Facts, figures, likes and dislikes
- Company car tax – £47 per month for a basic rate tax payer
- Official mpg – 54.3mpg
- Our average mpg – 46.2mpg over 2925 miles
- Our best mpg – 49.1mpg on a 350 mile round trip
- We like – economy, reliability, fun factor, usable sat nav etc
- We don’t like – no warning light for the screen washer, panic inducing fuel warning light, brake grab and that CD player in glove box
IN my case, 10,000 miles is 4 months of a mixture of business and private mileage.
We live in the Brecon Beacons so those miles are made up of plenty of motorway when I’m travelling, country lanes when I’m not, and always many miles of the open, sweeping, swooping roads that criss-cross the mountains around here.
Given that, what do I look for in a business car?
My needs are straightforward.
Economy is important since my fuel bills are considerable.
So is comfort since I spend hours behind the wheel.
And it has to be reliable.
I also need stuff that’s simple to use (I don’t like gadgets that fight back) and that works.
Fine. But what about my wants? Discounting the motorway miles, I spend hours on the sort of roads they use for road tests. Not only is it safer, and more restful, in a car that handles and performs well, it’s also much more satisfying. I think it’s still OK to think of driving as being fun isn’t it?
How does the SEAT Leon fit into this sort of use?
I suppose for most of the sensible stuff it scores 7 or 8 out of 10. To start with it’s been completely reliable – can’t think of even the most minor fault.
