Performace Mods

[HDi fun]

Derv engines almost always cost more to service as well.

It's not the economy choice it once was was.

Neither is it the slow choice either.

Different strokes etc.

[connected]

Aston, I didn't mean are you for real I ment (Roryp15) please except my appols.
Colin.

[HDi fun]

RoryP is on a bit of a mission. If he succeeds he'll have one very rapid Golf. And probably one of the least economically viable performance cars ever.

I, however, wish him luck in his plight.

[aston]

No probs. I just worked out something. 4 years ago my friend purchased a new Audi a4 tdi for £19k. diesel as it gave better mpg. i think roughly 10 pence per mile in fuel. Now say a 370 bhp XJR costs 20 pence per mile. with the depreciation over the 4 years the Jag has worked out to be cheaper. at 100k miles the diesel has cost him £25k so far let alone servicing. The jag would have cost him about £22k. New diesels in no way economic to run. apart from that the time he baught the Audi I purchased a plot of land for £19k, it trippled in price in 3 years. so the Moral of this story is don't do deprecation and buy land

[HDi fun]

Originally Posted by aston

No probs. I just worked out something. 4 years ago my friend purchased a new Audi a4 tdi for £19k. diesel as it gave better mpg. i think roughly 10 pence per mile in fuel. Now say a 370 bhp XJR costs 20 pence per mile. with the depreciation over the 4 years the Jag has worked out to be cheaper. at 100k miles the diesel has cost him £25k so far let alone servicing. The jag would have cost him about £22k. New diesels in no way economic to run. apart from that the time he baught the Audi I purchased a plot of land for £19k, it trippled in price in 3 years. so the Moral of this story is don't do deprecation and buy land

I've kind of hot around to that way of thinking as well. Unless you MUST have the silly torque output of a diesel (especially a remapped one) then there's not a lot in it cost wise.

Sadly though, all motoring is expensive, even in something like a basic 1.4 Astra you'll still be stung by ever rising costs.

Rgds,

P.

[aston]

A second hand diesel which has done most of its depreciation curve will be a bargain but to buy new, any car new is crazy. 4 years old at the newest. I baught a 2 year old 156 V6 for something like £17k less than it was new. I kept it a year and lost on it as well. never again. Prestige cars with high mileages are the way to go. My old SEC500 cost me £2k (it was a 91 as well) new that cost £75k (the price of 2 decent houses when it was new). Good looking car but not as nice to drive as the Soarer ltd I owned before it