Saving You Time And Money
It is easy to make the mistake that the price of the car is the biggest outlay, but actually the bigger costs are still to come at that point. Fuel, insurance, maintenance, accident repair; these all add up until they dwarf the original cost of the car. This is why it is worthwhile asking a few questions when you buy the car; what sort of fuel economy does it achieve, how often does it need servicing, what insurance group is it in, how much do the tyres usually cost. This will give you a better idea of how much the running costs of your new car will be.
With fuel prices as high as they currently are, fuel consumption is a big part of the car ownership costs, and many people nowadays are primarily looking for cars with low fuel consumption. Fuel economy depends on many things, from the type of car and size of the engine, to how full your boot is and what car tyres you choose to have fitted.
Car insurance and road tax must both be paid before you drive the car away. In both cases, you are usually rewarded with lower prices just for choosing a more sensible, fuel efficient car, with low carbon emissions.
Maintenance costs come from two different angles. On one hand car services, repairs and replacement tyres can quickly cost you a lot of money. Depending on the frequency of your particular vehicle’s servicing schedule, and how quickly you wear your tyres out, these costs can soon mount up. Again, you can reduce this by making the right choice of car – some high performance cars need servicing every 4,000 miles, while other cars will only need to be serviced every 18,000 miles. It isn’t hard to see how choosing the wrong car will make a difference to your service costs!
The other side of car maintenance costs is the time aspect. It can take a lot of your time to take the car to the garage for servicing, and for many of us, time away from work equals money lost. This can be mitigated by choosing the right garage. Many garages will be able to collect and deliver your car to your work address, or offer you a courtesy car, while some are open at the weekends so that you can fit repairs around work. For tyres there is also the option of a mobile tyre fitting service like Grippy who are based in Milton Keynes.