Cheap to run cars

[BHAFC_Pandapops]

Don't always work, my bike does at best 35 mpg and the car (diesel) 45 mpg.
Love riding the bike but not as economical as the car.

i'd still like to learn to ride as well

 

[Fergus96]

Seat Leon 1.6 TDI Ecomotive - 60mpg, £35 to tax, half price on street parking in Brighton and Hove (annual permit) as below the 120 gram CO2 limit so I pay £40 per year. I get around 800 miles out of the tank which costs around £70 to fill up - so all in all, pretty economical, except it costs £20k new but hey the company paid for that too

 

[simon swagbag]

100% genuine offer this mate.

I have a 1.7 SXI DTI Corsa that gets between 50 - 70mpg depending on how you drive it that you can have FOR FREE!

Only thing is it needs a new Alternator (which is about £250 if fitted at a garage) and therefore it doesn't start. Also the paintwork is faded (as it is red) but honestly if you come and get it the car is yours.

I am only gonna scrap it otherwise. Great runner and superb mileage, its jut the alternator and I cannot be bothered to get it fixed as I ride my motorbike and only use the car once a month at a push.

Interested?

I'll come & get it Snook. I'll PM you my number.

 

[jameswestport]

cotroen ax

 

[Giraffe]

I wouldn't take any notice of that.
They don't even know how many wheels a car has!

smart roadster 80 bhp (205 tyres)

genuine LOL

 

[terryberry1]

My girlfriend has a clio 1.5tdi. It does on average 52mpg, i recently drove to Newcastle, put £60 in it and got 600 miles out of it. Only £30 a year tax too

 

[00snook]

Don't always work, my bike does at best 35 mpg and the car (diesel) 45 mpg.
Love riding the bike but not as economical as the car.

I get about 45mpg out of a VFR 800.

If you get a 125cc bike you will easily get 130mpg.

A happy medium is a 250cc which would probably get 80mpg, and be quick enough for most commuting

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Got a little ford puma 1.7 for my run around, get 35/40 mpg if i drive like a granny.

and how often is that?

 

[Garage_Doors]

I get about 45mpg out of a VFR 800.

If you get a 125cc bike you will easily get 130mpg.

A happy medium is a 250cc which would probably get 80mpg, and be quick enough for most commuting

I know, but I was quoting my GSX1400

My Hornet I only get 40 at best.

 

[gazingdown]

TBH, at £500, whatever you buy could easily have one thing go wrong that will cost a few hundred to fix, need new tyres, brakes, MOT, service etc.. If your current car, despite the economy, is reliable and doesn't need any imminent work, I would say better the devil you know than the one you don't! You could end up with a car costing more rather than less.

What sort of mileage are you doing? e.g. 5000 miles at 25mpg will cost you about £1225 a year in petrol. At 35mpg the cost will be £871. Is £354 a year saved really worth the risk of getting a dodgy replacement car?

 

[5mins-from-amex]

and how often is that?

The days of me driving around NCP with a balaclava over my head are sadly gone...

 

[queens park pete]

Hired a Polo bluemotion diesel for a week in the Lake District. I am a bit of an eco driver- keep to speed limit or lower on the motorway etc. But even I was surprised at average 73 mpg for the trip as a whole!

 

[00snook]

I know, but I was quoting my GSX1400

My Hornet I only get 40 at best.

Well if you will ride a 1.4 litre motorbike you will have these problems.

Bringing it along on the next ride out?

 

[footychick]

We've just got a Peugeot 206 (for £1695) which is 51.4 mpg (urban) and is only £30 a year to tax, my old car was £118 to tax for 6 months!
Forgot - it's diesel.

 

[Lychpole]

We've just got a Peugeot 206 (for £1695) which is 51.4 mpg (urban) and is only £30 a year to tax, my old car was £118 to tax for 6 months!
Forgot - it's diesel.

What size engine ? I've got a 206 sport 2 litre hdi diesel and that's 136 for a year - get 50 to the gallon on average .