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just driven from outside Belfast to Londonderry in 1.3mjt- average mpg 74.3 return average 74.1 , very pleased with that.
just driven from outside Belfast to Londonderry in 1.3mjt- average mpg 74.3 return average 74.1 , very pleased with that.
just driven from outside Belfast to Londonderry in 1.3mjt- average mpg 74.3 return average 74.1 , very pleased with that.
I sit here, thinking perhap I should have bought a diesel.
What's the cost difference currently between petro & diesel per litre?
I guess for the mileage I cover the extra £1400 for the deisel is no where near worth it as come resale time there is no way the deisel will be worth £1088.12 (cost difference new minus saving in fuel cost over 3 years) more than the petrol model.
OK, so being a sad anorak I have just sat down & done an excel spreadsheet using the official FIAT economy figures on my 1.2 doing55.4mpg & a a deisel doing 67.3mpg for the 275 miles I drive every week.
If I have bought a deisel I would save myself......£2.26 a week, or about £103.96 a year.
So over the course of 3 years ownership I'd save £311.88.
I guess for the mileage I cover the extra £1400 for the deisel is no where near worth it as come resale time there is no way the deisel will be worth £1088.12 (cost difference new minus saving in fuel cost over 3 years) more than the petrol model.
Fuel economy. Using the cheapest fuel stations around my area.
petrol £1.03 Diesel £1.10
Price difference between cars £1400
Fuel economy on the combined stat. 1.2 55.4MPG 1.3 67.3MPG
Now 4.55 litres in a gallon. so with a 7P per litre difference in the price of the more economical fuel. We need to save £1400 pounds in fuel for the premium of the diesel to break even.
Excuse my maths here.
10,000 miles will use 821.7 litres of fuel in the petrol costing £846.35
10,000 miles will use 676.13 litres of fuel in the diesel costing £743.74
so for every 10,000 miles you claw back £102.61
so the £1400 pounds difference is divided up by the 10,000 mile difference to give the amount of 10,000 chunks you would need to complete before you break even. which is 13.64 so this times 10,000 will give you the mileage you need to do to break even.
136,438 miles then after that diesel is cheaper.
Feel free to correct my maths I know I'm rubbish at it.
These arguments can go on forever, depending on your choice! The 1.2 won't go up hills at 2000rpm but how on earth do you think the Italians managed in the original 500, it isn't a flat country you know. Down a couple of gears and a bucketful of revs and up she goes. For a someone who likes a revvy engine the 1.3 doesn't come near touching the 1.4's performance.Mark the way I look at it is this. Buying a 1.2 never even crossed my mind as there engine is just too weak to go up the hills in my area. I therefore compare it to the 1.4 its the same price and it has more mpg, better torque and less car tax.
Therefore if dont compare it to a 1.2 and you made the correct and only descision.