GTI Running costs
GTI Running costs
Hello everyone, I'm looking into getting a GTI as the deals through brokers are pretty good.
I get a car allowance which will cover the buying and servicing ect but as I claim business mileage back at 20 pence per mile on roughly 20000 per year I want to make sure i'm not out of pocket while doing business miles.
My other option is a diesel Seat Leon FR 184 but with roughly similar spec it's quite a bit more to buy and I prefer the GTI
Has anyone thats taken delivery worked out the rough running costs (fuel only) per mile?
Cheers
I get a car allowance which will cover the buying and servicing ect but as I claim business mileage back at 20 pence per mile on roughly 20000 per year I want to make sure i'm not out of pocket while doing business miles.
My other option is a diesel Seat Leon FR 184 but with roughly similar spec it's quite a bit more to buy and I prefer the GTI
Has anyone thats taken delivery worked out the rough running costs (fuel only) per mile?
Cheers
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Re: GTI Running costs
Seems a little mean from your company.
The official HMRC rates are
Cars and Vans - First 10,000 miles - 45p/miles, Each business mile over 10,000 in the tax year @ 25p/mile ?
The official HMRC rates are
Cars and Vans - First 10,000 miles - 45p/miles, Each business mile over 10,000 in the tax year @ 25p/mile ?
Re: GTI Running costs
It is a bit, although as my allowance covers everything else I usually end up better off after expenses based on my current 2l tdci mondeo.
The above government figures is what I can claim back as tax relief at the end of each tax year on top of my actual expenses.
A rough guide on RAC says a journey of 150 miles at 30mpg will have me slightly ahead. It's whether 30mpg is realistic as an average.....
The above government figures is what I can claim back as tax relief at the end of each tax year on top of my actual expenses.
A rough guide on RAC says a journey of 150 miles at 30mpg will have me slightly ahead. It's whether 30mpg is realistic as an average.....
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Re: GTI Running costs
I don't know if the new GTI is better or worse on fuel than the 6R version, but I average 36mpg in mine.
So, 20,000 miles would need 555 gallons of petrol.
20p per mile for 20,000 business miles gets you £4k a year.
Petrol prices are low at the moment, but assuming £1.25 a litre, that's about £3.3k a year?
Petrol would have to rise to £1.60 a litre before you use all that £4k.
So, you'd have a bit of leeway for fuel price increases and a bit left over.
The Leon 184 is a nice car too though, but as you say, a bit pricier.
So, 20,000 miles would need 555 gallons of petrol.
20p per mile for 20,000 business miles gets you £4k a year.
Petrol prices are low at the moment, but assuming £1.25 a litre, that's about £3.3k a year?
Petrol would have to rise to £1.60 a litre before you use all that £4k.
So, you'd have a bit of leeway for fuel price increases and a bit left over.
The Leon 184 is a nice car too though, but as you say, a bit pricier.
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Re: GTI Running costs
I think you'd have to be driving it very hard constantly or spending your entire time stuck in city centre traffic to get less than 30mpg.Oscar78 wrote:
A rough guide on RAC says a journey of 150 miles at 30mpg will have me slightly ahead. It's whether 30mpg is realistic as an average.....
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yeah it was just to give me a rough worst case guide or if I get carried away with the right foot
Thanks for the replies it's making my decision a little easier, I have some test drives lined up later this week so will see how I get on.
Thanks for the replies it's making my decision a little easier, I have some test drives lined up later this week so will see how I get on.
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Re: GTI Running costs
20p is generous
We get 14p a mile...
We get 14p a mile...
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I'm averaging 36mpg overall. I get about 30 around town if not booting it and provided I've gone more than a 2 miles. At a steady 72 on the M-way, with the odd roadworks thrown in, I get about 42 - 43 mpg with 2400 miles on the clock. It may get better over time.Oscar78 wrote:Hello everyone, I'm looking into getting a GTI as the deals through brokers are pretty good.
