poru376289 said:
i did a few sums and went for the petrol 16v campus sport. MPG and running costs were big factors and i found that if i did 12k per year on the motorway, mostly, i would spend approx. £850 per year. The diesel was only about £750, BUT the diesel was a grand more expensive and over 3 years the petrol was a better option.
I got the whole lot for £6500. The diesel variant of this is £1000 more.
Hope this helps.
It depends how you drive and what you like but a good assumption is ever 10k you'll save about £600.
I've driven both a lot and a diesel will do about 55mpg being driven hard the petrol 30mpg (or less but I'll give it the benefit)
So 10k in the petrol costs £1409.29 assuming 93p a liter.
So 10k in the diesel costs £810.03 assuming 98p a liter.
If you go easier on the right foot say 38mpg from the petrol and 65 from the diesel the amount drops £470.
The diesel will be worth moe at the end so personally I'd say got for a diesel even if you only recover the money you spent as its easier to sell a diesel.
I don't know how you think a 1.2 can do 12k on £850 that would measn its doing 60mpg try and get an adverage of that out of one you'll find it impossible unless your very slow the diesel assuming the same speed is 50% more economical so would be doing say 87mpg so say £600 in fuel.