Get in go reliabilty V running costs - Bargain Barge
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I'm after something to smoke about in cheaply over the winter, a few ski trips, & general running about up & down the country for work. All in probably 10k miles worth of driving between now & spring. I've done just about every variaton of car known to man, from my guzzling Landcruiser (used for towing I hasten to add) to an eco miser Audi A2 Tdi & everything in between.
However - I aboslutely detest & loathe cars that go wrong!!!!!! regardless of how cheap they are to run.
Wallet says: buy something that does 50mpg plus, eg an VW/Audi Tdi, I don't do French, but then the wifes VW PD is forever falling to bits & I'm always having to do something on it. Engine wise its great it does do 50mpg, but the rest of it you would have thought was built by the Chinese on a Friday its utterly crap!
Sensible head says: I already have my Landcruiser it's a 4.2td, its done nearly 26k miles of towing this year alone & has not missed a beat once! its now on 205k. However it stuggles to do 30mpg on a good day, usually more like 25mpg. Yet I know it wont go wrong & there is an awful lot to be said for that, its pretty comfy, has all mod cons, get in a go anywhere, decent range between fills, just a basic oil service every 8k miles, thats all I have to do. Do I live with the utteryly trustworthy comfy go anywhere Landcruiser & blow the extra £'s on fuel..... goes off to do calculation......
10,000 miles / 25 mpg = 400 gallons * 4.54 = 1816 L of fuel @ £1.25L = £2270
So an ecomiser (and possible nightmare VAG timebomb)that does 50mpg will save me £1135 in 10k miles yes? Or will it?
Or suggest something thats vaguely eco but wont ever go wrong! Post up what you've got that would fit the bill.
I'm after something to smoke about in cheaply over the winter, a few ski trips, & general running about up & down the country for work. All in probably 10k miles worth of driving between now & spring. I've done just about every variaton of car known to man, from my guzzling Landcruiser (used for towing I hasten to add) to an eco miser Audi A2 Tdi & everything in between.
However - I aboslutely detest & loathe cars that go wrong!!!!!! regardless of how cheap they are to run.
Wallet says: buy something that does 50mpg plus, eg an VW/Audi Tdi, I don't do French, but then the wifes VW PD is forever falling to bits & I'm always having to do something on it. Engine wise its great it does do 50mpg, but the rest of it you would have thought was built by the Chinese on a Friday its utterly crap!
Sensible head says: I already have my Landcruiser it's a 4.2td, its done nearly 26k miles of towing this year alone & has not missed a beat once! its now on 205k. However it stuggles to do 30mpg on a good day, usually more like 25mpg. Yet I know it wont go wrong & there is an awful lot to be said for that, its pretty comfy, has all mod cons, get in a go anywhere, decent range between fills, just a basic oil service every 8k miles, thats all I have to do. Do I live with the utteryly trustworthy comfy go anywhere Landcruiser & blow the extra £'s on fuel..... goes off to do calculation......
10,000 miles / 25 mpg = 400 gallons * 4.54 = 1816 L of fuel @ £1.25L = £2270
So an ecomiser (and possible nightmare VAG timebomb)that does 50mpg will save me £1135 in 10k miles yes? Or will it?
Or suggest something thats vaguely eco but wont ever go wrong! Post up what you've got that would fit the bill.
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