I need your opinion

Nobbie1967

Keep the diesel, we’ve got a 2012 BMW 116D bought 4 years ago when long journeys were expected. Change in circumstances meant it only really runs around town with occasional long run now doing about 3-4K a year. Still hasn’t missed a beat. I’ll throw some DPF cleaner in the tank each year and if it does clog up, you can get them taken off, put in a furnace and refitted for £5-600. Certainly beats buying a new car.

thegentleway

I would guess you’d save about £250 on fuel a year. Going to take a few years to justify buying a new car!
Diesels are filthy so it would be good to swap it for a second hand petrol. 

Apjs87

mark1959 said:

I'd walk/cycle to work if it's only a few miles away.

Already do this when the weather is good

Apjs87

Norman_Castle said:

In my opinion you should put some thought and effort into your thread titles.

I did and it got you here to read and comment. Thanks for your input

Petriix

We're doing it. MG are giving £4k on top of the trade in value for any ice vehicle against a new MG5. Range is good and it's really practical. There's nothing else out there which comes close in terms of value. The 7 year warranty is pretty reassuring.

It's adding £100 per month to our mortgage. It will save us about £75.

ontheroad1970

Petriix said:

We're doing it. MG are giving £4k on top of the trade in value for any ice vehicle against a new MG5. Range is good and it's really practical. There's nothing else out there which comes close in terms of value. The 7 year warranty is pretty reassuring.

It's adding £100 per month to our mortgage. It will save us about £75.

Just don't put a bike on the top of the car

Supersonos

Petriix said:

We're doing it. MG are giving £4k on top of the trade in value for any ice vehicle against a new MG5. Range is good and it's really practical. There's nothing else out there which comes close in terms of value. The 7 year warranty is pretty reassuring.

It's adding £100 per month to our mortgage. It will save us about £75.

The depreciation on an MG will be huge, so that "great value" is not what it seems.  And, of course it depends on how long you have left on your mortgage, but that can be quite an expensive way to borrow for something like a car.

shinytop

Buying a new EV is going to be worse for the environment and more expensive than keeping most existing cars.  If you are going to spend £35k or so on a new car anyway then, if you can live with the limited range, an EV might be a good choice.  A VW is likely to be a good EV; I had a Golf GTE and it was very good.  

thegentleway

shinytop said:

Buying a new EV is going to be worse for the environment and more expensive than keeping most existing cars. 

How you defining worse for the environment? Not CO2 emissions I take it 

Edit: are electric cars worse for the environment? Myth busted: https://youtu.be/6RhtiPefVzM

MX5huggy

I’d look at second hand EV’s there are 700 on auto trader between £9k and £15k. Lots of Leafs or is it Leaves? Zoe’s Kia Sole, BMW i3 (bit older). Etc. If you really only need 50 miles then most will do this easily.