It's only money.....

 

How much are going to save every week by buying a diesel?

 

Also, how much would be prepared to pay to drive a nicer car......

 

Our old vRS DSG petrol is averaging 36mpg, & can drop to 45mpg if cruised gently. 

 

Part of me justifying spending £28k on a fast new car when I have a paid-in-full shed is that I could offset some of the cost by having a more efficient car.

Currently getting an average of 35mpg on my commute at a fuel cost of £160/month. I reckon I can save £50/month off current my £185/month fuel+ved spend. With petrol I'd probably break even on fuel and save a tenner on ved.

Plus, as I'm buying on pcp the gfv will be lower for petrol increasing my monthly cost. Edit: by £30   but that would make it £1300 cheaper if I keep it in 3.5 years 

 

It's so tempting that I'm considering asking my dealer for a test drive in a tsi before my order gets to the production line - it's not an affordability issue, just a mental barrier in spending nearly as much on a car as my mortgage.

Edited 5 August, 201510 yr by xdq

I'm closer :-)

 

Impressive, but I am guessing with 10 refills that you have only been recording since around spring and I know I experienced some nice warm weather when I was in London in early July and that really helps fuel economy.

Winter driving is likely to put a dent in your averages, it certainly does for me even with the relatively mild South Australian winters.

Totally agree with you Redboy

I am also sure there are circumstances where if I tried to keep up with you with my car then my economy would be worse than yours.

Your car could give most 'exotics' from the carburettor era a run for their money for speed and trounce them for economy at the same time.

 

Since I cannot afford speeding tickets and I have moments when I am very weak-willed I think I would be best avoiding VRS tsi model. :(

Edited 6 August, 201510 yr by Gerrycan

No need to let this car idle after a hard slog. The VRS continues running the oil pump for several minutes after the engine is turned off to ensure temps cool down safely, the turbo is protected, and there are no oil hot-spots. You're just wasting fuel (and your own time).

 

I used to religeously allow my Subuar's 5mins to cool-down, but most modern turbo cars have fail-safe timers nowadays,

 

Ah .... That explains what I an hear when I turn the car off. good to know what it is and its protecting the turbo

Part of me justifying spending £28k on a fast new car when I have a paid-in-full shed is that I could offset some of the cost by having a more efficient car.

Currently getting an average of 35mpg on my commute at a fuel cost of £160/month. I reckon I can save £50/month off current my £185/month fuel+ved spend. With petrol I'd probably break even on fuel and save a tenner on ved.

Plus, as I'm buying on pcp the gfv will be lower for petrol increasing my monthly cost. Edit: by £30   but that would make it £1300 cheaper if I keep it in 3.5 years 

 

It's so tempting that I'm considering asking my dealer for a test drive in a tsi before my order gets to the production line - it's not an affordability issue, just a mental barrier in spending nearly as much on a car as my mortgage.

 

Only you can decide what's best for you, but if its not a cost issue go for petrol

I recently changed from a manual TDi vRS to a DSG TSi for a couple of reasons.

Sure the fuel consumption takes some getting used to after the TDi, but their are other benefits

It also depends on if you plan on keeping or chopping in in a few years.

 

With the new VED rules in 2017, I can see petrol making a comeback in the showrooms.

I'm planning to keep it until it approaches 100k miles so hoping Euro cat 6 diesels aren't too badly demonised by then.

I've not had any issues with my 2009 Renault in that time so expect the same from a modern Skoda.

I'm getting quite excited now :-)

Part of me justifying spending £28k on a fast new car when I have a paid-in-full shed is that I could offset some of the cost by having a more efficient car.

Currently getting an average of 35mpg on my commute at a fuel cost of £160/month. I reckon I can save £50/month off current my £185/month fuel+ved spend. With petrol I'd probably break even on fuel and save a tenner on ved.

Plus, as I'm buying on pcp the gfv will be lower for petrol increasing my monthly cost. Edit: by £30   but that would make it £1300 cheaper if I keep it in 3.5 years 

 

It's so tempting that I'm considering asking my dealer for a test drive in a tsi before my order gets to the production line - it's not an affordability issue, just a mental barrier in spending nearly as much on a car as my mortgage.

My last mortgage was for £29.5k, but that was paid off in '05.

 

Since I'm an O.A.P. with a fixed & lowish pension income, but with some spare cash in the bank, I've not bought a car on credit this century!

 

As for justification, I priced a new Octy vRS to the same spec / toys as my existing Superb & that came to £30.5k.

For me that's a big "ouch", since I paid £19k for the Superb when it was 9 months old & 5k miles.

 

I must run through the new Superb brochure & price-up a SE-L Exec. with the 220 ps TSi & compare the price with the vRS.

 

I do realize that my situation is unusual, annual mileage is low, app 9k miles spread over two cars so that the petrol / diesel argument is not about money, more about what I prefer to drive.

 

If I could find a nice / affordable car with a 6-cylinder diesel, I might have a change of heart.............

 

 

DC 

Still on first tank of fuel, but I am getting less mpg out of my tdi than some of you using your petrol vrs, Really trying hard not to floor it all the time

ok, I'll take that back ... M11-M25-A3 keeping to nsl within a little apart from traffic and resriction zones and managed just under 42mpg with a little more than 850 miles on the clock