Finding ways to keep your motoring costs down should come into play before you even buy a new car.

When you are in the process of selecting a new car from the thousands of models out there one of the major factors will be the initial outlay, but also the day-to-day running costs.

So, one of the first conundrums will be whether you opt for a diesel or petrol model. Ordinarily diesels are cheaper to run because they give you better fuel economy. For example a basic 1.6 diesel Ford Focus has an official combined fuel consumption of 67.3mpg whereas the equivalent petrol model returns 47.9mpg. This should a be no-brainer surely? Go for the diesel.

However, petrol models tend to be cheaper to buy. The petrol Focus will set you back £15,880 but the diesel will cost you £17,095 – a £1,215 premium.

So, you need to know how long it would take you and how many miles you need to travel to make it worth shelling out the extra for the diesel model. You also have to factor in the pricier cost of diesel fuel too.

The arithmetic, therefore, can be tortuous, so help is hand with Parker’s Cost of Motoring tool, which lists all the cost of nearly all the new cars on the market. With a few clicks on a drop-down menu you can find out how much your annual or even monthly fuel will be. You can even compare models, so you can find out whether it’s the diesel or petrol model that makes the most financial sense.

Click here to use the Parker’s Cost of Motoring Tool

If you would like any additional guidance or help please do not hesitate to ask and one of the team at Avatar Vehicles will be happy to give completely unbiased advice as to which model and fuel type is best suited for your individual needs.

Article taken from Parker’s, many thanks for their information.

Just a note to say many thanks to all of the great Testimonials that our customers have taken the time and effort to write over the last while – it is really appreciated as it lets new clients see what others think of us. All Testimonials are kept on file in the office so are available to see if you so wish.

Click through here if you have not already had a look – or if you would like to add a comment yourself: Avatar Vehicles Testimonials

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Have a great weekend!

Here is a great new deal just announced to ourselves – the above car for only £384+vat per month with a small deposit! Contact us if you would like more details!

About the Author

Steve Roberts is the Owner of Avatar Vehicles which has been going for 6 years. Many years of experience make him an expert in the field of vehicle leasing and all aspects of motoring. He is passionate about helping others to obtain cost effective, no nonsense deals on their cars – saving them both time and money with any vehicle purchase.

We are now there – the website has now gone live as you know and we have been busy with the usual tweaks once it was born. This Blog is also new and we have been making the connections so that it links with Facebook and Twitter etc – so that should all be working now as well.

From starting work on the website to it’s completion now has only taken 2 weeks or so which is great. Many thanks to Mike at Calas for his hard work and also especially to Trevor Jones at Click Web Seo for his hard work as well.

Any comments would be appreciated!

About the Author

Steve Roberts is the Owner of Avatar Vehicles which has been going for 6 years. Many years of experience make him an expert in the field of vehicle leasing and all aspects of motoring. He is passionate about helping others to obtain cost effective, no nonsense deals on their cars – saving them both time and money with any vehicle purchase.

Well, at last it is here – our newly refreshed and updated website for Avatar Vehicles! www.avatarvehicles.co.uk We have tried to keep the general feel the same but added many new features – some of which were not available when the old site was launched in 2008! It is now easier to navigate and should let you find exactly the deal, or the information, that you are looking for much more quickly.

The great deals are still the same and we constantly update these on a daily basis! We are continuing to tweak some of the text etc over the next couple of days – it’s only when you start to use the website that you sometimes notice a small spelling mistake (goodness me no!!) or similar. If there is anything that you notice that we have missed then please do let us know – it would be really appreciated.

This is my Steve’s (me) first ever Blog – so bear with me as I get the hang of it all! If there are any questions that you have about the website or anything relating to Motoring or Finance etc then please do get in touch. I would love this to allow more interaction with clients and possible future clients – I and Avatar Vehicles are here to help, so please do use us as your fist port of call for any matters to do with cars, vans, finance or anything else for that matter that you think we might be able to help you with.

Many thanks and I hope you like the new website and Blog – looking forward to a great 2012!!

About the Author

Steve Roberts is the Owner of Avatar Vehicles which has been going for 6 years. Many years of experience make him an expert in the field of vehicle leasing and all aspects of motoring. He is passionate about helping others to obtain cost effective, no nonsense deals on their cars – saving them both time and money with any vehicle purchase.

Today we have launched our Company News Page, keep checking to see what’s new from Avatar Vehicles …………

About the Author

Steve Roberts is the Owner of Avatar Vehicles which has been going for 6 years. Many years of experience make him an expert in the field of vehicle leasing and all aspects of motoring. He is passionate about helping others to obtain cost effective, no nonsense deals on their cars – saving them both time and money with any vehicle purchase.