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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 11:48 AM
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Sounds like a no-brainer to me Pimmo although personally a 60 mile daily round trip is far too much. Only you can make the call on what's right for your work/life balance
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by mart360
Lets do some editing and see if it makes sense

This is your priority, not your car!


Then its a no brainer, take the job!!



Again, take the JOB!!



Welcome to the real world, most jobs ive ever had have involved at least a 1 hour journey each way, and approx 20-30 miles each-way
3.7K off your bottom line soon starts to bite, along with shorter service intervals etc.


Then why ask, save money, wait for a few pay rises, then get a scooby again if you want one. Trust me if your doing the rush hour run, then the temptation to boot it (in the scooby), once you get to clear space kicks in, and your fuel economy goes to rat!


Ive gone from performance turbo,s to a Tdi at the end of the day, i needed to balance cost vs economy

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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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Pimmo - 30 miles away. I'm guession you are no longer on a small island near France?

If you keep the car, use public transport a few days a week.

Its not just the petrol cost - you'll be doing an extra 300 miles plus a week.

Take the job, buy a cheap economical diesel, and save up for something better than you have now? Or better still - use the money for something all together different?
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 03:54 PM
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Don't forget to factor in the cost to change from the Scoob to a Mondeo TDCi, would imagine that would probably eat away any savings on fuel for some time, especially in the current climate with the value of scoobys dropping
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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It's ony a Scoob, not like it's a classic car you're never going to be able to get again, especially if it is blue
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Clarebabes
It's ony a Scoob, not like it's a classic car you're never going to be able to get again, especially if it is blue
But it may also have a set of very rare gold wheels
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