Are rising fuel costs really putting people off driving uneconomical cars?

Kilty_2

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:!!!!

I'm still scared to drive mine enthusiastically because it's still new and shiny. 230 miles on the clock

Still get people assuming I'm a dawdler when doing 65 in a 60.........

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Kilty wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:!!!!

I'm still scared to drive mine enthusiastically because it's still new and shiny. 230 miles on the clock

Still get people assuming I'm a dawdler when doing 65 in a 60.........

Any guesses what your car has as standard, that it's new model replacement will not have ?

Kilty_2

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Any guesses what your car has as standard, that it's new model replacement will not have ?

The new model will be better in a lot of ways tbh - 1.0 turbo engine as standard for a start.

My car has next to nothing in it being the base model.

New model won't be £5550 for a while tho

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Kilty wrote: »

The new model will be better in a lot of ways tbh - 1.0 turbo engine as standard for a start.

My car has next to nothing in it being the base model.

New model won't be £5550 for a while tho

But it does have side door moulding protectors, I bet the new model doesn't.

New model will never be £5500, you did well to get it for that.;)

Kilty_2

That's with £500 Kia Access finance contribution, still happy though. Not much above scrappage price

Matt1977

Nice to see two cars close to my heart featured in this thread.

I currently drive a top spec Nissan Almera N16 diesel, which I love but not too impressed with the fuel economy. I must blame myself before I blame the car as I do enjoy putting my foot down in it - when safe to do so of course (after owning a series of economical but less powerful cars) .

The Kia Picanto is on my next car list for consideration. Most of my motoring is around town so it would be ideal...if rather girly.

mcjordi

i hope people are being put off buying big cars as i need a big car atm

plus im selling a 1.2 fiesta :P lets hope it goes for mental money on ebay LOL

King_Nothing

I drive a 2.5L petrol turbo'd car, I didn't buy it for fuel economy, lol, if I did it would have had the alternative 1.6 petrol, or 1.6 TDCi engine in it.

Lum

I drive a 2.0 turbo automatic petrol saloon from 1993. It is fully paid for and has plenty of life left in it. It gets 22mpg based on calculation made when filling it up.

A comparable "economy" car would be something like a manual diesel Mondeo, I happen to have a 2010 one of these as a company car, the 2.0 Econetic model. It gets 40mpg accordng to the onboard computer. It costs £22,000 to buy.

Sorry but the Mondeo would need to be a lot more economic to offset the cost of paying off a 22 grand loan over the lifetime of the car. Maybe if I were doing moon mileage it'd be worth it but as I am not* it's cheaper to run the older car.

It's also a lot more fun. The Mondeo is dreadful to drive.

Since I have both, I do commute in the Mondeo more as I'm paying for both anyway, the Mondeo costs me less in fuel, I don't pay any maintenance and there isn't much fun to be had on a commute anyway; however, if work were to take my car away I wouldn't suddenly trade in the Cefiro for a diesel box of bland.

*excluding business trips, just pretending I use either car to commute to a desk job, which is the case 95% of the time, obviously the Mondeo makes sense as a motorway mile muncher.

boyse7en

My 2.1 Turbo Diesel gets mid-forties mpg around town which I think is fine for what it is. It also only cost me £100, so depreciation isn't a major issue.

My 3.0V6 gets about 20mpg general driving (up to 27mpg on a steady run!) and depreciation is an issue, in that it is worth next-to nothing now, but didn't cost me a huge amount in the first place.

I'd like a new car, but no way I can swallow the thousands that are lost in depreciation every year. Would far outweigh the savings from being more efficient.