new cars
02 May 2011, 08:34 AM
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new cars
Are new cars any better on fuel then old cars?
I've always had pre 2000 cars and have always thought that getting 50miles to £10 was good (in a 1.4 Astra) This was when fuel was around £1. - £1.10 a litre.
Now fuel is £1.35 a litre I say 40 miles to £10 is good but is it?
I drive a 1997 1.8 mitsubishi carisma and do 80miles a week on £20.
We are looking to buy a brand new car
but are MPG fiugres any better then they were 10 years ago? - Battery powered cars are not counted as you have to replace the batteries every three years.
I've always had pre 2000 cars and have always thought that getting 50miles to £10 was good (in a 1.4 Astra) This was when fuel was around £1. - £1.10 a litre.
Now fuel is £1.35 a litre I say 40 miles to £10 is good but is it?
I drive a 1997 1.8 mitsubishi carisma and do 80miles a week on £20.
We are looking to buy a brand new car
but are MPG fiugres any better then they were 10 years ago? - Battery powered cars are not counted as you have to replace the batteries every three years.
02 May 2011, 10:44 AM
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But, on a like-for-like basis I'd say they were no better. I have a 1.9 VW diesel which does low 40s poodling around locally and top 40s+ on a run - 80mph on the m'ways (and I do keep an accurate mpg record).
Obviously you can get things like the latest Fiat multi-air 500 wotsit that claims 70mpg (ish) ... http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/t...nched#topicTop .... The other half wants a "small" car so I'd be tempted by that.
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02 May 2011, 11:22 AM
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I would say there is not much of a difference if you are comparing mpg on like for like cars, obviously comparing a 1.4 corsa against a 1.4 VW would give different figures as they have different engines.
The thing that you gain from new cars really imo is the reliability, which for some isn't enough you may gain a little on mpg but it would also depend on how many miles you do.
For us we recently purchased a 1.4 auto corsa which returns 35mpg ish but we got rid of a 3lt jaguar which was 10 years old and returned 20mpg ish by buying a new car we saved around £100 per month in fuel which has offset the cost of buying the new car (plus the jag needed a service and mot..) so fo us it made sense.
The thing that you gain from new cars really imo is the reliability, which for some isn't enough you may gain a little on mpg but it would also depend on how many miles you do.
For us we recently purchased a 1.4 auto corsa which returns 35mpg ish but we got rid of a 3lt jaguar which was 10 years old and returned 20mpg ish by buying a new car we saved around £100 per month in fuel which has offset the cost of buying the new car (plus the jag needed a service and mot..) so fo us it made sense.
02 May 2011, 11:50 AM
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I get close to 60 mpg commuting in my Golf (1.6 TDI). Journey is ~40 miles mostly on busy but flowing motorway where I average 60-70mph. Tax is cheap too - £30 a year.
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