Any basis for the 15k miles a year comment Concrete?

Concrete may have more specific information - but generally petrol is better for anything less than 15,000 miles/year - there are exceptions though, when turbo-torque is vital, eg towing.

Any basis for the 15k miles a year comment Concrete?

Hello Bladerrw. I have driven diesels for the past 20 years. At first reluctantly when the company switched the fleet from petrol to diesel. Then I became quite a fan, especially as the manufacturers put more technology into them. It was when I withdrew from the company car scheme and provided my own car that it became interesting. I was covering between 25/30k miles per annum and claiming the HMRC mileage rates. I always had an annual surplus after finance, fuel, service, insurance, VED etc. I carefully worked out the financial position and came to the conclusion that about 15k per annum was hovering around the break even point, barring any major disaster. Anything above that started to provide a fund for repairs or replacement, which gradually builds up to a tidy sum. There are of course disadvantages as well as advantages. Also some common sense rules to follow. Always buy a good reliable car and maintain it well. Buy with the head not the heart. Colleagues came unstuck with big BMW, Merc, Jag syndrome. You can drive what you like but be circumspect. You can be unlucky and buy a car that does not turn out to be good, that's life. The other major factor for me and many others is this; you get to keep all of your Personal Income Tax Allowance instead of losing a major chunk of it from BIK tax. This in turn leaves more to put into the pension pot for later, a fact that will be much appreciated in later life. hallelujah!!

Sorry for the long explanation but I thought I would give you the benefit of my thought process at the time and still so now.

Cheers Concrete