who is selling there scoob rising insurance fuel costs
26 January 2011, 07:49 PM
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who is selling there scoob rising insurance fuel costs
as above im selling mine as commuting is currently running at 200per month insurance is due in march and trackers gone up who else is selling
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26 January 2011, 08:11 PM
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considering it, real heart V head battle though. shocker before though was in the last year i have done 19k miles. roughly £50 a tank (although nearer £60, i know) - 250 miles (max) to a tank, so £200 for 1000 miles= £2k for 10k miles = £4k fuel bill for the year, although probably nearer £5k!!!! really struggling to justify it when adding £1k (hopefully this year- fingers crossed) £450 Tax, service costs and then the rest, mods etc, on top. Have even considered getting a £500 run around for through the week, but dont think it will work out much cheaper tbh!
26 January 2011, 08:38 PM
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Just bought the wife a new car & instead of selling her Fiesta I'm using it for work & saving the scooby for the weekends.
I used to fill up with approx £60 per week, I've been running the Fiesta for 3 weeks now & only used half a tank of petrol. With the money I'm saving I'm thinking of selling the WRX and buying a STI
I used to fill up with approx £60 per week, I've been running the Fiesta for 3 weeks now & only used half a tank of petrol. With the money I'm saving I'm thinking of selling the WRX and buying a STI
26 January 2011, 08:41 PM
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Drive to work half the time (cycle the remainder). In it every second day.
Still love the old girl after 4 yrs. No matter how much abuse I give her she sticks with me!
Still love the old girl after 4 yrs. No matter how much abuse I give her she sticks with me!
26 January 2011, 08:50 PM
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Besides..... i can insure, tax, MOT, service and put fuel in my runaround for the year, and it's still cheaper than getting the train, and it takes half the time to get to work.
26 January 2011, 08:57 PM
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This question was done to death a few days ago - here:-
https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...t-of-fuel.html
https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...t-of-fuel.html
26 January 2011, 08:59 PM
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This question was done to death a few days ago - here:-
https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...t-of-fuel.html
https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...t-of-fuel.html
26 January 2011, 09:25 PM
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well i only live about nine miles from work so it only costs me about £30 in the sti but even better my mate just past his test and bought a car so now he driving which now costs me £20 every two weeks as he pays one week i pay the next bargain now what can i spend that extra money on lol . so my answer is no i wont be getting rid of mine in a hurry .
26 January 2011, 09:31 PM
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To be fair, they have never been cheap cars to run/insure/tax though have they?
I upgraded to a Hawk STI in October and i'm sticking
There's no way i'm getting some ugly diesel civic or whatever just to save a few quid.
I upgraded to a Hawk STI in October and i'm sticking
There's no way i'm getting some ugly diesel civic or whatever just to save a few quid.
26 January 2011, 09:38 PM
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I'm spending about £400/month on Fuel (400 miles a week)...
There's a hope my current project finishes soon, maybe March time.
It's finally come to the point where it's more expensive to drive than get the train. Car from Cambridge to Hemel Hempstead - 50 miles / £400, Train from Cambridge to London - 50 miles / £360
Not great.
There's a hope my current project finishes soon, maybe March time.
It's finally come to the point where it's more expensive to drive than get the train. Car from Cambridge to Hemel Hempstead - 50 miles / £400, Train from Cambridge to London - 50 miles / £360
Not great.
26 January 2011, 09:40 PM
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I'm spending about £400/month on Fuel (400 miles a week)...
There's a hope my current project finishes soon, maybe March time.
It's finally come to the point where it's more expensive to drive than get the train. Car from Cambridge to Hemel Hempstead - 50 miles / £400, Train from Cambridge to London - 50 miles / £360
Not great.
There's a hope my current project finishes soon, maybe March time.
It's finally come to the point where it's more expensive to drive than get the train. Car from Cambridge to Hemel Hempstead - 50 miles / £400, Train from Cambridge to London - 50 miles / £360
Not great.
26 January 2011, 09:41 PM
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I have a diesel Skoda octavia for work and only use my RS6 at weekends despite a nigh on 700 insurance bill and tax beginning in Feb.Luckily £90 of fuel has lasted me a month no plans to get rid just yet
no plans to get rid just yet
26 January 2011, 09:44 PM
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26 January 2011, 09:51 PM
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£600 per month here - fortunately, I can claim my mileage back so I save a bit in tax.. still hurts though!
I'll be keeping the WRX though as I would need to spend a fair chunk more to get something I'd actually want and when I did the maths, lpg or a cheap run-about were the only ways to actually save cash - everything else was just false economy (with interest payments and depreciation out-weighing the extra cost of fuel).
I'll be keeping the WRX though as I would need to spend a fair chunk more to get something I'd actually want and when I did the maths, lpg or a cheap run-about were the only ways to actually save cash - everything else was just false economy (with interest payments and depreciation out-weighing the extra cost of fuel).