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Yeah I think you would probably benefit from the potential savings of diesel as you do about 24k miles a year (sorry don't have any maths to back it up, just a guess). Remember diesels tend to have shorter service intervals so need oil changes a little more regularly than the equivalent petrol. You will definitely get more miles for money if you go for something frugal, but if you're going for a sporty diesel you probably won't. Look at the manufacturer's MPG ratings for the cars you're interested in.0
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A diesel car will cost you approx £1500 more than the equivalent petrol engined model.
You should also look at the cost of a litre of diesel against the cost of a litre of unleaded........
In my area diesel can be up to 5p per litre more than petrol......you do the maths !!!!!
I have run diesel cars for maybe 15 years now ever since diesel was about 10p a litre cheaper than petrol.
Then the government stepped in.......I an now seriously looking at going back to a petrol engine0 -
I bought a new Ford Fusion back in March - not the biggest or fanciest car but it's right for me. I was a bit unsure about buying a diesel but the following made me decide in favour of the diesel:
- Diesel gets 60+ mpg whereas the petrol equivalent was max 45 mpg
- This means significantly lower CO2 emissions in the diesel vs the petrol
- This means lower road tax bracket as well as the obvious environmental benefit; it looks like the way road tax rates are changing this will only increase the savings in years to come
- The service intervals are exactly the same for petrol and diesel variants
- If you shop around the initial higher purchase cost wasn't significantly more (£300 ish in my case I think) and will easily be recouped.
Diesel might be 1-3% more per litre than petrol, but a litre of diesel will go 30% + more miles.
An added bonus is that a lot of my miles are now for business, I get paid the same mileage rate regardless of the fuel efficiency of the car, so obviously more fuel efficient is an even bigger benefit for business miles than personal ones.
It's probably horses for courses in that some cars and drivers might not realise the same savings as their performance and situation will vary, but for me I'm very glad I chose a diesel.student100 hasn't been a student since 2007...0 -
Remember diesels tend to have shorter service intervals so need oil changes a little more regularly than the equivalent petrol.
Not sure this is the case now.
I have a new shape Vauxhall vectra, 1.8 petrol. The service interval is 20000 miles. The current 1.9 diesel goes 30000 miles between services.
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Personally I would go diesel everytime, I find them more relaxing and easier to drive.
Costwise will probably be about 15-20% less for equivilant performance, servicing costs difference will be negligible over 20,000 miles, but resale cost will again be much better.I am a Mortgage Adviser
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Diesels will give you more mid range performance. The increased MPG also has a major benefit beyond the obvious.......you don't need to visit the petrol station as much!!0
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Mileage depends what you drive. Small petrol engined cars are almost as fuel efficient as diesel equivalents. Where diesel wins is in larger cars and especially the urban cycle.
I drive an A3 2.0TDi with 170PS - 0-60 7.5 seconds and 135ish top speed so no slouch, tax is £140 a year . Round town I get nearly 40mpg. The equivalent petrol in terms of performance and cost is a 2.0T which does about 25mpg round town and cost £400 a year to tax.
Whatever you choose drive the diesel over a good distance and learn to drive it - it's totally different from driving a petrol - no need to do over 3,000 revs in a diesel.0 -
moonrakerz wrote: »Change your engine oil every 20 or 30 thousand miles - you can if you want to !
a lot of modern diesel engines have sensors in the oil and can analize its state.
although its down to the owner seeing the warning light and actually acting on it
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Can't be a bad thing. 
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