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worried_jim

Just read this on another thread and it made me laugh-

“We've got a Renault Grand Scenic and I cannot recommend it based on our experience, it's called a "Grand" Scenic as that's about what it costs every year on the MOT, I kid you not!”

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Rolandtheroadie

scaredofdebt wrote: »

Just for the record, my Mondeo has cost me 18.75p per mile since I bought it, that includes everything, fuel, tax, insurance, depreciation, parts, MOTs etc. I've put on around 90k miles in 3 years so that does explain partly why the figures are so low.

Daily cost isn't so good at £15.15p but I do a lot of miles!

Anyone else got any figures?

My costs for my last car was 9p per mile all in.

mikey72

worried_jim wrote: »

Just read this on another thread and it made me laugh-

“We've got a Renault Grand Scenic and I cannot recommend it based on our experience, it's called a "Grand" Scenic as that's about what it costs every year on the MOT, I kid you not!”

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Out of ours, the zafira passed first time, and the old ones, (they've gone through bangers and out the other side into classics, both over twenty years old, but stilll a daily drive) cost about £125 each including the mot fee. And one of those is a twenty year old + renault.

rev_henry

scotsman4th wrote: »

My costs for my last car was 9p per mile all in.

Yes...yes...we all know you fuelled it for free.

andygb

Well, I have just got the old Mondy (2001 X reg Verona 1.8 petrol) back on the road again after selling the missus Mazda 3. The faithful old girl (no not the wife :rotfl:) had not been started for five months, so I recharged the battery yesterday and she started first thing this morning, and settled into a nice, quiet tickover after a couple of minutes. I will take her for a run later, just to deglaze the brakes and se if she is OK.
Nearly 130K miles on her, and to be quite honest I cannot see me selling her.

rev_henry

I can renew the MOT on my car in a couple of weeks, then I'll try and sell it with 13 months ticket.

So I'll be wanting on this bandwagon! Ideally wanting to get into veggie motoring (maybe I should have posted on jim's thread there).

This was suggested on another thread for someone else not particularly seriously but I'm considering it...
http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/classifieds-cars-sale/133676-c-class-220-classic.html

Or something similar. Thinking either that era C or E class with any pre common rail engine, or likewise with the BMW 3 or 5...
That particular one looks lovely but is the basic model (no aircon I don't think) and is hideously slow...
Having said that I'm 20 so insurance is an issue with something more powerful...

worried_jim

That C class looks lovely. £750 and should last you for years and could be brilliant value for money, especially if you give it the veg.

I don't think the BMW's are as good on veg as the Mercs.

sabretoothtigger

Arent merc expensive to repair though, even if reliable mostly

timbotambo

I was seconded to work in Hong Kong for nearly 5 months with my company. I had an MGZT at the time so calculated that with insurance and depreciation alone, I would spend approx £110-£125 a month. My partner was home but didn't drive, so I decided to sell the car and buy a banger for a) bit of house security and b) as a run about during visits home.

I intended to buy a Ford Ka, but got home slightly drunk after a night out in the city, went on ebay, and ended up buying a god-awful gigantic, fully loaded 14yr old Volvo 850 for £500, simply because it made me laugh!! It cost me pretty much zero over the time in HK as already had tax and mot, and insurance was very low, and I sold it 6 months later for £650!

rev_henry

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

Arent merc expensive to repair though, even if reliable mostly

People say not...
Other suggestions for cheap veg oil ness welcome, luxobarges preferred, but not too ridiculous as insurance may be a problem.
Currently thinking:
W202 C class diesel
E36 318TDS
Erm...Don't think I can stretch to an E class (insurance )