Talking to a friend today who bought an elderly 7 series BMW about a year ago.
It's the long wheelbase version with the largest petrol engine.
At the time of buying he was full of how cheap it was - £2K for a £50K car - and how he didn't do so many miles, so the fuel wouldn't be a bother.
Six months ago he was telling me how it would do 25mpg which wasn't too bad.
Today he's owned up to 15mpg in traffic and admits to being thoroughly sick of putting petrol in it every five minutes - the bargain price is long forgotten.
I think we are all a bit like that.
The purchase price of the car goes to the back of your mind, but the running costs, especially mpg, are always at the forefront of your thinking.
Agreements and disagreements welcome as always, so it's over to you....
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