Difference between a 30 and 45 mpg car?
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Realistically over a year? I currently own a Cooper S and have a firm offer of well over what I was expecting for it. I need to sell it as I simply need the cash.
I am still looking for a car with good performance and was considering a really cheap car but I just can't do it, most of them are stone chipped to buggery, scratched and rusty. And I simply haven't got the income to fuel the motor to view tons of different cars around the country.
Anyhow I set myself a budget of up to £6k- and found a nice S3 225 locally. Combined mpg on this is 30.
The official Cooper S figure is 45 and to be fair it does very well.
What does 15mpg difference make in a year, with the way fuel prices are going I wouldn't want to cry everytime I filled the S3 up.
I am still looking for a car with good performance and was considering a really cheap car but I just can't do it, most of them are stone chipped to buggery, scratched and rusty. And I simply haven't got the income to fuel the motor to view tons of different cars around the country.
Anyhow I set myself a budget of up to £6k- and found a nice S3 225 locally. Combined mpg on this is 30.
The official Cooper S figure is 45 and to be fair it does very well.
What does 15mpg difference make in a year, with the way fuel prices are going I wouldn't want to cry everytime I filled the S3 up.
Broadly speaking, it'll cost you a third more in fuel. That's assuming the Cooper S actually does 45 mpg, which I'd be surprised at if you're using anything like any of its performance (most people reckon 25 to 30 mpg average).
That aside, and assuming the figures you quote are reflected in real life, then it comes down to whether you can cope with the increase in fuel costs. In real figures, what now costs you £60 in fuel will cost £80, using my very rough fag packet calculations.
That aside, and assuming the figures you quote are reflected in real life, then it comes down to whether you can cope with the increase in fuel costs. In real figures, what now costs you £60 in fuel will cost £80, using my very rough fag packet calculations.
well the way I have always looked at it is that it all comes down to driving style and mose of usage.
If neither of those change significantly then if in car A your average fuel consumption is
"avg consumption" = ("official combined figure of car A") * K
then in car B you will be likely to get
"avg consumption" = ("official combined figure of car B") * K
Where K is a constant..
So winding all that into logic suggests you will be buying one third more fuel than previously, and only you know your mileage, but if it's anything significant this is not a place I'd be going at the moment especially if things were financially tight tbh.
Not much help I know, sorry for that.
Just to add I've slowed down a bit, not much by 5mph usually, maybe 10mph on a slow day, and amazed how much less fuel I now use, was getting 48-49 before.
If neither of those change significantly then if in car A your average fuel consumption is
"avg consumption" = ("official combined figure of car A") * K
then in car B you will be likely to get
"avg consumption" = ("official combined figure of car B") * K
Where K is a constant..
So winding all that into logic suggests you will be buying one third more fuel than previously, and only you know your mileage, but if it's anything significant this is not a place I'd be going at the moment especially if things were financially tight tbh.
Not much help I know, sorry for that.
Just to add I've slowed down a bit, not much by 5mph usually, maybe 10mph on a slow day, and amazed how much less fuel I now use, was getting 48-49 before.
Jasandjules said:
How many miles a year will you do? And when you say the Cooper gets 45mpg, is that what you actually get out of it?
No, I don't get 45 mpg- but to be fair mid to late thirties mpg is easily achievable. I'd say in town 35 mpg easy. Which I'm pleased about. I just doubt the S3 could get anywhere near that?anonymous said:
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I do between 150-200 miles a week. The car in question is a 2009 Cooper S with 15000 miles on it. I've been offered £13.5k by the main dealer and non one could get anywhere near that, not even in a private sale.Still though, as you say, spending £6k on car with increased repair bills might not be the wisest move. I've kept thinking that's it's not really worth the hassle, trouble is I really could do with a few grand in the bank...
Super Slo Mo said:
Broadly speaking, it'll cost you a third more in fuel.
It will cost 50% more in fuel, not 33%, assuming 45 vs 30mpg. The Mini will cost a third LESS is what I think you mean 
Fabia vRS is a good call. Easy 55mpg on the motorway. Remaps to 170bhp and the shove when the turbo comes on boost is a hoot. They're ugly, but in a good kind of bulldog way.
45 mpg in a Cooper S? Only going downhill at no more than 50 mph. Using a bit of performance and/or cruising on the M-way at an indicated 80 in mine, the trip computer shows about 33 mpg. In reality that's 30-31.
For really good economy you need a relatively low-powered petrol of a diesel. S3? Gotta be kdding.
For really good economy you need a relatively low-powered petrol of a diesel. S3? Gotta be kdding.
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