Which vehicle am I best off buying?

[BE57 TOY]

Based on 18,000 per year, 90% motorway.

2.0T combined book 36 mpg. £11,000

Or

2.0tdi combined book 55 mpg. £14,000

By the best i mean cheapest over the course of 3 years. Insurance is the same. Not much in the tax. (It's a TT by the way)

[otherman]

and you can't just do a quick sum and work that out?

[LeoSayer]

Which is faster?

[BE57 TOY]

LeoSayer said:

Which is faster?

The petrol, but not by very much. I'm more concerned about value for money at this point.

[BE57 TOY]

otherman said:

and you can't just do a quick sum and work that out?

Why come onto a forum that's meant for conversation just to be a sarcastic twit?

[a311]

BE57 TOY said:

Based on 18,000 per year, 90% motorway.

2.0T combined book 36 mpg. £11,000

Or

2.0tdi combined book 55 mpg. £14,000

By the best i mean cheapest over the course of 3 years. Insurance is the same. Not much in the tax. (It's a TT by the way)

I've no idea what the 'book' figures translate too in the real world so could be worth finding that out too.

18k @ 36mpg @ £1.30 a litre (that's what is is where I am) would set you back 2954.96 a year so x 3=£8864.88

Derv. 18k @ 55 mpg @ 136.9 a litre would set you back 2036.81 * 3=£6110.43

So if my maths is right you're £2754.45 better off in the derv so you're not quite getting the extra purchase price back and that's not factoring in which unit is most reliable/prone to big bills.

[BE57 TOY]

a311 said:

I've no idea what the 'book' figures translate too in the real world so could be worth finding that out too.

18k @ 36mpg @ £1.30 a litre (that's what is is where I am) would set you back 2954.96 a year so x 3=£8864.88

Derv. 18k @ 55 mpg @ 136.9 a litre would set you back 2036.81 * 3=£6110.43

So if my maths is right you're £2754.45 better off in the derv so you're not quite getting the extra purchase price back and that's not factoring in which unit is most reliable/prone to big bills.

Thanks A311. Very useful. Cheers

[a311]

BE57 TOY said:

Thanks A311. Very useful. Cheers

No worries. Quite interesting as it's the first time I've really compared the figures in a real example myself as on here you normally just hear dervs are only worth it at X miles.... (somewhere north of 20k?) So that's true then.

[bencollins4]

BE57 TOY said:

a311 said:

I've no idea what the 'book' figures translate too in the real world so could be worth finding that out too.

18k @ 36mpg @ £1.30 a litre (that's what is is where I am) would set you back 2954.96 a year so x 3=£8864.88

Derv. 18k @ 55 mpg @ 136.9 a litre would set you back 2036.81 * 3=£6110.43

So if my maths is right you're £2754.45 better off in the derv so you're not quite getting the extra purchase price back and that's not factoring in which unit is most reliable/prone to big bills.

Thanks A311. Very useful. Cheers

....although the diesel may well be worth more when it comes to sell. Bills are a potential on both these engines so for costs alone it has to be diesel. Petrol will certainly be the better drive though.

[anonymous-user]

BE57 TOY said:

The petrol, but not by very much. I'm more concerned about value for money at this point.

The 2.0t is a much nicer engine than the diesel. Even nicer still is the newer EA888 2.0tfsi, it's quite a lot quicker than both and torquier. I had the older petrol in a vrs and test drove all three TTs but went for the newer engine, it's worth the extra. Not sure what price they're fetching now.

[Schuey M]

The petrol would be my choice, nice tuneable engine too. A derv TT is just not as rewarding a drive.

[frosted]

No big bills if 90%of driving is motorway, that's what diesels are built for. I would go derv

[McHaggis]

Here you go - I think this works...

[artdealer]

BE57 TOY said:

Based on 18,000 per year, 90% motorway.

2.0T combined book 36 mpg. £11,000

Or

2.0tdi combined book 55 mpg. £14,000

By the best i mean cheapest over the course of 3 years. Insurance is the same. Not much in the tax. (It's a TT by the way)

This is a reminder that when I was involved with Renault, Grand Espace 2.2 dTi Initiale used to make so much of a premium over the 3.5 petrol there was no benefit if you did under 20000m. There was about a £5000 difference at one point. The 3.5 Petrol Auto was way nicer to drive too.

[CYMR0]

Let's assume that these are four year old cars with 50k each on ...

At seven years and 105k miles, I think we can probably go with £7,000 for the diesel and £5,000 for the petrol in resale values.

So you're about £2k ahead, maybe a little less... tax and insurance are negligible, so it's down to your appetite for costs/risks. With a warranty, on a finanical basis, I'd go diesel although if you think that your mileage might tail off, or if you want to minimise your finanical commitments, going for the petrol wouldn't be a crazy decision.