Economical Car Lease Required for work?

forgotmyname

Claim to average 60mpg. But this years models will probably weigh more than last years and use more fuel.

I bought a 2004 Mondeo diesel, Last September we went from the Midlands to Skegness and back. I averaged just over 57mpg.
Car loaded and extra shopping etc on the way back. Some traffic on the approach to Skegness and busy around Ingoldmells.

Not bad for a car that weighs over 1.5 tons.

The honest john figures. How many cars/owners was that over? Or a one off special supplied by the manufacturer?

Expect to see the average MPG for diesel Mondeo's increase substantially. I just posted figures of over 700mpg on mostly city driving...
I didnt but whats stopping people altering the figures?

Odd how HonestJohn's site says the 1.33VVTI is a real world of over 50mpg yet the whatcar website gives a real world figure of 43mpg.

Ultrasonic

chris1012 wrote: »

True MPG - http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/realmpg/toyota/yaris-2006/14-d-4d-multimode

Not bad price for 59.9mpg

That's impressive, perhaps it's not mission impossible after all.

Another source of info. on mpg is https://www.fuelly.com.

SLITHER99

We bought an automatic 1.8l petrol Nissan Almera for £2000 to commute with. We do about 22k a year in it.

We've had it 18 months it's not had a single repair bill! Other than getting our local indie shop to service it, keep it in tyres and car washes, it's not cost us a cent.

We pay more in petrol, but we have no finance to pay, nor an obligation to fix it if a big repair bill comes up! But even considering what we spend in petrol, we just wouldn't save by going for a finance arrangement and still paying for diesel. The hungry petrol is by far cheaper!

You can keep your £10k ecowarrior car as far as I'm concerned.

sinbad182

SLITHER99 wrote: »

We bought an automatic 1.8l petrol Nissan Almera for £2000 to commute with. We do about 22k a year in it.

We've had it 18 months it's not had a single repair bill! Other than getting our local indie shop to service it, keep it in tyres and car washes, it's not cost us a cent.

We pay more in petrol, but we have no finance to pay, nor an obligation to fix it if a big repair bill comes up! But even considering what we spend in petrol, we just wouldn't save by going for a finance arrangement and still paying for diesel. The hungry petrol is by far cheaper!

You can keep your £10k ecowarrior car as far as I'm concerned.

But you have to drive an Almera.

Swings and roundabouts.

worried_jim

Richard53 wrote: »

A friend has a manual Prius and gets around 50 mpg in mixed driving.

I think your expectations are unrealistic, but I am happy to be proved wrong.

Wrong. Your friend doesn't have a manual Prius as Toyota don't make them- they are all automatic.

What a pedantic mood I am in today.;)

buglawton

sinbad182 wrote: »

But you have to drive an Almera.

Swings and roundabouts.

Repeat after me: "this is Moneysavingexpert"

sinbad182

buglawton wrote: »

Repeat after me: "this is Moneysavingexpert"

And this means we must all drive Nissan Almeras right?

Money saving doesnt automatically mean driving an ageing banger (although this is one angle you can take), it can mean getting an economical new car at the best price.

Or is that not black and white enough for you?

Ronneh

With milage like that I would always recommend a diesel and a reliable brand - maybe something like Ford or Skoda.Maybe the Octavia?