exactly, a car with FC lesser to 10km/l is poor imho. I don't see why FC can be less impt because it directly means higher budget. Mind you, its at least 11km/l. That the worst case for me mostly, I'm still getting better FC than the avg of a BMW. That counts for something.
So, when we talk about expenses of owning a car. All these add up. To be fair, if someone can own a luxury car already, then it make sense that FC isn't going to matter that much. To compare owning a budget low FC car vs a BMW citing that depreciation is not so different is simply ignoring alot of other stuffs.
Assuming u would drive avg of 450km per week. That will be 234000km in 10 yrs.
With a car with 13km/l, it consume 18k litres.
With a car with 9km/l, it consume 26k litres.
And, for higher performance car, u need a higher octane petrol to benefit from its performance and protect from the knocking. Every litre will cost probably 12 cents more for 98 vs 92 and 30 cents when compared with premium petrol like V Power.
So, calculation basing on current petrol prices.
92 Octane petrol at $1.558
98 Octane petrol at $1.67
Premium petrol at $1.849
13km/l FC car :-
18k litres x $1.558 = $28k
9km/l FC car :-
26k litres x $1.67 = $43.4k
26k litres x $1.849 = $48k
Therefore, with the level of usage, in 10 yrs, we expect $15-20k more expenses on a poor FC car.
For me, that's at least 30-40% of the car price of a low FC budget car. 10 yrs roadtax is another $3k diff from 1.5 vs 2.0 litre. The insurance again. Though a few hundred, would add up to thousands again in 10yrs.
The figures don't lie. And sm, u were talking about 40k off the price of new one for your BMW. But, my car only cost me $53k with a $16k OMV. Its a completely apple and orange comparison. I'm not convinced.
