** SAVE nearly 3K on fuel......

[black kro]

... sell your 1.2 and buy a dCi!

just had a 1.2 16V hire car for 2 days - 16V quicker than I thought, but not much mid-range and poor economy (the wifes 1.6 16v Xsara is better)

I put £20 in in 2 days - lasts a week in dCi :-(

did 43mpg easy, 37mpg hard (dCi 75mpg & 63mpg)

Im keeping my car for 5 yrs 80K, so thats £2857.00 saving on fuel!

(other costs similar - D costs about 1K more, similar insurance/servicing, lower tax, worth prolly £500-£800 more @ 5 yrs & 80K)

 

[Dazz]

Although the DCI costs about 2 or 3k more????

 

[mr sheep]

ok i suppose if u do a lot of miles but i aint gonna save much on 8k miles a year lol.....

 

[black kro]

no Dazz - a lot of ppl pay 9K for 1.2s

(new 1.2 16v dynam with air & metallic about 8.5K)

I paid 9800 for dci with air & metallic from main dealer (11k list)

 

[Willy Williams]

Or buy a MK 1 1.9 diesel and run it on red diesel. £10 to fill the tank.

 

[edde]

Quote: Originally posted by black kro on 17 December 2004

I put £20 in in 2 days - lasts a week in dCi :-(
did 43mpg easy, 37mpg hard (dCi 75mpg & 63mpg)

There only about £1k extra plus should be worth a few hundred more at resale (although the extra interest could be argued to be covered by this).

How you got 37mpg with hard driving? I get that if Im normal in a 1.2 Ive seen under 20mpg in one.

63mpg hard driven in a dci though your not even trying, 31.2mpg is the new DCi target and not just a sitting with the engine idling figure.

Ive had to put £25 into a petrol in the past in a single day into 1.2s

Ive just done a quick check Im about £700 up already buying a dci (not including the extra resale value) over the 1.2. The 1.2 do have more kick its all the way up the rev range which Im not a fan of in normal driving.

 

[dk]

or buy a 182, have some serious fun and forget the petrol costs!

 

[Mondial172]

or feck it and buy a Cup and go fast!

 

[edde]

Quote: Originally posted by black kro on 17 December 2004

(new 1.2 16v dynam with air & metallic about 8.5K)
I paid 9800 for dci with air & metallic from main dealer (11k list)

Dynamique 1.2 £9.3k

Dynamique 1.4 £9.7k

Dynamique dci 65hp £10k

Dynamique dci 80hp £10.5k

Thats list price (which some suckers pay)

Id say the 65dci was equal to the 1.2. The dci80 is equl to the 1.4

 

[black kro]

or drive it for 10 years and buy a V for the weekend!

P.S: 37mpg was wheelspinning from the lights and 100 flat-out on the dual!

do you drive in 1st all day Edde?

(I did manage 13mpg in a Stilo Abarth @ Oulton Park)

 

[edde]

Quote: Originally posted by dave182 on 17 December 2004

or buy a 182, have some serious fun and forget the petrol costs!

An extra £800/yr on fuel

Plus extra £300 insurance minimum for me

Plus an extra £100 a yr servicing.

Id love a 182 but not if Im paying.

 

[edde]

Quote: Originally posted by black kro on 17 December 2004


P.S: 37mpg was wheelspinning from the lights and 100 flat-out on the dual!

do you drive in 1st all day Edde?

(I did manage 13mpg in a Stilo Abarth @ Oulton Park)

The Stilo was a petrol I bet so that doesnt count.

I dobnt know hoe you got 37mpg thee are 1.2 owners who get that in normal driving.

PS courtesy cars only have 1 gear forwards and one reverse dont they?

 

[black kro]

a chipped 80 has more torque than a 182.......

me 2 Edde - nearly ordered a 172, but a speeding ticket, claim and change of job with treble commute distance kinda fuc*ed that one!

dci only £360 fc with mods, claim & speeder!

 

[dk]

Quote: Originally posted by black kro on 17 December 2004
a chipped 80 has more torque than a 182.......me 2 Edde - nearly ordered a 172, but a speeding ticket, claim and change of job with treble commute distance kinda fuc*ed that one!dci only £360 fc with mods, claim & speeder!

all torque and no action though

 

[dk]

Quote: Originally posted by edde on 17 December 2004
Quote: Originally posted by dave182 on 17 December 2004or buy a 182, have some serious fun and forget the petrol costs! [/QUOTE]An extra £800/yr on fuel Plus extra £300 insurance minimum for mePlus an extra £100 a yr servicing.Id love a 182 but not if Im paying.

not sure about the extra £100 extra for servicing, my service was £150 but you forgot to add the extra for the tyres, new brakes, and the cost of all the trackdays!

 

[Enid]

Diesel is the devils fuel