GXL 2011 vs 2012 which to pick

[shodown Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shodown]

My original calcs were here


Over 100,000kms:
8.5 x 1000 @ $1.527 (cheapest diesel SOR for me) = $12,979
11.5 x 1000 @ $1.397 (cheapest ULP SOR for me) = $16,065

This was using manufacturer figures, also calculated for cheapest day of week and also when diesel was more expensive. Diesel is now cheaper and if you fuel up on any other day of the price cycle the benefit of diesel is even greater.

FYI - Diesel was 1.29 the other day when I filled up and ULP was 1.40 - neverlone if you wanted to run 95 or 98 ULP !!

I still stand by my previous comment, diesel is better for high km's drivers, heavy towing and resale. As I do 30-40k per year and have the car on lease, it made sense to go diesel.

However, having driven the V6 on numerous occasions I would love the overtaking punch of the V6 any day of the week !!

[mattgh Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close mattgh]

Hi all. Just an update. Today we bought a 2012 white diese gxl, 65000kms. Ended up buying it through the same dealer/salesman we bought our 120 through, really liked the salesman so was happy to go back there. The car was bought new there and serviced there so happy with that. We also looked at a private sale graphite 2013 gxl, same kms, but $2k more. Wasn't as well looked after as the white one, and while the extra 6 months of warranty would have been good, not sure if that would have stood up if we needed it given some of the services were 10,000kms over. Wife preferred the colour of the graphite but we both agreed the white was the better choice. Picking it up on Saturday morning.