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Main criteria when buying a car - will No1 ever be MPG for you?

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  • #52
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    shedweller wrote: »
    Yaris 1.4d4d. It's a 2004 model, i believe the newer one is ....er...worse. Although by an amount that would hardly make a real world difference!

    83 mpg .... I think you made a mistake.


  • #53
    Fiona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,357 ✭✭✭Fiona


    MPG would not be top of my list when it came to buying a car. Car tax and could I afford to maintain the car in terms of service costs would be my biggies.


  • #54
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Mpg top of my list for buying a car? I'd be one of the top three

    Is it something I like and not on my no go list?
    What's the tax?
    Good on petrol/dayysel?

    I tend to buy cars because I like them and have an interest in them, not because john and mary bullshipper in the pub said it's a great yoke/ reliable as a tractor/ bag of ham/ everyone else has one etc etc etc. I'll buy the damned thing and form my own opinion :)


  • #55
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65,714 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    CiniO wrote: »
    Simple calculations and it reveals your car does 3.40 litres/100km...
    keithclancy wrote: »
    83 mpg .... I think you made a mistake.

    See post #42 ;)

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  • #56
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Yes, MPG will become a priority. Either that or wipe out the MPG altogether and buy an electric car.


  • #57
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    RXMPS wrote: »
    There is a big difference between 29mpg and 40mpg.

    Over 30% infact.

    €3000 vs €2100 per year for low milage.

    Type R is at least 100% more expensive for anyone 30 or under to insure compared to a 1.4 corolla.

    €1000 vs €500

    Road tax again is 70% more expensive at nearly €700 a euro.

    Tyres are alot more expensive on the Type R, brake pads, discs, suspension etc etc.

    Still quite small really?

    Yep.


  • #58
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    Unlikely to be No1 simply because there will always be a range of cars to select from with similar mpg.


  • #59
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Wouldn't be top of my list by any stretch. But it would be something I would factor in to the overall decision to some degree. This time around I bought a diesel for that reason, the car will do a lot of mileage so it made sense. Top of my list is something I enjoy driving - but I could go a hell of a lot higher with running costs if I were to get my perfect car, but I can't afford it, so I'll settle for something middle of the road that I can look out my window and look forward to driving.


  • #60
    RXMPS
    Site Banned Posts: 76 ✭✭RXMPS


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Yep.

    Ohhh yeah.

    Mr money with his 2.5l V6 MG ZT.


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