Easy to fix that. Don't drive a new car that depreciates.Fjell said:My biggest cost by far is depreciation on two cars, so I don't tend to get excited about fuel cost.
PeteHall said:Easy to fix that. Don't drive a new car that depreciates.
Fjell said:The new one:
https://ineosgrenadier.com/en/gb/
What I found with older Landrovers is that you could replace every part and it wouldn?t make it any more reliable, it would be instantly old and a bit crap. Possibly the Series III was the worst.
PeteHall said:Easy to fix that. Don't drive a new car that depreciates.Fjell said:My biggest cost by far is depreciation on two cars, so I don't tend to get excited about fuel cost.
Apparently the 2nd hand car market is booming, so an old banger is appreciating, while new stuff continues to depreciate.
The only trouble is that the ?100 banger of 10 years ago costs ?1,000 now and spare parts have gone up too (even at the breakers yard), so it's not as cheap as it was, but still a hell of a lot cheaper than buying new.
Classic cars meanwhile have gone through the roof and continue to climb.
I wanted to click Like to acknowledge the post, but it's not something I actually "Like"Tomferry said:Just looked at getting heating oil for my house?kerosene ? I see it?s gone from 0.49p-?1.37!! Per litre Be warned anyone who uses it ! I am definitely turning mine off cannot afford it .
Cantclimbtom said:I've heard of someone mixing new oil - only in *Summer* with 50:50 mix because they got a drum that was surplus to requirements, but since it's undutied fuel I can't advise this on a public road. I've also heard used oil is way way cheaper but can contain acids which over time aren't good for the engine unless you remove with potassium hydroxide (or similar process) which the guy fails to mention in video below, but using new oil at about ?1.50 litre (?30 for 20l drum) is already cheaper than average UK diesel at ?1.61 as prices are going up (https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/fuel-watch/) and worth knowing in emergency anyway in case of some fuel buying panic. B10 diesel (10%) is pretty normal stuff and standard in France, I'd hazard a prediction that UK will follow suite, sooner rather than later
Skoda Octavia and used cooking oil B100
https://youtu.be/WNJH1rikujI
Tomferry said:I can confirm that my 1987 Landrover does drink a extremely large amount of diesel and oil luckily the engine decided to blow up the other week so after it?s fixed hopefully it stops drinking the oil , I am sure the fuel will still be the same at the average of 18mpg it is very expensive, the bonus is the 18mpg gives you a massage the whole way their and home you have to have the head phones in your ears so you can think , I wonder if i can claim white finger of my boss even though it?s caused by the Landrover in my spare time ? :-\