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Advice - Changing car keeping costs down !
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11-04-2012 9:58am#1
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MuppetCheck wrote: »That's quite low mileage. I wouldn't risk a dpf with such low mileage. Of course it all depends on the type of driving - 350km a week would imply to me that the original poster does shorter journeys which would not suit a dpf equipped vehicle.
Yeh sorry I had it in my head 350 miles a week for some reason
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O hasn't said the car needs to be changed but they want to change to reduce running costs.RoverJames wrote: »In fairness the OP might want to change their car and just wants a few options on what satisfies their needs
If I wanted to change cars a holiday etc wouldn't cut the mustard.
The holiday is obviously tongue in cheek
I'm merely presenting the other side, which you have often done, that it can be a false economy if they are just trying to save a coule of euros a week in fuel0 -
RoverJames wrote: »In fairness the OP might want to change their car and just wants a few options on what satisfies their needs If I wanted to change cars a holiday etc wouldn't cut the mustard.
Just going by whats mentioned in the OP, they want to replace their own car with, essentially, their own car, yet spend €11k in the process of doing so.
Considering that they don't want to move from the current tax spend or spend any more on fuel, it makes no sense to spend a giant lump of money to have a car that does exactly the same thing as the previous one, you may as well flush the money down the toilet.0 -
johnos1984 wrote: »O hasn't said the car needs to be changed but they want to change to reduce running costs.
The holiday is obviously tongue in cheek
I'm merely presenting the other side, which you have often done, that it can be a false economy if they are just trying to save a coule of euros a week in fuel
I don't know where you get the idea they want to save on fuel, they want to spend no more on fuel than they currently do, they also don't want to spend anymore on motor tax The OP most certainly has said nothing about changing cars to reduce running costs, they want to keep those costs down, as they are at the moment.challengemaster wrote: »Just going by whats mentioned in the OP, they want to replace their own car with, essentially, their own car, yet spend €11k in the process of doing so.
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So at the moment are they driving a 5 door with a big boot? 0 -
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-Low on petrol or diesel – I do aprox 350km per week and put €40 petrol into my 1.4 car want to stay around that price.
-Low car tax - i currently pay €395 dont want to move too much from that
..............johnos1984 wrote: »"changing costs to keep costs down"
It's the thread title in case you missed it RJ
I didn't miss a thing John.
Keeping costs down
thread title is "Advice - Changing car keeping costs down !"0 -
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I think we need op to confirm as its open to interpretationRoverJames wrote: ».............
-Low on petrol or diesel – I do aprox 350km per week and put €40 petrol into my 1.4 car want to stay around that price.
-Low car tax - i currently pay €395 dont want to move too much from that
..............johnos1984 wrote: »"changing costs to keep costs down"
It's the thread title in case you missed it RJ
I didn't miss a thing John.
Keeping costs down Otherwise it's being dragged completely OT between me and RJ
But in the interests if I'm wrong I'll go and recommend my ever favourite economy car of a Kia Ceed crdi.
Op what have you currently? Are you trading in? Any cars you won't drive for whatever reason?0 -
challengemaster wrote: »I think the point is, if they're worried about spending money and want to keep costs down, how exactly does spending €11k fit into the equation?
I think the point is they are changing cars but don't want to spend any more on tax or fuel than they currently do
Lots of folk think like that, hence why there are so many modern, fuel efficient, low to tax motors on the road.0 -
They've already specified that they understand it's not always possible to tick all the boxes when looking for a car, so if their current one is a decent enough fit - they'd be much better off just keeping it. As I've already said, spending €11k to reduce/keep the same motoring costs makes little sense.RoverJames wrote: »I think the point is they are changing cars but don't want to spend any more on tax or fuel than they currently do
Lots of folk think like that, hence why there are so many modern, fuel efficient, low to tax motors on the road.
But yes, I think clarification is needed as to if they just want a change of scenery / want something new.0 -
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