Re: Polo..


"SteveH" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Zimmy <x@xxx> wrote:
>
>> Somehow I suspect a Polo is much cheaper to run than a Passat? Lets
>> think,
>> mpg?, insurance?, tax? tyres? exhaust?...
>
> Taking each one in turn:
>
> mpg - Driven with a little care, you'll see 35mpg from a 1.8T. Driven
> enthusiastically, around 30mpg. Driven like an idiot, low 20s. Probably
> not *too* far off what a Polo with a reasonable sized engine will do
> (think minimum 1.4 16v).
>
> Insurance - depends on age. At 30, with 6 years NCB, 3 points and doing
> 30k miles / year, I paid £380FC.
>
> Tax - when I worry about 50 quid or so extra on road tax over 12 months,
> I'll give up driving.
>
> Tyres - 20 or 30 quid extra per 10k miles. Not worth worrying about.
>
> Exhuast - not checked, but I suspect there will be no difference at all.

I get mid 40's mpg on a 1L and thats thrashing it.
My insurance (in my 30s) is £125 FC with NO NCB
I suspect the exhaust is cheaper too.
So everything is cheaper, even by your underestimation.
Multiply that by many years of ownership and I'm quids in.

There wouldn't be much of a market for small cars if they cost the same to
run as big ones. I rest my case :-)

Z


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