Jarvmiester

I couldn't begin to think about affording fuel in my WRX day to day, with a 70 mile round trip to work I'm looking at 350 miles a week, and 1400 a month - just for work.

So, I use a beat up old Citroen for day to day running an cheap diesel costs. I can drive to and from work for a week on around £35, which equates to 10p a mile.

How many of you drive your cars long distances daily - and more importantly are you made of money?!

Welloilbeefhooked

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Mine runs LPG. I can't beleive more people don't.

bob r

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I have a diesel people carrier to mince around in and the RB5 to clean and look at.lol

Phildodd06

I have a battered old 1.8 D fiesta which cost me £400, i use that every day for work, it gives me a return of 52 MPG
I do about 200 miles a week in it £40 last me about 2 weeks

I ise the Impreza Friday, Saturday and Sunday night

phil739

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yeap am the same

have a seat leon tdi for work as i do around 20k a year, but even this is modded and running about 155 bhp

and the scooby stays in all week and comes out to play at weekends

and answering your question regarding money ...
no am not rich but her in doors is

daily use car


and the scooby

Phil555

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I drive a P reg 1.1i Saxo through the week. £20 a week for 250 miles .

Use the Scoob mainly on weekends & dry days. Fresh out the garage with my newly re-sprayed BBS alloys .

bluenose172

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I've got a beater(406 TDi), £70 seems to last me 5-6 weeks in that! lol

WRX Blues

Sorry chaps, but my daily shed beats allcomers. She's a partially rusty Rover 1994 Rover 216GLi! and handles the 120 mile a day commute wonderfully and delivers over 40 mpg!
The only downside is that she has highlight my crap driving ability - I can get her through the local twisties quicker than the scoob .
106k miles and still going on the infamous Rover K series! Scoob does the commute once a week if the weather is nice and gets blasted at the weekends (note earlier comment on driving skills - replace 'blasted' with pootled around')

GazTheHat

I do 100 miles per day, so use a mapped Fabia vRS for the commute. The wifey uses the STi every other day and i bring it in once a week/fortnight or a drive at the w/end.

The fabia costs me about £45 a week in fuel. The STi i reckon would be about £130.

gazza_howard

I've got a push bike for the daily commute saves me £55 a week in car parking and tube fares. That pays for a tank of laughing gas for the Scooby at a weekend

stevie1982

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think i will be going odwn the road of a second car as the fuel costs are becoming a pain

haroldhettaturbo

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Looking round for a 500 quid 1.2 corsa. Starting to hurt feeding the scooby with petrol all week. gunna use the corsa for work and shopping ect and the scoob for fun.

Fabioso

Fuel prices are going only one way......Up.

If we all think its bad now, wait til the end of the year.


Still on the upside, second hand prices of big engined/thirsty cars will bomb and so time to pick up a performance bargain!!

RJM25R

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Eos Diesel company car, less than 3000 miles a year in the classic @ average 17mpg :-O

lordretsudo

I have a V reg Fiat Punto Sporting (!) that I use for work and for crap weather. The STI only comes out of the garage on dry days. I do occasionally use it for work, but only if the weather forecast is very good!

I thought about getting a runabout for some months, but worried that it could be a mistake as I've never run an old car before... I eventually got the Punto cheap as it needed a bit of work to pass its MOT. I did the work and haven't had to touch it since (nearly a year ago). All-in-all, I've been very pleased with the decision, and the rocketing fuel prices only serve to reinforce the impression that it was worthwhile.

mufcdamo

bought the wife a megane to learn in about a year ago and never got round to teaching her so i use thatgives me more pennys to spend on my scoob

spleenmachine

Mine is my work car 3 miles there, 3 miles back

Full tank lasts me almost 2 weeks,

Apart from this month as I went to the scooby shootout and dodged around over the bank hols...costing me £127 and it needs filling again

Worth every penny

CHUNKY.MONKEY.

get the 1.5 diesal one mate

CHUNKY.MONKEY.

lol i have the same 1.8d k reg sunroof drives like a dream in that red/purple colour i grt 50-55 mpg too lol lol just hate the sniggers from chavs in there corsa 1.4sports and because i cant keep up lol

cookstar

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I drive a 306 TD Sport every day, handling is great, really enjoy driving it, well over 50 MPG if driven nicely, dont look too bad either.