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Peed off with ever increasing diesel prices I've just bought a 1.3CDTi Vauxall Corsa. With my modded Surf yeilding somewhere between 20-22mpg I've been paying over 100 quid per week just get to work. Four or five hundred pounds a month on fuel just ain't funny any more!
Anyway back to the Corsa- the 1.3CDTi Ecotec engine yields 63mpg combined or 75mpg on a run (i.e. to work & back). According to my calculations the car will have paid for itself in just under two years if diesel stays at 1.30/litre. For every 5 pence a litre diesel goes up it pays for itself a month sooner! If diesel ever hits 2.00/litre pay off time is in just 13 months- shocking considering the Corsa cost 4900! Oh- and VED road tax is a mere 35 quid!
I'm keeping the Surf for weekend/winter/offroad use- I just won't be using it as the daily runner any longer. It also means the Surf might get more offroad mods fitted like a front winch, bigger tyres etc. Not being my only car means I can spend more time doing work on the Surf.
Corsa pics.
Now I'm off to join a Corsa forum and see what can go wrong with these things.....
Anyway back to the Corsa- the 1.3CDTi Ecotec engine yields 63mpg combined or 75mpg on a run (i.e. to work & back). According to my calculations the car will have paid for itself in just under two years if diesel stays at 1.30/litre. For every 5 pence a litre diesel goes up it pays for itself a month sooner! If diesel ever hits 2.00/litre pay off time is in just 13 months- shocking considering the Corsa cost 4900! Oh- and VED road tax is a mere 35 quid!
I'm keeping the Surf for weekend/winter/offroad use- I just won't be using it as the daily runner any longer. It also means the Surf might get more offroad mods fitted like a front winch, bigger tyres etc. Not being my only car means I can spend more time doing work on the Surf.
Corsa pics.
Now I'm off to join a Corsa forum and see what can go wrong with these things.....
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