what shud i do?

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:14 pm

Back on this question again..lol

right i have a 50/50 option of selling my 216 bubble

even though it is Purple, my fave color.
i would like a deisel, but i am unsure of which model of rover to go for.
id also like it to be purple, or nightfire red pearl.

i have been thinkin on putting my car on ebay.

just wonderd what i should start the bidding at.. and wot sorta price do they normally go for?

thanks in advance

rnash2002 · Post by **rnash2002** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:00 am

Sell it and get a 1.6 coupe in purple

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:31 am

lol

if only they did 1.4 lol

im gonna have to sell it, but i havent another car to use in the time when ive sold it..

good cars are hard to find..

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:54 am

1.6K series is better on fuel than the 1.4

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:59 am

yer but you cant go very far..

and its high tax..

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:27 am

How many miles do you actually do?

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:12 pm

about 50..lol

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:36 pm

mad ant wrote:about 50..lol

What, a week or a day?

If that's a week the difference in cost wont even make up for the cost of changing cars IMO.

Not worth the hassle. And Â£50 odd year extra for tax is like Â£1 a week.

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:48 pm

50 miles a day i do on a fiver.

at this rate i might aswell get a 1.5 deisel put in my car, or just get another metro..

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:55 pm

50 miles to a Â£5 is very good. Its nearly 40mpg. Even if you get a Diesel i doubt you would even get 50mpg. Plus the fact Diesel fuel costs more money, costs more to insure, costs more for tax (as a rover would be a 2l derv), not to mention they cost more to buy.

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:57 pm

well i need a smaller engine..

that rover 200 mk3 1.1 would do me, but there rare

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:12 pm

mad ant wrote:well i need a smaller engine..

that rover 200 mk3 1.1 would do me, but there rare

I expect that's because they are only 600bhp in a 1 ton car, meaning they've got to be stupidly slow.

If you want a 1.1 I recommend a saxo. Lighter small and easy to park. Can be amusing to drive at times. Plus can get over 50mpg.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:13 pm

The 1.1 will only end up doing same mpg wise. Even a diesel will only attain 60miles to the same Â£5. Trust me here changing car wont help very much unless you can get a car petrol car that can do 65-70mpg.

Even if the 1.1 could attain 45mpg (about max which is likely).
You will only save Â£4.30 a week on petrol if you did 50miles every day (350miles) even less if you don't attain 350miles a week.

If we look at the Dervs
A 2litre derv circa 50mpg. 350miles a week will only save you Â£5.83 a week.

If you got a petrol car that could do 70mpg (near impossible). You would save Â£15 a week.

Is it worth it?

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:17 pm

Gary wrote:Is it worth it?

Nope.

My dad keeps going on about getting 64mpg in his octavia.

However that cost him Â£7500, and my car (32mpg) cost me Â£1300. it'll take a while to make up the difference, lol.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:27 pm

Sheaf wrote:
Gary wrote:Is it worth it?

Nope.

My dad keeps going on about getting 64mpg in his octavia.

However that cost him Â£7500, and my car (32mpg) cost me Â£1300. it'll take a while to make up the difference, lol.

I very much doubt he is getting anywhere near 64mpg, however if you drove the same manor as he would need to get this amount you would get lots more than 32mpg!

However if we take your figures it would take your dad 8 years and 6 months to recoup his money, so spout that at him next time :wink:

coup_krd · Post by **coup_krd** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:26 pm

I do approx 5 - 600 miles a week :oops:

It can be rediculous at times - a serious culture shock in mileage when I moved over here, but I can't help myself - I'm a petrol head through & through! For me I get approx 280 - 300 miles to a tank, I say oh well & just fill her up :twisted:

GARY220 · Post by **GARY220** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:50 pm

Buy a cityrover

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:13 pm

Gary wrote:
Sheaf wrote:
Gary wrote:Is it worth it?

Nope.

My dad keeps going on about getting 64mpg in his octavia.

However that cost him Â£7500, and my car (32mpg) cost me Â£1300. it'll take a while to make up the difference, lol.

I very much doubt he is getting anywhere near 64mpg, however if you drove the same manor as he would need to get this amount you would get lots more than 32mpg!

However if we take your figures it would take your dad 8 years and 6 months to recoup his money, so spout that at him next time

Oh, he does get silly amounts, believe me. That's about the most though, usually gets somewhere between 48 and 60 I think. He doesn't drive slow mind, just 'efficiently'.
When I drove my mums car we compared mpg with driving, I used to get about 43mpg, and he used to get about 50 :oops:

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:21 pm

GARY220 wrote:Buy a cityrover

i intend to when ive got the money

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:41 pm

mad ant wrote:
GARY220 wrote:Buy a cityrover

i intend to when ive got the money

Is there only me thinking, WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:13 pm

well your not the only one who has said that.

i like the shape of them

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:33 pm

Fair enough, but they really are sh1t cars.

They are known by even the Rover dealers as sh1ttyRover.

Post by **Punx0r** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:07 am

Have you considered an LPG conversion? You'd effectively double your miles-per-pound...

Ant 05 · Post by **Ant 05** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:06 pm

Punx0r wrote:Have you considered an LPG conversion? You'd effectively double your miles-per-pound...

Costs money

money i dont have

Grant620 · Post by **Grant620** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:17 pm

Sheaf wrote:
I expect that's because they are only 600bhp in a 1 ton car, meaning they've got to be stupidly slow.

600 HP!!
We have just found out ANR's secret - he fits 1.1L engine in!
How come we have never heard about this before?

David220 · Post by **David220** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:24 pm

Gary wrote:
Sheaf wrote:
Gary wrote:Is it worth it?

Nope.

My dad keeps going on about getting 64mpg in his octavia.

I very much doubt he is getting anywhere near 64mpg, however if you drove the same manor as he would need to get this amount you would get lots more than 32mpg!

A guy at my work has a mk4 golf tdi and he quite regularly gets those sort of figures. Even when he puts his foot down he still averages above 50mpg!

Puts my low 20's to shame

Mule · Post by **Mule** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:43 am

weve only got limited info here so im assuming you drive 50 miles round trip to WORK for a fiver a day.. assuming you work 5 days a week (Â£25 a week on fuel) and finnally assuming you are on the most basic of wages it will only take 1 hour of work per per day to recoup the petrol cost...

Am i missing something? nearly everyone earns at the very least (FT wage) Â£250 per week.. so only 10% would go on fuel...

TBH, and I know this probably sounds harsh but your best bet is change jobs to something more local and better paid.. HTH