and some good points to mull over.
Somebody asked what car it is, it's only a Skoda Octavia 1.8 turbo, it's a weird luxury version. I've ended up holding onto for longer than any other car and it had major issues, which got sorted.
It now needs a bit of home restoration to make it as good as it can be. I dont want it to defeat me before I'm done with it so it's a keeper for another year at least. I want to see it through.
I do 60 miles down the M4 and M49 every day, it'd suit a diesel perfectly with the miles I do it'd pay for itself after a year. I have thought about the bike licence especially as bikes go toll free over the severn, but going into winter is really the wrong time to do it IMO.
150bhp Laurent and Klein version?Somebody asked what car it is, it's only a Skoda Octavia 1.8 turbo, it's a weird luxury version. I've ended up holding onto for longer than any other car and it had major issues, which got sorted.
It now needs a bit of home restoration to make it as good as it can be. I dont want it to defeat me before I'm done with it so it's a keeper for another year at least. I want to see it through.
I do 60 miles down the M4 and M49 every day, it'd suit a diesel perfectly with the miles I do it'd pay for itself after a year. I have thought about the bike licence especially as bikes go toll free over the severn, but going into winter is really the wrong time to do it IMO.
Edited by KM666 on Sunday 2nd October 22:33
RobM77 said:
Fair play if you can put up with something you don't really enjoy, but of course it doesn't have to be like that, unless you have expensive tastes! There are loads of cheap to run cars worth very little money that I enjoy driving, and if you can find one of those for your daily, then you're sorted I personally enjoy anything with a manual box, tidy handling and rear drive, so whilst I'm not as happy in my daily driver 3 series as I would be in a Porsche or a Lotus, I'm still pretty content.
All depends on the enjoyment you're getting too. I mean I couldn't rattle around in something I disliked day to day, would be soul destroying as a petrol head. I do love getting into my E-Class though, the enjoyment isn't from it being a tearaway but it's effortless driving, creature comforts and sheer grunt from the engine (3.2 diesel). I personally enjoy anything with a manual box, tidy handling and rear drive, so whilst I'm not as happy in my daily driver 3 series as I would be in a Porsche or a Lotus, I'm still pretty content.I still love a manual car but for boring day to day stuff and motorway wafting, I'm a fan of auto boxes as well.
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