C5 2.0 Vtr Petrol

[Floyd]

Hi, not been on here for a while ever since my old C5 died on me.

 

 I've just bid on ebay and won the auction for a C5 2.0 vtr, but in my button pushing haste (there was only 13 seconds left) I mistook it for the HDI when in fact it's the petrol variant. Now on the plus side I've got it for £660 and it's a very clean looking car on a 55 plate with only 61000 miles on it and whilst I would have preferred a diesel, at least the price of petrol isn't too bad at the moment.

 I'm wondering whether to just sell it straight on since I'm pretty sure I wont lose on what I've paid for it, or keep it for a while and see how it goes fuel  economy wise. Has anyone on here any experience of this model who could give me any advice?

[paul.h]

From a 2005 brochure for the hatchback, the 2.0 petrol fuel economy is 25.4 / 44.8 / 35.3 urban / extra urban / combined mpg and CO2 190 g/km so road tax £265. A 2.0 hdi manual is 36.2 / 56.5 / 47.1 mpg, CO2 158 g/km so tax £180. So you should be able to get an idea of the difference in fuel costs.

 

One thing with the petrol, you do not need to worry about the exhaust dpf costs which could be a few £100 around the 70-80k miles.