Money saving tips for the car?

[Bellend]

I'm on not a great wage tbf. Gotta look for another job now, it's awful what I'm on but I like my job so I don't want to leave really. Am going to talk about a decent payrise now I have my certificates when both my bosses are at work from their holidays.

Anyway.

My car takes away 75% of my wages pretty much.

Insurance is now £200. Now I did get this quote on the web. Was £1300, but then doing monthly was £2124 or something like that.

I am going to try and phone round companies etc and try and get it cheaper however I'm halfway through the year so don't want to mess up the 6months no claims. Once I've got my next NCB am possibly going to try again to get on my mums policy, legit as she does about 80% of the miles on the policy.

But then there is petrol, easy £30 a week. That's just my weekend miles. The O2 sensor is gone, I know but it does use a lot of fuel. Sometimes it's brilliant, sometimes it's crap. Drove a 1l Fiesta from Maidstone, down to dover, loads of miles up there and when I went to leave I had only done a tenner on fuel. Total fuel bill was £30. My Golf would have done £50 without a doubt and I do not view those Fiestas as good on fuel.

Sometimes I have to admit I do put my foot down a bit in the Golf but recently cause of the fuel bills I've been sitting at 56/60 with the lorries on the motorways etc.

I don't use it during the week and only at weekends. OCCASIONALLY will use it on a Thursday or a Wednesday night but not all the time.

Any tips on what I can do?

I'm gonna get a quote on a Corsa, if it's a big difference I will just live with it and take my Golf off the road and finally get round to respraying it and put a different engine in it, probably a TDI.

My sister is gonna get a car soon, that will only be a 1l something. She really needs a car in the week just waiting to pass her test as this will save her a fortune on travel costs, even with insurance tax MOT and £300 a year on MOT bills and the fuel as it costs her silly ammounts on bus fare etc. However her partner normally drives weekends so was thinking of going halfs, I'll clean the car and look after it and go halfs and then use it weekends as I don't drive week time.

I've probably rambled complete sh!te, make no sense at all and probably none of you care, but if you can decifer all that any tips? 

OR

TL;DR:

My car is expensive, give me tips to make it cheap. 

[T_J_G]

Sell it and buy a TDi. Simples.

Or first things first pay for a new sensor that effectively will pay for itself.

I did Rainham, Kent to Santa pod and back on no more than £22 worth of fuel.

[jmsheahan]

Cars cost money, especially GTI's. Get used to it mate unfortunately 

[leigh_harty]

Tdi's are only worth it on long runs. round towns they arnt much better than petrols.

[T_J_G]

Really?

[leigh_harty]

Well if i did town driving mainly id go for a petrol so then id atleast have something to play with on weekends

If i did motorway miles then a tdi all the way

Stop start driving affects diesels too and at the higher cost?

Its what i found out which lead me to a 2,8 beemer over a diseasel

[Thom89]

I'm on not a great wage tbf. Gotta look for another job now, it's awful what I'm on but I like my job so I don't want to leave really. Am going to talk about a decent payrise now I have my certificates when both my bosses are at work from their holidays.

Anyway.

My car takes away 75% of my wages pretty much.

Insurance is now £200. Now I did get this quote on the web. Was £1300, but then doing monthly was £2124 or something like that.

I am going to try and phone round companies etc and try and get it cheaper however I'm halfway through the year so don't want to mess up the 6months no claims. Once I've got my next NCB am possibly going to try again to get on my mums policy, legit as she does about 80% of the miles on the policy.

But then there is petrol, easy £30 a week. That's just my weekend miles. The O2 sensor is gone, I know but it does use a lot of fuel. Sometimes it's brilliant, sometimes it's crap. Drove a 1l Fiesta from Maidstone, down to dover, loads of miles up there and when I went to leave I had only done a tenner on fuel. Total fuel bill was £30. My Golf would have done £50 without a doubt and I do not view those Fiestas as good on fuel.

Sometimes I have to admit I do put my foot down a bit in the Golf but recently cause of the fuel bills I've been sitting at 56/60 with the lorries on the motorways etc.

I don't use it during the week and only at weekends. OCCASIONALLY will use it on a Thursday or a Wednesday night but not all the time.

Any tips on what I can do?

I'm gonna get a quote on a Corsa, if it's a big difference I will just live with it and take my Golf off the road and finally get round to respraying it and put a different engine in it, probably a TDI.

My sister is gonna get a car soon, that will only be a 1l something. She really needs a car in the week just waiting to pass her test as this will save her a fortune on travel costs, even with insurance tax MOT and £300 a year on MOT bills and the fuel as it costs her silly ammounts on bus fare etc. However her partner normally drives weekends so was thinking of going halfs, I'll clean the car and look after it and go halfs and then use it weekends as I don't drive week time.

I've probably rambled complete sh!te, make no sense at all and probably none of you care, but if you can decifer all that any tips? 

OR

TL;DR:

My car is expensive, give me tips to make it cheap. 

This is far too long for me to read! can anyone put it in a nutshell for me? or should I move on to the next thread?

Thanks

Thom

[jmsheahan]

This is far too long for me to read! can anyone put it in a nutshell for me? or should I move on to the next thread?

Thanks

Thom

Job doesn't pay enough. Car is too expensive to run. Advice?

[leigh_harty]

This is far too long for me to read! can anyone put it in a nutshell for me? or should I move on to the next thread?

Thanks

Thom
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Job doesn't pay enough. Car is too expensive to run. Advice?


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Pushrod

[Thom89]

Thanks.. I'll move on

Thom