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Originally Posted by Rudz
how did you arrive at that calculation though
320D - 10k miles, 55MPG, @ fuel prices you've mentioned it would cost £1180 to run 10k miles
325i would cost £1930 to run 10k miles @ 32MPG
That's £750 more per year in fuel costs plus additional road tax, you'll recoup in 2 years mate ? the residuals of a diesel is better than a petrol ? @ 10k miles a year, I still feel diesel's are better
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0.13 x 10,000 = £1300
0.09 x 10,000 = £900
Saving of £400. To make up the £1500 saved on purchase would therefore still take the 3~ years I calculated.
Either way, my figures are not 100%, they are little more than back of an envelope calculations.
I purposely left selling price out of all calculations because of the potential for variation.
I did however look at how much a 325i and 320d that are 7 years old (55 plates) would be worth.
Due to the massive variation in spec etc, its not entirely accurate but it really dosent look like the 320d holds it value much better than the 325i.
At the very least, that £1500 - £2000 gap difference now, gets smaller with age.