geoffbeaumont Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Well, I'm doing 70 miles a day and went through this process too:1 year x 350 miles = 18,000 miles Ninety = 15p a mile (more than Geoff's V8 estimate) = £2700 in fuel £1000 car + £500 to insure/tax it + £1350 in fuel (if it uses half as much - optimistic) = £2850. Result - I'm betting on my £1000 car dying within a year and I'm driving the Ninety. At least I know what's wrong with the Ninety - there's no guarantee a £1000 car will last a year. Equally, it might live forever and cost nothing, but I've got nowhere to park it. 11p/mile wasn't an estimate - that was calculated from my fuel bills It does rely on me buying nearly all my LPG on account at Coutrywide Farmers, but they have a place round the corner from work so that isn't a problem. Most of my mileage is also on the motorway, which helps - the small percentage of town mileage I do drags the Range Rovers average consumption up from 18mpg to 15mpg. Incidentally, that's the financial equivalent of 40mpg from the Escort. I don't think it makes sense for me to keep both cars on the road once the Range Rover is fixed either - maintenance wouldn't be too bad since I'd be splitting the mileage between them, but I only have no claims to use on one vehicle, so unless I can cut a deal one of the insurance policies is going to hurt. I'll probably keep the Escort as backup so I can transfer the insurance onto it if (when) the Rangie breaks down, the dilemma is whether to keep it taxed. If it is, I can just phone up my insurance company, transfer the policy and I'm back on the road - if not I can't tax it until the insurance certificate arrives, which means I'm stuck for at least a couple of days, but at least I'm not paying through the nose for a vehicle I'm not even using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeryDisco Posted November 8, 2005 Author Share Posted November 8, 2005 Well it looks like a Rover then. Although those Charade babies look lovely! I did do the maths, I will be doing a lot of miles visiting friends and family too, plus if I use the Disco I'll need to buy a set of road tyres, I run MT's all the time which are NOT great on the motorway. All extra cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 i do 170 miles a day 5 days a week. just pranged the £500 car as well so could be looking for something. Mondeo rep mobile TD would get my vote, or i am with Richard and a 214/216 odl style is ideal. Note Jons points though on costs, i did the same comparisons its the extra ins and tax that does it, but you could offset that to less depreciation/reapir costs etc on LR etc. Try to find an ins company that will let you run two policies with same no claims on both. To be honest for 70miles a day it would prob be cheaper to stick with the disco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siggy Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 I do a 110 mile round trip to work in the def110 and I practice economy driving i.e. I allow the gears with very little throttle to get me to speed say 60-65mph I've done 150mile since last fill up and have used 1/4 of tank roughly 34mpg mostly motor way get the right tyres and maintain the vehicle tyre pressures and it'll be a very easy comfortable drive and remember you have a better view of the road in a disco so that you'll be able to slow sooner without needing heavy breaking thus saving more fuel.................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 my vote is for any Pug turbo diesel with less than 200,000 on the clock, cheap and reliable, £100 for 4 tyres, discs and pads for £50, we have a 1994 405 that can still do Calais to Slovakia in 14 hours - mind you its its still a baby at 175k on the clock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesm Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Errr...?? A Punto...?? Reliable....??swmbo has a '95 Punto TD that has been pretty reliable. Apart from service items (brakes, bulbs, tyres, exhaust, oil & filters etc), in the last 100k miles it has needed a starter motor, one injector pipe and the rear suspension and subframe bushes. Not bad for an oldish supermini, considering that until recently it was doing over 100 miles a day on busy motorways. It also benefits from a galvanised bodyshell B) - but is a horrible thing to work on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbeaumont Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Errr...?? A Punto...?? Reliable....?? swmbo has a '95 Punto TD that has been pretty reliable. My sister has a recent (but out of budget) punto - one shape old, I think, which has been a good car. A few mates have had older puntos and had no trouble them, despite in some cases ragging them horrendously. There was one that caught fire...but in fairness it was parked on top of a hedge at the time!* *Jammy bugger got away with it too - insurance company classed it as a fire not a crash, and he kept his no claims. my vote is for any Pug turbo diesel with less than 200,000 on the clock, cheap and reliable, £100 for 4 tyres, discs and pads for £50, we have a 1994 405 that can still do Calais to Slovakia in 14 hours - mind you its its still a baby at 175k on the clock On the other hand, one of my colleagues has had no end of trouble with his 306 diesel and can't wait to get rid of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 same maths as John for mecar offered for £500 known previous owner etc all ideal for commuting but £500 for car-£170approx tax £250 for insurance as a guess 35mpg mine insured already taxed mot'd 20mpg safer than any tin box opportunity to go laning on the way home So I use my 90 when I have to go to the office. You forgot the most important fact; its 10 times more fun to drive than a £500 commuter vehicle. Fi, just to add annother vehicle into the mix, think about a Rover 220. Its diesel, goes well, returns good fuel consumption and go on forever. A friend had one that was still going well at 350,000 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall_CSK Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 You forgot the most important fact; its 10 times more fun to drive than a £500 commuter vehicle.Fi, just to add annother vehicle into the mix, think about a Rover 220. Its diesel, goes well, returns good fuel consumption and go on forever. A friend had one that was still going well at 350,000 miles. I will second that, 220 SDi, we had one, went like stink (sub 10 sec to 60) and rocketship stuff out of roundabouts in 3rd. Never missed a beat for over 90k and never gave us less than 50 mpg no mateer how hard we drove it, even with 500 kg trailer on it still gave us 55 mpg. Fun & comfortable, buy a flat cap to go with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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