Bangernomics car for 5/6 months.

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I'm doing a 850 Km per week commute. A company car (Astra van?) is now going to be 5 months down the line after annual review. I got my current car when my full daily commute was < 20km, and it's not the most economical.

I'm thinking of getting a € grand or two high mpg for just 6 months or so, and then sell it. The type of car I'd be looking at isn't going to depreciate much in that time and would save me on fuel.

At the weekend I'd switch the insurance back to my other car via online.

Any suggestions? Any sense to this?

Heres Johnny

850kms in a thirsty 10l/100kms car will use 85 litres a week.
Cost about 110 euro.
850kms in a better 6l/100kms car will use 51 litres a week. Cost about 60 euro.
So a 50 euro saving a week for 5 months is just over 1000 euro.

Worth buying a new car, in bangernomics territory, hope it can achieve approx twice as good fuel consumption, be reliable, be comfortable, be resaleable? To save 1000 euro?

Not a hope.......

Squidgy Black

Changing insurance every weekend to another car won't fly with most insurers either, you generally only have a handful of changes before they flag it

bazz26

It also potentially leaves one car uninsured at a time as they won't let you insure both cars under the same policy.