Motoring money saving tips

DUTR

straighttalker wrote: »

The biggest cost of motoring which most people ignore is depreciation. I'm getting sick to the teeth of people chopping their car in for one which costs "only £20 a year to tax" or "does 60mpg". What they seem to forget is the many thousands of pounds that they lost on selling their old car to get into their nearly new econo sh!tbox.

Money sitting in the bank doesn't mean much, you may as well write £1M on a piece of paper.
Some like having the latest of anything, I don't miss my MK1 escort 4 speed that you had to change down to get up a hill.

mcpitman

Herbert_Stern wrote: »

The AA seems to be more than half a century behind in time

They are not the only ones.....

LandyAndy

Herbert_Stern wrote: »

Motoring money saving tips

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Herbert Stern
Chartered Mechanical Engineer

"Only me"

jase1

I do tend to agree with the "fill your car half-way" being rubbish... especially as the nearest cheap service station to me is 7 miles away.

As a result, I prefer to fill up when I'm going that way, rather than making a specific journey, so do it as little as possible.

I have not noticed the slightest difference in fuel consumption between running with a full tank, and an empty one.

As for mimsing to save money, to hell with that. The whole point in having a car that's even slightly poky (and I wouldn't describe a 2l large car as 'fast' by any means) is that it's more amusing to put the foot down than it is to dawdle. The day I have to think about the amount of fuel is used by accelerating to speed, is the day I take the train. What a crock, and what a crock mimsers are.

I also agree about the buying a new car to 'save' money. My car has done all the depreciating it's going to do pretty much (it's an 8 year old petrol Mondeo, worth £1000 on a good day), and so yes it only manages 35mpg, but I'm not ready to spend £200/month to 'save' money on fuel just yet.

The day it gets tossed is the day it becomes unreliable. Not before.

reeac

aerodynamic drag (a force) is proportional to square of speed but power required to maintain a given speed will be proportional to cube of speed but, again, total energy or fuel required to cover a given distance will be proportional to square of speed as the time for which that power will be needed is inversely proportional to speed. All based on simplifying assumptions such as no traffic hold ups etc
I do, however, agree that the dire effects of extra weight on mpg. have been grossly e grossly exaggerated.....just like thos associated with use of aircon.