newbie - 172 running costs

[dave_rudabar]

I'm looking to buy a 172 soon, but haven't been able to find much about general running costs. Can anyone offer a bit of advice/thoughts on the matter?
All I know is that fuel economy is pretty good.

Hoping they're cheaper than the other fast hot-hatch cars I've run in the past (Peugeot 205 GTI/306 GTI6 & Pulsar GTI-R)?
To be fair, i'm not going to be modifying it at all, so that'll help for starters.

 

[Knuckles]

There's a few threads on running costs on here somewhere... Off the top of my head I think it's something like £195 a year tax and around 35mpg. Belt change every 5 year iirc or 72k mile: this costs around £500.

I'm sure more people will be around soon with more info

 

[Revels]

Helllooooo.

Servicing is pretty cheap bar the big belt service which is every 5years/72k and that'll be about £500. Insurance isn't the cheapest. Tax is £200 a year.

Tyres. Depends what you buy. There's hundreds of threads on MPG.

Everything else, just fix when it breaks. Nothing is a major issue really.

 

[danzman1991]

As said, reasonable running costs as long as you search long and hard for the right car! Don't buy a lemon like I did!

 

[PP200t]

I mirror the above. I currently average 38 mpg, which is better than my mini cooper. If you buy one ensure belts are done or have been, that's a fair amount of peace of mind then.

 

[Soot1e]

Tax is now £245 per year post 2001 models and £185 pre 2001. The other costs won't be much different to your previous cars.

 

[Knuckles]

£245? Srs? Dear me

 

[Martin_172]

they are cheap to run for the performance to be fair!

 

[Fletcher]

My 172 cost me a lot of money when it reached 80k, and few years back.

 

[dave_rudabar]

Cheers for the replies. Currently have a 1.8 Focus - have had a few 'sensible' years, kinda enjoyed having a car I didn't really care about for a while!

 

[Matt W]

£245? Srs? Dear me

Yep.

 

[Soot1e]

Went up last budget.

 

[andywa]

I've found my 182 one of the cheapest cars to run that I've had. Servicing costs are reasonable and I average around 38mpg. The only expensive part if ownership is the belts but if you get one where they've just been done then you won't have to worry about that.

 

[black_sunrise]

servicing costs are reasonable apart from the belts that people have mentioned but thats only every so often... tax is a fortune at £245... insurance, you might as well bend over and get lubed up... economy is decent for the engine, i usually see about 31mpg in daily running but anything up to 45mpg on a steady motorway run.

 

[unclebuncles]

agree with whats said, the highest mpg ive had is 45.2, which im sure would've gone higher if it had been a longer journey.

I didnt get that out of a 1.2 punto i had a couple of years back, 40 if i was lucky. That was a money pit of a car, 2 head gaskets in the space of 40k. Shite.