Never thought this day would come

[davidlandy]

Never thought I would be doing this.............

but I am considering for costs reasons of getting rid of my trusty diesel golf gt and going for a petrol audi.

with petrol being cheaper and I claim back a couple of pee more per mile it is seeming sensible 

Our car fleet man is working on it for me but I cant beleive thats its right!

[lee celtic]

Thank god for that ........ :shock:

for a second I thought it was another landy going to the wall :doh:

I suppose the only thing to look at is mpg / cost per mile both good cars  :D

[davidlandy]

no not the landrover - the black grey haze behind me is essential !

[lee celtic]

no not the landrover - the black grey haze behind me is essential !

Nice

[muddyweb]

It would be about right Dave.   Want to hear something even funnier...   it's currently as cheap to run a 4.4 Petrol RR Sport as it is a TdV6 Disco 3....  seriously... we have both at work !    (That's driving them both properly mind  )

[davidlandy]

I guess its the price differential on what you can claim back. (government led figures)

in my diesel golf I can claim back 13p per mile and the fuel is £1.25 say perlitre - I get approx 43mpg average from my golf.

The audi is a TT 2.0TFSI and I can claim back 15p per mile and the fuel is 10% cheaper per litre at £1.13ish mpg I got on the same route was 37mpg.

I have only had diesel cars since 1990 so this is quite a shock to my system.

[Range Rover Blues]

13p/mile :shock:

I'd have one thing to say to that mate.  "POOL CAR"

Given a choice there's no way I'd put miles on my own motor for the cost of the petrol alone.  The gov't allows 40p/mile for about 10,000miles.

Lordy, I was getting more than that from Ford 20 years ago for a small engine, and they sold spare parts to us a cost too.

[davidlandy]

RRB,

the 13 ppm is for the fuel only, the company supply the car and everything else - I just have to put fuel in then claim back the rate per mile.  the idea is that it doesnt make a profit else mr tax man  comes looking.