Petrol vs Diesel

cyclonebri1

Our last 3 cars have all been diesels. The fuel saving is fantastic. I d I don't think mileage will come into it in your case, the price hike for a diesel having been paid years ago on a £2k car.

The idea that diesels cost more to service than petrol cars also gets me, there is very little diferrence, the only worry being the cost of the high pressure injector pump should that go. To many diesel cars on the road in private hands for them to be costly.

Gordon_Hose

I recently bought a 1999 Escort TD, but then I came from driving a 2.0 Turbo petrol car, the savings are immense! :rotfl::rotfl:

ENGINE_CENTRE

Buy a golf gti 2.0 petrol, they are absolutely bulletproof and the most undesirable gti so cheapest to buy

benham3160

Diesel, to me is still horid, dirty smelly stuff that's used for pulling lorries, and ploughing fields.

I owned a few of them, then went back to petrol, and remembered what I was missing.

A modern petrol engine will manage high MPG with a far better period of reliability than a diesel. Modern diesels, (across the board, not brand-centric) appear to be far, far, far less reliable than the old IDI engines. Most modern diesels don't seem to be able to get a set of injectors to last more than 100,000.

Regards,
Andy

wheeliebin_2

How long you want to keep it may come into the equation too. My understanding is that diesel is regarded as less 'green' and that it will gradually taxed proportionally more than petrol

Pincher

For low milage work, it's not really worth worrying about fuel economy, service cost etc. I have had two Mitsubishi COLTs, a 1.3 petrol , and a 1.5 Diesel, both semi-automatic.

The annual running costs are much the same overall. The diesel emits lower CO2, so is less on road tax, but the service cost is a little more. The diesel is more efficient, but then the fuel costs a bit more per litre. I probably save £60 a year on fuel with the diesel, for 4,000 miles.

I prefer the petrol, because it has less noise, and the power delivery is more linear. So, given the choice again, I would go for the petrol version, simply because it is cheaper, and more comfortable.

motorguy

At the sort of budget the o/p is talking i'd have a petrol variant every day of the week. You will get a younger / lower mileage petrol car for less money, plus diesels may cost more to run.

wrightk

personally would always go for a diesel

Have had a mixture of cars both petrol and diesel modern petrol engines are a lot smoother these days so the 'massey ferguson' argument is less and less prominent as it used to be.

However this argument is a bit like the argument from the sound engineering world (which i have wasted hours on) about which is better analogue or digital, everyone has their preference.

Look into your style of driving how many miles you do and where you do them. When i bought my current car i thought about where i work, what the roads are like etc (mostly motorways and 5th gear driving)
I had a petrol engine before: 70mph (ish) it was revving at around 3k revs, i got a diesel engine and was only revving at 2k, you can see the saving there and over long periods of time that makes a difference, my bill has gone down greatly when filling up

Based on what you said id say go for a diesel,however like i said its preference and everyone will always have a different opinion

Inactive

pgilc1 wrote: »

At the sort of budget the o/p is talking i'd have a petrol variant every day of the week. You will get a younger / lower mileage petrol car for less money, plus diesels may cost more to run.

Agreed.

( that makes a change )...:D

Quinny_2

benham3160 wrote: »

Most modern diesels don't seem to be able to get a set of injectors to last more than 100,000.

Regards,
Andy

On the contrary my dear friend.

As stated in one of my previous posts, 138k and rising, on the original injectors, clutch, etc.

And since the op, I've bought the wife an 02 plate Xsara HDi with 98k on it, and on everything original, except for sundry bits.