Tell me I'm not mad...

[Yossarian]

Need a sense-check, I'm planning for an RS6 and have a few options but the one I want advice on is to use the car as my daily covering around 22-25k miles per year with about 85% of that being Motorway. The plan is:

- PCP over 3-years
- 22-25,000m per year
- guessing £500 per month in V-Power @ 22mpg (have no idea what to expect on Mway at going with the flow in fast lane kind of speeds)
- Audi Finance reckons £33k final payment (probably trade in against a C8 RS6)

My real concern is whether using it as a daily for 22k per year will cause the RS6 not to look, or 'feel', special, and therefore be a complete waste of money. But a second later my mind says what could be better than an RS6 for this kind of use? I have motorbikes and a tuned MX-5 for fun at weekends. I need a family car that answers all my needs and I just keep coming back to the C7 RS6. I have other options such as have an RS6 for 10k per year and a mile-muncher for another 12k, which would keep the RS6 more special, but I think I'd be pee'd driving a muncher all day with a pristine RS6 tucked up in the garage.

Am I mad running such a car for for such high mileage? I've talked myself out of this once before but cannot shake the RS6 need!

All advice welcolmed,

[MikeFish]

Go for it, what better way to do 22k miles per year. As long as you can stomach the fuel, servicing, tyres, brakes etc and depreciation for a high miler (various ways of doing this with PCP) the why not. The only problem I have now I'm driving all the way to work is that it sometimes takes a while to get out the car park cos everyone wants to talk about the car so it still feels special.

[doodlebug]

2k miles a month at 300 on a tank with petrol prices only going one way is more like 600-700 a month in fuel.

It'll also up your insurance premium, if that matters.

Personally it might as well be a nice A6 or similar for that mileage. You're not going to see the best trudging up and down a motorway.

33k seems optimistic on a 70k, 3 year old C7. I reckon that'd be above book. You should factor in the pain our economy is likely to see in that period.

Also, quite likely a car ordered now will see the new road tax regime which might also dampen long term value.

[RSQ]

Do it. Life is too short and RS6 will make you smile for 22,000 miles a year. I will commute in mine.

[doodlebug]

....in my humble opinion RS6 is not special enough for the YOLO vote.

[Markp]

Do it. I cover 15k pa in mine. As for fuel it will easily trouble 30mpg on motorways at good speeds. But that is only a small part of the costs.

[Bit_evl]

I agree re some of the prices being towards man-math end of the spectrum. I would add a little fat for tyres, insurance, exceptional items (speeding tickets).

However if you can still afford it and are going to be spending that much time in the car then I say why not. I get an average of 20mpg but if you are sensible you should improve on that. It is a quiet and smooth cruiser so good for that bit. It is a monster of a motor.

[Ian_C]

25,000m per year

If you are doing 25k a year, bear in mind there will be fairly little difference price wise between a 3 year old 75k (out of warranty) RS6 vs a 3.5 year old with 80-85k.

However, there is a monumental difference price wise between buying new and buying a 6 month old with 5-10k on the clock. So all your savings will come buying, not selling.

[HPsauce]

It boils down to what Ian just said, combined with whether or not you can find a used car of the right spec.
If what you need in terms of options is unique then order your own.

We just bought a car recently that was very difficult to spec (we wanted loads of rare options), but in the end effectively got it as a demonstrator because the dealer ordered it and ran it for 3 months. Roughly 75% of brand new (before discounts) list price, only 3K on the clock and driven by one sales manager as his "daily" plus him with clients as a demonstrator. Had to travel a fair way to sort this out though....

[Ian_C]

It boils down to what Ian just said, combined with whether or not you can find a used car of the right spec.
If what you need in terms of options is unique then order your own.

We just bought a car recently that was very difficult to spec (we wanted loads of rare options), but in the end effectively got it as a demonstrator because the dealer ordered it and ran it for 3 months. Roughly 75% of brand new (before discounts) list price, only 3K on the clock and driven by one sales manager as his "daily" plus him with clients as a demonstrator. Had to travel a fair way to sort this out though....

Sometimes its worth it. Did two round trips from Bedford to Poole and back to get our family A3 daily, approaching 30% off and two free services thrown in, six months old. Would probably be impossible to find another of the same spec if anything happens to it!

Edit to add - can definitely recommend the current 8V as a daily. Just find one with a few toys, HD Nav touch etc

[HYFR]

22k pa. in a 300 mile tank will very quickly pee you off

22k pa I would suggest a V6 twin turbo diesel

XF S
A6 Bi Turbs
535d
E350cdi

[Yossarian]

25,000m per year

If you are doing 25k a year, bear in mind there will be fairly little difference price wise between a 3 year old 75k (out of warranty) RS6 vs a 3.5 year old with 80-85k.

However, there is a monumental difference price wise between buying new and buying a 6 month old with 5-10k on the clock. So all your savings will come buying, not selling.

Very true, hadn't though of that. Thanks for opinions tis appreciated.

[Yossarian]

22k pa. in a 300 mile tank will very quickly pee you off

22k pa I would suggest a V6 twin turbo diesel

XF S
A6 Bi Turbs
535d
E350cdi

My current company car is a XF 2.2D doing about 42mpg. Very comfy R-Sport Black run out model which is part of my other option: run the XF for 12-15k miles as I've known the car from new with FDSH and much better MPG, then keep RS6 for the other 10k miles, thus keeping it 'special' ?

[Ian_C]

Sorted! Jaguar Mon Tue Weds Thurs... RS6 Fri Sat Sun!

[Yossarian]

Sorted! Jaguar Mon Tue Weds Thurs... RS6 Fri Sat Sun!

Yeah ha, that would be the Plan, just the small matter of buying the 3 year old XF at the end of the term and factoring that cost into the overall 'what's best' solution.