I get a car allowance which will cover the buying and servicing ect but as I claim business mileage back at 20 pence per mile on roughly 20000 per year I want to make sure i'm not out of pocket while doing business miles.
My other option is a diesel Seat Leon FR 184 but with roughly similar spec it's quite a bit more to buy and I prefer the GTI
Has anyone thats taken delivery worked out the rough running costs (fuel only) per mile?
Cheers
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I get around 25-30 but I tend to drive properly 80+ on the motorway and none of this slow acceleration eco driving nonsense, I also have the air-con flat out every time I drive it.
This is also using shell vpower fuel.
This is also using shell vpower fuel.
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Brilliant image! I've got visions of some demented driver with EVERYTHING on full - hazard lights, fogs, stereo, etc - driving around flat out just to ensure he's living live to the fullDink wrote:I get around 25-30 but I tend to drive properly 80+ on the motorway and none of this slow acceleration eco driving nonsense, I also have the air-con flat out every time I drive it.
This is also using shell vpower fuel.
Glad to hear you're enjoying your car - my recent speed awareness course is still in my mind (36 on Newport Road, Cardiff...) - along with a desire to not beat the car to death while it's still young...
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Reminds me of Top Gear trying to use all the fuel before they got to Chernobyl....Dink wrote:I get around 25-30 but I tend to drive properly 80+ on the motorway and none of this slow acceleration eco driving nonsense, I also have the air-con flat out every time I drive it.
This is also using shell vpower fuel.
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Re: GTI Running costs
I don't do a lot of miles so the ones I do in the first need to test the car and vw can fix it if it breaks.
Also I have a clean license which amazes everyone lol
Also I have a clean license which amazes everyone lol
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Newport Road....they have been flogging that horse for at least 40 years, you'd think they would show a little bit of imagination. You must have been very unlucky, I can't recall anybody driving that slowly along Newport Road.
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They changed a traffic light camera to a speed camera. I was one of the first to get done but it was doing 71 people a day at the start. It became notorious:Ricmondo wrote:Newport Road....they have been flogging that horse for at least 40 years, you'd think they would show a little bit of imagination. You must have been very unlucky, I can't recall anybody driving that slowly along Newport Road.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... s-day.html
Worst thing was I was the only car on the road in a 3-lane highway at 06:00 in the morning and I remember the light flashing and thinking it can't be for me as I was travelling so slowly!
Anyway, what's done is done - and I got to hear about all the devious ways they can catch you out. I don't think it is possible to drive in the UK now without committing some sort of offence just by being on the road - so it's all about whether they can be bothered to do you now or not. The one I like the best is 3 streetlights in a row constitutes a built-up area and the speed limit is 30 even if there are no signs... Makes the country lanes much more interesting...
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That must have been very frustrating, hardly a dangerous speed at that time on that road.
Many years ago I was chased and stopped by a motor cycle cop in London's Park Lane, no traffic but 90 odd in an MGB was pushing it a bit. The first question was 'What speed do you think you were doing Stirling'. I replied 'sorry officer it must have been about 90'. His unexpected reply was ' an honest one at last, slow down and f.... Off'.
Many years later I bumped into said bearded copper running a minibus service in Pendine, The Pendine Pixey' in conversation he revealed I was the only one he had ever let off..must be my angelic face... More likely an aversion to end of shift paperwork.
Many years ago I was chased and stopped by a motor cycle cop in London's Park Lane, no traffic but 90 odd in an MGB was pushing it a bit. The first question was 'What speed do you think you were doing Stirling'. I replied 'sorry officer it must have been about 90'. His unexpected reply was ' an honest one at last, slow down and f.... Off'.
Many years later I bumped into said bearded copper running a minibus service in Pendine, The Pendine Pixey' in conversation he revealed I was the only one he had ever let off..must be my angelic face... More likely an aversion to end of shift paperwork.