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Originally Posted by AWSAWS
The modern-ish N54, N55 twin turbo is a dream engine. Great economy for the power. Did you see top gear where the I8 was only managing a real world 30mpg on Top Gear's test last night? Give me the x35i! It's really good at motorway speeds. Devours the miles. I wonder how much cheaper the diesel really is when you add the extra cost of purchase (of the vehicle) and price at the pump.
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Over 90K, and 7 years of ownership our Diesel Civic ALL IN (including depreciation/insurance/servicing/tax - everything) has come out at £230/month - that's based 45K of company fuel allowance.
The last time I worked out running costs of my 335i it was around the £550-600/month mark, ok that includes modding costs, but half the millage of the Civic.
Overall though I agree the running costs of something like a 335/M135i is no where near as high as it could be, especially given the performance on offer. But if you have access to another (cheaper to run) car, than it makes sense to use the cheaper car.