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big eck

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17th Jan 12 at 10:52

When I bought mine I knew it would be expensive to run especially as a daily but I just searched the net for a buying guide and went from there.

thegsi

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17th Jan 12 at 10:52

quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
He didnt say he couldnt afford one, more like if he has to ask a question about running one then he shouldnt buy one.

Thegsi, are you saying you didnt research the running costs before you bought yours? You didnt ask the previous seller a single question about part prices etc?

No. I had some spare cash kicking around from the Jet I bought from Sly Stallone so thought I'd buy an Evo.

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17th Jan 12 at 12:14

quote:
Originally posted by big eck

quote:
Originally posted by AK
wtf...

140-160 miles to a tank in an Evo.

Couple of questions

How big is the tank???
How much power?
How much fuel are you pissing out the exhaust?

I was using mind as a daily in all weathers so was running 350bhp, cost to fill the tank was about £60 at the time and depending on who was driving (me or the wife) it would range between 120 to over 300 miles easy.

300 is more like it with 'normal' driving

BarnshaW

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17th Jan 12 at 12:17

got to be honest i dont see more then 150 miles to 60 quid at most

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17th Jan 12 at 12:26

in an Impreza???

You must drive it like a C*nt most of the time then

BarnshaW

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17th Jan 12 at 12:29

no not at all! thats still approximately 19mpg with mixed driving i would say, most of thats commuting to work which is only close!

adiohead

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17th Jan 12 at 12:32

I average 22mpg with slow power, so I can see it.

thegsi

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17th Jan 12 at 12:34

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
I average 22mpg with slow power, so I can see it.

Are you nuts! I used to return 30mpg in my LCR

3CorsaMeal

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17th Jan 12 at 12:34

its not the turbo nature of these cars that gives them the low mpg, its the fact the owners have such big heads to carry around with them

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17th Jan 12 at 12:38

£60 = about 12gallon

150 miles to 12gallon = 12.5 MPG

adiohead

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17th Jan 12 at 12:45

quote:
Originally posted by thegsi

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
I average 22mpg with slow power, so I can see it.

Are you nuts! I used to return 30mpg in my LCR

tbh, it usually does that.

but I don't haven't been driving economically lately.

Fro

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17th Jan 12 at 12:46

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
I average 22mpg with slow power, so I can see it.

That's nuts, Get 30+ from my 4Mo driving normally 20's if hooning.

edit: Seen your other reply now

[Edited on 17-01-2012 by Fro]

adiohead

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17th Jan 12 at 12:48

I had fun on the way to Leicester the other day....M40 to M1 via Silverstone.

thegsi

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17th Jan 12 at 12:49

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead

quote:
Originally posted by thegsi

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
I average 22mpg with slow power, so I can see it.

Are you nuts! I used to return 30mpg in my LCR

tbh, it usually does that.

but I don't haven't been driving economically lately.

Double negative description... now thats seriously uneconomical

adiohead

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17th Jan 12 at 12:50

I don't not know what you're on about

BarnshaW

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17th Jan 12 at 14:07

quote:
Originally posted by AK
£60 = about 12gallon

150 miles to 12gallon = 12.5 MPG

£60 gets you about 9 gallons..... at approx £1.45 a litre.....

Ian

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17th Jan 12 at 14:28

quote:
Originally posted by Sean-B
Surprisingly Ian's comment is the most dickish so far. Is a ferrari 430 just a 5yr old, 2 door, 8 cyl production car?

Yes, which makes it more special than a saloon car with a big engine.

I get they're expensive, I just don't see why they're in some different league to everything else. The running costs aren't that bad compared to any other vaguely interesting car. The only reason I can see that you'll spend a lot is that the internet has told people that you must go to a specialist and use genuine parts, which on an old car I wouldn't really be so worried about. Give £8k for one now, you're going to be getting £5k back in a few years regardless, might get 500 quid more if its got a bit of history but really, you'll have spent that going to the other places, the maths of an internet-spec history aren't there for me.

I'm not attempting to be dick-ish, I'm saying if you want an old car with a big engine, you can probably afford it, the fuel costs will piss you off a bit but it's fast so you'll be happy about that, go for it if you want one. That is less dick-ish than saying if you need to ask you can't afford it, isn't it?

sc0ott

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17th Jan 12 at 14:39

I had a look on PH earlier at evos but couldnt find any that were serviced at the kennedy space centre in florida. Probably why theyre so cheap.

adiohead

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17th Jan 12 at 14:43

Audi will give you a free new car if you have a full service book of their stamps.

3CorsaMeal

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17th Jan 12 at 16:07

Deffo have to live at home to be able to own an evo

Colin

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17th Jan 12 at 16:17

LOL I dont think they would be that bad to own at all, not compared to anything else performance.......

My Impreza used to get an oil service every 4k miles.
My M3 was heavy on just about everything....,£1k major service, tyres V.expensive. 19mpg around town.
RS Focus used to eat tyres & fuel at an alarming rate. 8k miles for a full set of rubber (rotated once!) Think the trip said 16mpg, whether to believe that or not.

Not once have I been snooty about it though if anyone asks. Its the way we learn after all.

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17th Jan 12 at 16:41

quote:
Originally posted by BarnshaW

quote:
Originally posted by AK
£60 = about 12gallon

150 miles to 12gallon = 12.5 MPG

£60 gets you about 9 gallons..... at approx £1.45 a litre.....

you must be using UK gallons to my US

£1.45!!! Is that how much V Power is these days?

Tom

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17th Jan 12 at 16:44