Unfortunately I work inside the M25 so diesel is likely to become more expensive to run due to tax rates on diesel cars. But I get what you mean, and I currently run petrol but granted that’s a 1.4l not a 2.0l turboJust my personal opinion.....but 17k miles per year would be way too much for me to even consider running an S3.
I'm afraid it would need to be a diesel powered vehicle for that kind of mileage.
63miles a day mainly M1 with some driving in the outskirts of London at the end and some countryside nearer home.how far is your commute?
18" tyres are only a couple of quid more than 17", insurance, not a fortune, servicing - Audi sting you but not much more than anything else. If you can stomach paying a petrol bill of £3500 a year, mainly for commuting, then you have your answer.Hi guys, was wondering if anyone had any advice on running costs for a S3. I will be doing up to 17k miles a year for work etc. A fair bit of rush hour commuting included in that mileage for work.
63miles a day mainly M1 with some driving in the outskirts of London at the end and some countryside nearer home.
I do around 20k miles per year.
APR stage 1, running super unleaded. Love the car!! Wouldn't change it for the world. Fill up with esso or V power, normally 2/3 times a week.
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So you put around £180 a week in fuel ?
Can you message me pal? Want to chat but new to the page and cant figure out how to message you? Thanks a lotI might be able to help, I had my S3 just over a year and done about 15k miles in it. A rough split would be 80% motorway/single carriageway and 20% town driving. My long term average MPG was 33mpg, however this was for a FL S3 not a PFL (which I believe based on your other post is what you're looking at), The FL has a 7th gear which helps boost the MPG, PFL has only 6 gears so would say MPG would be about 28ish as a rough estimate based on what I got. When purely motorway driving I'd be seeing average MPG of 39-43mpg which I found impressive for a performance car.
Tyres, I never needed to change, I kerbed my front after 2 weeks of owning the car, so had brand new tyres on front. So front had done 15k miles and had around 5mm left, rears were on 23k miles and had about 3mm left. Servicing was free on my car but local independent would have done full service for around £150ish.
My annual tax was £140 (as was below £40k list price) and my insurance was around £1,600 (age of 20 + 2 yrs NCB). Feel free to drop me a PM with any further Q's