Cheap fuel saver

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Hemi300c

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Right so right now I am spending +- R4860 p.m. on just to from work in my Nissan Hardbody petrol thirsty 2.4 double cab, apart from the more expensive tires etc



Considered a new Ranger but why put huge kilo’s on a new expensive vehicle. I need the bakkie for use on weekends when I take the full bakkie load of fruit and veg to a Monkey rescue centre I support and besides that with 115k kilos and in excellent condition they want to give me a measly R89K trade in. I’ll keep it!!



So it basically boils down to a cheap fuel saver that can do 120-130km on the highway Jhb-Pta daily (110 kilo’s there and back) with only me in. Budget R3200 p.m excl insurance



My thoughts at this stage are – all manual, elec windows, Bluetooth and AC

Suzuki Ignis GLX (different and I suspect will retain it's value well)

Renault Clio or Stepway

Your thoughts
 
My Honda NC750DCT Automatic gets me over 30km/l and I travel a hundred kilos a day
Currently filling up twice a week at R170 a pop
 
Hemi300c said:
Right so right now I am spending +- R4860 p.m. on just to from work in my Nissan Hardbody petrol thirsty 2.4 double cab, apart from the more expensive tires etc



Considered a new Ranger but why put huge kilo’s on a new expensive vehicle. I need the bakkie for use on weekends when I take the full bakkie load of fruit and veg to a Monkey rescue centre I support and besides that with 115k kilos and in excellent condition they want to give me a measly R89K trade in. I’ll keep it!!



So it basically boils down to a cheap fuel saver that can do 120-130km on the highway Jhb-Pta daily (110 kilo’s there and back) with only me in. Budget R3200 p.m excl insurance



My thoughts at this stage are – all manual, elec windows, Bluetooth and AC

Suzuki Ignis GLX (different and I suspect will retain it's value well)

Renault Clio or Stepway

Your thoughts
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Get say a 2015 Ford Figo for around R85 000, that would work out at about R2000pm for the car itself.

EDIT: Mazda 2 also a good idea
 
gamer16 said:
Why don't you do a review for us on this?
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Nothing really to review but i love it, so quick stats i can provide on my running costs @ 100km a day during the week (calculated as annual costs )
- Fuel at twice a week refill R17680
- Rear tyre, sprockets & chain (once a year) R3200
- Front tyre (every 2nd year) R2000
- Front/Rear Disc Pads (once a year) R1200
- Spark Plugs/Air Filter (once a year R600
- Oil/ Oil Filter (twice a year) R900
- Insurance R6000

Total R30 580 annual running costs for a 26 000 km annual journey to work and back every work day

Equates to R1.18 per kilometre which to be fair is not much. Not calculating depreciation into this as I don't know how to :ROFL:
 
Chuckmyster said:
Nothing really to review but i love it, so quick stats i can provide on my running costs @ 100km a day during the week (calculated as annual costs )
- Fuel at twice a week refill R17680
- Rear tyre, sprockets & chain (once a year) R3200
- Front tyre (every 2nd year) R2000
- Front/Rear Disc Pads (once a year) R1200
- Spark Plugs/Air Filter (once a year R600
- Oil/ Oil Filter (twice a year) R900
- Insurance R6000

Total R30 580 annual running costs for a 26 000 km annual journey to work and back every work day

Equates to R1.18 per kilometre which to be fair is not much. Not calculating depreciation into this as I don't know how to :ROFL:
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Hmm cheap, I really need to look at getting a bike.
 
gamer16 said:
Hmm cheap, I really need to look at getting a bike.
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Bike is costing me about R2500 a month on HP as I am paying it off over 5 years. After 5 yrs a bike is pretty much done at almost 150k on the clock and worth buggar all and time to get another.

So if i factor in an additional R2500 a month the running costs work out to R2.33/km. I wonder how this compares to those that use cars? Cars can go at least 200k km before been retired
 
Ignore motorcycle recommendations... Don't cut costs on your safety, especially for a long commute...

All the car mentions are pretty solid imo.
 
I would suggest going for a pre-facelift Suzuki Celerio - I have hired one on 2 occasions last year - on one trip to Steelpoort, I managed to get 4.68 l/100 km (21.38 km/l), travelling at the posted speed limits.

After 346.4 kms, on my way back to Edenvale, I refilled it at Middelburg, and all it took to fill the tank was 16.20 litres.

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This is actually marginally better than Suzuki's quoted fuel consumption figures for the Celerio - they put it at 4.7 l/100 km for the manual models.

The range remaining display (before I filled up) still said I could have done another 390 kms on what was in the tank.

Here's my full review I posted after I had driven the Celerio on this trip, which I then posted on the Suzuki Celerio thread:

https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/thr...-celerio-celery-unveiled.930126/post-21764795

You could always replace the standard 1-DIN Pioneer head-unit with this new Pioneer SPH-C19BT model - which is also a 1-DIN unit, but has full Smart Sync mobile phone integration via a retractable swivel retaining bracket.

:whistling:
 
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Gotta agree there that the Celery is good bang for buck. At the end of day OP is just looking for cheaper commuting.
Keep the 4x4 for weekends :thumbsup:
 
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