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john.wigley · Jan 19th, 2020, 16:40

Hi 'Chris152'

A 24X will make an excellent car for your lad on which to 'learn the ropes'.

MPG will vary with many factors, not least driving style. Back in the day, our '75 244DL 2.1 Auto could only manage 22 overall. Extremes were from 16-18 around town to 24-25 on a run. Our similar spec '81 car was was about 10% better overall and topped 30 when driving in Sweden. My '84 245GLT, 2.3 MOD car was much more economical, regularly returning high twenties.

So it is impossible to say, really. One possibility might be to look for (or convert to) a car running on LPG, but he would need to do a lot of miles to recover the up-front costs.

Having said that, is fuel consumption that important? At 3000 MPY, the difference between 20 and 30MPG is 50 gallons or about £300 at today's prices. Balancing that, he will have the benefit of a solid, reliable, comfortable and safe car that will very likely appreciate in value and cost less to insure than his mate's Corsa!

I would say go for it!

Regards, John.

Jan 19th, 2020, 16:40	#2
john.wigley VOC Member since 1986 Last Online: Today 00:00 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Leicestershire	Hi 'Chris152' A 24X will make an excellent car for your lad on which to 'learn the ropes'. MPG will vary with many factors, not least driving style. Back in the day, our '75 244DL 2.1 Auto could only manage 22 overall. Extremes were from 16-18 around town to 24-25 on a run. Our similar spec '81 car was was about 10% better overall and topped 30 when driving in Sweden. My '84 245GLT, 2.3 MOD car was much more economical, regularly returning high twenties. So it is impossible to say, really. One possibility might be to look for (or convert to) a car running on LPG, but he would need to do a lot of miles to recover the up-front costs. Having said that, is fuel consumption that important? At 3000 MPY, the difference between 20 and 30MPG is 50 gallons or about £300 at today's prices. Balancing that, he will have the benefit of a solid, reliable, comfortable and safe car that will very likely appreciate in value and cost less to insure than his mate's Corsa! I would say go for it! Regards, John. __________________ Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana .....