Would you px your Cupra Petrol for a Cupra TDI if...?

[SeanyK]

Hey folks,

So i've been offered a tantalising (does anyone ever use that word?) deal...

A Cupra TDI same year as mine (ok if we are being pedantic its a few months newer), roughly same miles (20K) etc.

BUT

I'd have to pay £2000 on top for it.

Clearly the question is , how long will it take to make up £2000 savings in fuel, and the answer to that is, quite a while at present I would think.

Im finding myself at the petrol station a lot more than i'd like! And that is driving like a granny to and from work, and no other journeys. So when I go out, be it on random drives or round friends, the petrol station attendant will soon know me on a first name basis... lol

I love the car, hence why I would never sell it for a lower model or different car, it would have to be a Cupra TDI or a newer Cupra but the latter costs too much for me in my current situation.

So, to be REALISTIC, instead of quoting figures like 60mpg from a Cupra TDI (which, if was ever possible, with my driving style i'd be getting that on a regular basis!) if we go by my trip computer, I see around 30-34mpg generally, and on my work drive, 30-32mpg.

I guess if the Cupra TDI can get 45mpg+ then i'd be noticing a considerable difference.

I currently get around 260-280 before I fill up, would I be right in saying the tank size of the petrol is the same as the diesel version? So filling up costs will be roughly the same (I always use V-Power so I pay extra rip off fuel prices)

I use the power of the car rarely, but I like to have it there when needed, I also wouldn't choose an FR TDI because I like the Cupra brakes, and having the bigger turbo and FMIC as standard.

I have no problem paying the Cupra insurance, as I am officially an old git at 29.

So if your not bored at my post, would YOU pay the 2k and get the Cupra tdi?


PS> Selling my car and getting a MK3 is not an option, I tried that once last year and ended up spending thousands on mods and defeated the object of saving lol

 

[CJRamze]

If I was doing 200 or more miles per week I'd trade it without thinking about it.
I still miss Derv economy, £2000 is alot, but it is a diesel so work out your economy if you were to keep it (Over 4 years)

I used to get 70mpg in my derv on the motorway (50mph in 5th due to speed restrictions) so its safe to say in a Cupra derv in 6th at 70mph you should expect high 50's early 60's providing your speed is consistent and not raced but not having driven a Cupra I couldn't quote that for sure.

Regardless VW Dervs are some of the most efficient engines, I'm sure regardless of what you do you'll be happy.
Also the torque in a derv will tear your nuts clean off.

 

[jhono]

I Pxd my cupra r for a 140 tdi audi a3 for the same reason,however its now out of warrenty and i am looking for a ibiza cupra tdi,the loss of power was a bit of a shock but the visa statement on fuel at the end of the month was a smiler

 

[lee_fr200]

Although mine is a fr tdi it's basically he same engine and mine runs abit more power than a cupra thanks to mods, I often get high 50's to 60+mpg if I go on cruise at 50.

If I drive like an idiot though the least I've had is 37mpg so still not too bad oh n The diesels are v.quick

 

[davidmills2002]

I would exchange it personally. From what you've wrote it sounds as if you rarely drive it flat out and don't drive to the red line the whole time. So will probbably be faster in your everday driving style due to the masses of low end torque.

 

[uzi_cupra]

Go for the cupra tdi,if I drive it nice I can get around 50mpg but that's with a map etc so my fuelling is up.standard you will easily see 55+mpg as I did when it was standard.even on a spirited run you will manage more then the petrol being driven like a granny!try haggling it down a little,otherwise its a good catch!

 

[FR8ZER]

I am nearly a month into my 2007 Cupra TDi ownership, I'm still usuing the power quite alot I'm now adjusting to the gearing ratios for effective times to shift gears, I've always had 45 - 47mpg with my heavy foot. On the rare motorway journeys i was doing it creeped to 54+mpg

I always fill the car up till the pump clicks excessivley, I've always achieved atleast 420miles from my Cupra TDi tanks.

FR.. My mate got a FR TDi, a week after my cupra, the power delivery feels nice (standard map) Not too far off the delievery on a standard cupra....Until u hit the brakes, the front brakes on the cupra are amazing!! a huge difference between the Cupra and FR.

His FR came with, tinting rear mirror and auto wipers.

My Cupra has the cruise control, AUX port, a spare alloy differces were in the gadgets and brakes.

 

[great_kahn]

Diesels depreciate slower too, so you will get more money back when you come to sell it.

 

[SeanyK]

Also the torque in a derv will tear your nuts clean off.

That's one of the funniest things I have ever read!!! I laughed my head off at that

Thanks for the comments guys, appreciate it, does seem pretty unanimous that the TDi Cupra is the way to go in this situation.

The beauty of it, is I can just take my radio/iPod unit, along with the parcel shelf (I used speaker adaptors on the rear, so I could just put them back to stock.
But it also means I can just re-use the wire and everything, so literally swap it all over costing nothing which is handy.

I usually change gear at 4k rpm so the petrol Cupra has never been thrashed by me, sounds like thats the ideal rpm on diesels to change too.

I've had 2 Mk3 Cupras and 2 Mk4 Cupras, and could never go back to the stock brakes compared to the MK4 Cupra ones, so it looks like, MK4 Cupra number 3 is coming... lol

Thanks again for all the replies, very helpful and have made my decision a lot easier