Ours used only a little oil - about 5l per year from memory - aka negligible. But yeah 23mpg for only 230bhp was shit - the biggest issue being that it was 23mpg if you drove it hard, or 23mpg if you pootled like a granny.Matty wrote: Mon Apr 07, 2025 10:58 pm £735 tax and terrible MPG means you'll be paying a fair bit just to move around....not sure on engine reliability or if it's just internet heresay. I'm sure Mik owned one, so will be able to give pointers.
...So you might as well buy that large capacity V8 that you've always liked the thought of?V8Granite wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 9:01 am The difference in car tax is 1000 miles, it’s never bothered me and considering g you were happy to pay an extra £500 a year on insurance then does it really matter ?
How many miles do you do a year as you seem to have a lot of problems related to leaving a car parked up and not run.
Dave!
Exactly, unless it’s purely a date thing where the same car is available before and after the tax cutoff then it’s a small part of the ownership.Marv wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 9:07 am...So you might as well buy that large capacity V8 that you've always liked the thought of?V8Granite wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 9:01 am The difference in car tax is 1000 miles, it’s never bothered me and considering g you were happy to pay an extra £500 a year on insurance then does it really matter ?
How many miles do you do a year as you seem to have a lot of problems related to leaving a car parked up and not run.
Dave!
They drive nicely when behaving but yeah, had a rotary, fuel bills were painful even back then.
