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Title: Never thought this day would come
Post by: davidlandy on August 01, 2008, 22:01:24: Never thought I would be doing this.............

but I am considering for costs reasons of getting rid of my trusty diesel golf gt and going for a petrol audi.

with petrol being cheaper and I claim back a couple of pee more per mile it is seeming sensible

Our car fleet man is working on it for me but I cant beleive thats its right!
Title: Re: Never thought this day would come
Post by: lee celtic on August 01, 2008, 22:12:37: Thank god for that ........ :shock:

for a second I thought it was another landy going to the wall :doh:

I suppose the only thing to look at is mpg / cost per mile both good cars :D
Title: Re: Never thought this day would come
Post by: davidlandy on August 01, 2008, 22:15:56: no not the landrover - the black grey haze behind me is essential !
Title: Re: Never thought this day would come
Post by: lee celtic on August 01, 2008, 23:11:14: Quote
no not the landrover - the black grey haze behind me is essential !

Nice :cool:
Title: Re: Never thought this day would come
Post by: muddyweb on August 02, 2008, 09:23:18: It would be about right Dave. Want to hear something even funnier... it's currently as cheap to run a 4.4 Petrol RR Sport as it is a TdV6 Disco 3.... seriously... we have both at work ! (That's driving them both properly mind :wink:)
Title: Re: Never thought this day would come
Post by: davidlandy on August 09, 2008, 23:07:02: I guess its the price differential on what you can claim back. (government led figures)

in my diesel golf I can claim back 13p per mile and the fuel is Â£1.25 say perlitre - I get approx 43mpg average from my golf.

The audi is a TT 2.0TFSI and I can claim back 15p per mile and the fuel is 10% cheaper per litre at Â£1.13ish mpg I got on the same route was 37mpg.

I have only had diesel cars since 1990 so this is quite a shock to my system.
Title: Re: Never thought this day would come
Post by: Range Rover Blues on August 12, 2008, 03:31:15: 13p/mile :shock:

I'd have one thing to say to that mate. "POOL CAR"

Given a choice there's no way I'd put miles on my own motor for the cost of the petrol alone. The gov't allows 40p/mile for about 10,000miles.

Lordy, I was getting more than that from Ford 20 years ago for a small engine, and they sold spare parts to us a cost too.
Title: Re: Never thought this day would come
Post by: davidlandy on August 12, 2008, 09:37:53: RRB,

the 13 ppm is for the fuel only, the company supply the car and everything else - I just have to put fuel in then claim back the rate per mile. the idea is that it doesnt make a profit else mr tax man :police: comes looking.