Hi
Can I ask your opinion on something?
I have a Rover 75 which I want to keep in tip top condition for a number of years as I probably won't be able to afford another car like this one.
I do around 16k a year which 11k is going to and from work. I have the opportunity to get a second car just for work, it would be either a Fiesta or Rover 100 and they have both done about 45k.
By getting this it would mean I would only be doing about 5k per year in the 75 which would mostly be motorway driving. I only work 3 or 4 days a week at most which means the 75 would be driven the other days. She would be parked in the drive or garage the days I was working.
Apart from mileage my other concern with taking the 75 to work is that our cars have to be left unlocked with the keys in them so other employees can get there cars out of the very packed car park (parking nose to tail six deep) Obvoiusly the 75 would be better off without other people moving her around the car park which happens on an hourly basis.
I do realise it would be double car tax and insurance but this would not be a problem as long as the benefits are worth it.
What is your opinion on this? Would the 75 benefit from only doing 5k per year and obviously would being left three or four days a week in a garage be detrimental?
I just can't make up my mind which would be best and perhaps your comments may help me decide.
Cheers
Ken
Can I ask your opinion on something?
I have a Rover 75 which I want to keep in tip top condition for a number of years as I probably won't be able to afford another car like this one.
I do around 16k a year which 11k is going to and from work. I have the opportunity to get a second car just for work, it would be either a Fiesta or Rover 100 and they have both done about 45k.
By getting this it would mean I would only be doing about 5k per year in the 75 which would mostly be motorway driving. I only work 3 or 4 days a week at most which means the 75 would be driven the other days. She would be parked in the drive or garage the days I was working.
Apart from mileage my other concern with taking the 75 to work is that our cars have to be left unlocked with the keys in them so other employees can get there cars out of the very packed car park (parking nose to tail six deep) Obvoiusly the 75 would be better off without other people moving her around the car park which happens on an hourly basis.
I do realise it would be double car tax and insurance but this would not be a problem as long as the benefits are worth it.
What is your opinion on this? Would the 75 benefit from only doing 5k per year and obviously would being left three or four days a week in a garage be detrimental?
I just can't make up my mind which would be best and perhaps your comments may help me decide.
Cheers
Ken