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Post by EspadaIII on Feb 4, 2022 10:52:36 GMT
If your mileage is going to remain as low as 3,000 miles pa, do you need a permanent second car? Maybe rent one for long trips and take an electric scooter/e-bike/taxi for local trips?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 10:56:20 GMT
It's jolly handy to have one on the drive. A sudden need to use the Civic arose just yesterday. Taxis would have been a pain in the arse. A paid for occasional car, eating very little meat, is in budget for me. A financed one is becoming an unaffordable luxury.
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Post by EspadaIII on Feb 4, 2022 11:08:16 GMT
Most people feel the same way. Lots of elderly people keeping cars that barely do 1,000 miles a year. The Punto we have did 10,000 miles in its first ten years when owned by a pensioner and a further 30,000 miles in the seven years we have had it.
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Post by bpg on Feb 4, 2022 13:55:15 GMT
Maybe rent one for long trips and take an electric scooter/e-bike/taxi for local trips? I did that exercise a week or two back. Wondering whether it was worth keeping my Focus given it has only just gone over 7,000 kms in the 18 months I've had it. I'm stuck taking time off in school holidays for another three years or so. Looking at a few hire car sites they are quoting 1,250€ for 10 days hire of a Skoda Octavia estate + petrol + insurance protection palaver. Do that three times/year and I'm within 1,000€ of what I'm paying to have the Focus available 24/7. No saving if you add in local taxis or whatever for other times.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 14:23:34 GMT
Not an estate though is it? Thought that was important? I see your dilemma, but I have learnt that swapping cars to save money never really works. The £200 a month you will save may end up in the pocket of a garagiste carrying out an emergency repair, whereas the much newer Civic will have sailed by. And presumably fuel economy in the Civic is better than an older car?? Stick, don't twist. The only way I might change my mind is if you found the perfect car from a private sale. The Avensis is not that. Here you go EIII: www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202202042130950I'd grab this if I had the time to travel to the Arctic Circle to view and collect. |
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Post by Humph on Feb 4, 2022 15:13:18 GMT
30mpg and £340 a year in tax. Sod that.
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Post by Humph on Feb 4, 2022 15:22:17 GMT
It's jolly handy to have one on the drive. A sudden need to use the Civic arose just yesterday. Taxis would have been a pain in the arse. A paid for occasional car, eating very little meat, is in budget for me. A financed one is becoming an unaffordable luxury. What did the Civic do yesterday that the Corolla couldn’t have? |
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Post by EspadaIII on Feb 4, 2022 15:27:10 GMT
30mpg and £340 a year in tax. Sod that. 😉 And it's Wilmslow.. you know what they get up to in Wilmslow.. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 15:27:26 GMT
It's jolly handy to have one on the drive. A sudden need to use the Civic arose just yesterday. Taxis would have been a pain in the arse. A paid for occasional car, eating very little meat, is in budget for me. A financed one is becoming an unaffordable luxury. What did the Civic do yesterday that the Corolla couldn’t have? Nothing. But the Corolla will be belonging to someone else full time and being used daily before long and might not be here when I need it. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 15:28:32 GMT
30mpg and £340 a year in tax. Sod that. 😉 You're not going to find many large family cars with much lower VED bands nor higher MPGs (sticking with petrol). It's moot. |
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Post by Humph on Feb 4, 2022 15:45:05 GMT
Stick another couple of grand on the mortgage, or become an interest free credit card tart for a couple of years and forget about it. ( Yes I’ve been there )
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Post by dixinormus on Feb 4, 2022 18:54:12 GMT
It’s not really worth doing anything for a headline saving of 200 quid a month Al. 4-500 then maybe a different story.
To try and save £50/week you’d be buying something 12+ years old that costs more in tax and fuel before even thinking about maintenance and reliability concerns.
Does 50 quid a week even buy a family a decent Indian takeaway these days..?!
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Post by crankcase on Feb 5, 2022 19:24:50 GMT
30mpg and £340 a year in tax. Sod that. 😉 You're not going to find many large family cars with much lower VED bands nor higher MPGs (sticking with petrol). It's moot. Just came down from up North today, 5 degrees C, couple of hundred miles. 58mpg on the computer at the end, and half that in VED annually. Skoda Octavia petrol auto. Pretty big car. |
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Post by Humph on Feb 5, 2022 19:53:56 GMT
Can’t get one of those for 50p though can you?
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Post by Rob on Feb 5, 2022 21:59:42 GMT
The best MPG I got with my Skoda Superb 1.4TSI DSG as a brim to brim calculation was 50.95mpg but that was in mid May so warmer. On board computer would have claimed higher for sure. And an even bigger car. The smaller lighter A3 with the same engine and gearbox never beat that - 48mpg was my best.
The best in the much heavier but more powerful PHEV 330e is 55.3mpg. Again brim to brim. But you can't one of these for 50p either which is a shame because I will miss it when it goes back to the lease company soon.
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