daveenty
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- 2019 AMG S Class Coupe
I'm currently on cutbacks as I've now practically retired, so looking for little ways to scrimp and save bits and pieces here and there. This started with the household bills, most of which are now sorted, and has now filtered down to the cars.
The Mercedes is staying, that's special and is one of my few indulgences but I was looking round at economising on the daily which is a Lexus RX450h. Consideration was being given to a pure electrically powered car, mainly due to running costs and my lack of long driving trips which is becoming more apparent nowadays, so I looked at a couple, mainly Nissan Leaf and Kia Soul EVs.
Nope, sorry. Not for me. After briefly looking round them I've decided to keep the Lexus for at least another 12 months. A far nicer place to be really. It's just had the big 6 yearly service so, theoretically, should now be good to go for a while. I've also just checked and it last had fuel put in it back in February. It's still got well over half a tank. It passed it's MOT a couple of weeks ago, not having covered 1,000 miles since the previous one. I did shop around for insurance this time and managed to get it for a good price at just over £300 which, combined with an annual tax bill of £155, makes for relatively cheap motoring.
I just need to get out and use the thing a bit more.
The Mercedes is staying, that's special and is one of my few indulgences but I was looking round at economising on the daily which is a Lexus RX450h. Consideration was being given to a pure electrically powered car, mainly due to running costs and my lack of long driving trips which is becoming more apparent nowadays, so I looked at a couple, mainly Nissan Leaf and Kia Soul EVs.
Nope, sorry. Not for me. After briefly looking round them I've decided to keep the Lexus for at least another 12 months. A far nicer place to be really. It's just had the big 6 yearly service so, theoretically, should now be good to go for a while. I've also just checked and it last had fuel put in it back in February. It's still got well over half a tank. It passed it's MOT a couple of weeks ago, not having covered 1,000 miles since the previous one. I did shop around for insurance this time and managed to get it for a good price at just over £300 which, combined with an annual tax bill of £155, makes for relatively cheap motoring.
I just need to get out and use the thing a bit more.