Keep my car or upgrade

justworriedabit

col81 said:

My audi has just had a full service, cambelt water pump done and 4 new tyres. My point is doing 20k I was looking at a passat manual rather than the auto audi. I was looking to go to a 65 plate with 95k on it. My audi has never let me down. It's simply the fuel costs. The insurance is £150 cheaper in vw and the tax £30 rather than £220 in the audi. I would need to borrow the cash for the upgrade

So, as per my detailed recommendations, keep it.
Thanks

daveyjp

benbay001 said:

Two similar sized cars, weighing similar. How are you expecting to go from 37mpg to 55mpg?

Technology has moved on but not that much.

I imagine the 55mpg will be "best case" whereas your 37 mpg is what youre actually getting.

37mpg is poor so id imagine youre doing alot of town driving? In which case you wont see the 55mpg from the new car.

A6 could be a 2.7 or 3.0 V6 diesel with quattro.  Passat a 2.0tdi?

col81

Audi 2.0 tdi auto

Grumpy_chap

col81 said:

My audi has just had a full service, cambelt water pump done and 4 new tyres. My point is doing 20k I was looking at a passat manual rather than the auto audi. I was looking to go to a 65 plate with 95k on it. My audi has never let me down. It's simply the fuel costs. The insurance is £150 cheaper in vw and the tax £30 rather than £220 in the audi. I would need to borrow the cash for the upgrade

Just more reasons to keep the Audi.  

col81 said:

Audi 2.0 tdi auto

Changing from auto to manual, but otherwise similar technology and vehicle weight will not make the level of difference in mpg that is the aspiration.

There really is no guarantee that this "upgrade" will leave you feeling upgraded a few weeks along the line.

col81

You guys have made my mind up thank you!

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If you need to borrow 2.5k to upgrade your car then I wonder how you can afford to run an executive type of car?
something about this thread doesn’t make sense. 

robertosherman

AdrianC said:

20k/year = 1670/mo
At £1.20/litre...
37mpg = 203 litres = £243
55mpg = 136 litres = £163

So you're looking at a saving of £80/month.
£2,500 upgrade cost would take 31 months to recoup.

I might stick to Audi based on what Adrian said. 

AdrianC

robertosherman said:

AdrianC said:

20k/year = 1670/mo
At £1.20/litre...
37mpg = 203 litres = £243
55mpg = 136 litres = £163

So you're looking at a saving of £80/month.
£2,500 upgrade cost would take 31 months to recoup.

I might stick to Audi based on what Adrian said. 

Bear in mind that I'm ONLY looking at the fuel cost there, based on comparing the two figures given.

There are many, many other factors in play, most of which are utterly unpredictable.

Then there's the simply intangible of which would you rather be sat in for 20k/year...? That's a reasonable chunk of time.

Grumpy_chap

AdrianC said:

the simply intangible of which would you rather be sat in for 20k/year...? 

Difference between an A6 and a Passat is likely imperceptible.

col81

I do a lot of town driving too. I have put £110 in the car in 9 days it is doing 30-40mpg. I think a lot of the time it is low 30s. Obviously it is a very big car and auto. My friend was in a similar position he got a A5 manual that is doing 50mpg. A run a kids sport team so need a big boot I also like a nice spec. I am still in 2 mins. Factoring the reduction in insurance, tax, tyres, fuel etc I really am stuck. In a ideal world a vw golf gt tdi 15 plate putting £3ish k to it would be good £30 tax, insurance £200 less fuel 50-60 mpg etc I do 50 miles most days in the week on the motorway