Car sharing

pborojon

Evening all,

I wonder if someone could give me some advice, I get a lift to work with a "friend" the journey is 63 miles each way and they drive a 1.3 ka. They are adamant that they put in £400 a month for this journey and dont use the car at weekends etc I think £200 a month is excessive anyone have any opinions?

Thanks

Ms_Chocaholic

That works out at about 2,730 miles per month

Need someone to come along who can work out the MPG but it might be helpful if you give an idea of the type of travel (motorways, A. B roads etc)

tomstickland

630 miles per week, approx 4 weeks per month, giving 2,520 miles per month.
At 20p per mile that's £504.

So £200 per month isn't bad.

Say they manage 36mpg, that's 70 gallons aka 320 litres. 92p/l gives £300 in fuel per month.
So £150 for fuel and £50 for associated costs.

120 miles per day is quite a long way.

harveybobbles

2730 miles a week in a Ka...?! Good god...

goldspanners

thats 30k per year, a lot of miles on a small car,it wont be worth much when he comes to sell it on.

pborojon

Thanks for the replies it's a roads mainly, KA should be doing 40-60 mpg? Lol its 2700 ish a month not a week!!

Hintza

Sounds cheap and what are your options? Have you figured out how much it would cost you by public transport?

At some stage your friend is going to have to replace the car and your total payments aren't really going to help too much with that.

Thank your lucky stars and keep quiet, if they come on here they might add another £50/month on top.

goldspanners

pborojon wrote: »

KA should be doing 40-60 mpg?

according to who?
manufacturers figures are pie in the sky, the only way to really know how many miles per gallon you are getting is to work it out for yourself.

fairystix

tomstickland wrote: »

630 miles per week, approx 4 weeks per month, giving 2,520 miles per month.
At 20p per mile that's £504.

So £200 per month isn't bad.

Say they manage 36mpg, that's 70 gallons aka 320 litres. 92p/l gives £300 in fuel per month.
So £150 for fuel and £50 for associated costs.

120 miles per day is quite a long way.

Phew, the mind boggles that was a quick workout! :A

MrsE_2

goldspanners wrote: »

according to who?
manufacturers figures are pie in the sky, the only way to really know how many miles per gallon you are getting is to work it out for yourself.

My daughters just bought the new 1.3 zetec.

She looked at the lcd display & saw she was only getting 30 something mpg, not great in a ka
:eek:

Told her she should have got a gas guzzler like me:rotfl:

harveybobbles

pborojon wrote: »

Thanks for the replies it's a roads mainly, KA should be doing 40-60 mpg? Lol its 2700 ish a month not a week!!

Even so it's still a lot in a small car!