Petrol vs Diesel

Soubrette

benham3160 wrote: »

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

Quinny wrote: »

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

These two statements are not mutually exclusive

Pincher

The old diesels last forever if you look after them.
You have to be religious with the oil change.

The thing that goes on modern diesels is the turbo.
On a 100,000 mile car that's worth £1,000, spending £1,000 on a turbo with manifold is just mad, because the suspension or steerng rack might go next, so why bother.

motorguy

Pincher wrote: »

The old diesels last forever if you look after them.
You have to be religious with the oil change.

The thing that goes on modern diesels is the turbo.
On a 100,000 mile car that's worth £1,000, spending £1,000 on a turbo with manifold is just mad, because the suspension or steerng rack might go next, so why bother.

Another problem is that you have very little idea how well the previous owner looked after it - so you could be buying a whole heap of trouble.

Kilty_2

pgilc1 wrote: »

Another problem is that you have very little idea how well the previous owner looked after it - so you could be buying a whole heap of trouble.

As you could with any used car, especially in this price range. IMO with sub-£2000 to spend I'd be looking at everything that's a suitable size and ignoring the type of fuel that it uses.

motorguy

Kilty wrote: »

As you could with any used car, especially in this price range. IMO with sub-£2000 to spend I'd be looking at everything that's a suitable size and ignoring the type of fuel that it uses.

So you'd be buying the petrol variant pretty much every time then?

As a diesel version will almost always cost significantly more than the equivalent petrol variant.

Kilty_2

pgilc1 wrote: »

So you'd be buying the petrol variant pretty much every time then?

As a diesel version will almost always cost significantly more than the equivalent petrol variant.

Probably - but saying any diesel could be presenting a world of trouble also applies to any petrol - a used car is a used car regardless.

darich

pgilc1 wrote: »

Another problem is that you have very little idea how well the previous owner looked after it - so you could be buying a whole heap of trouble.

This applies to every second hand car on the market, whether it's diesel or petrol, 10k or 100k, french, german, japanese, korean, etc etc.

A._Badger

darich wrote: »

This applies to every second hand car on the market, whether it's diesel or petrol, 10k or 100k, french, german, japanese, korean, etc etc.

Maybe so, but the cost of fixing them varies enormously.

darich

A._Badger wrote: »

Maybe so, but the cost of fixing them varies enormously.

Of course it does....but that wasn't the point being dabated :beer:

A._Badger

darich wrote: »

Of course it does....but that wasn't the point being dabated :beer:

Probably worth reading again what the poster said. His point made perfect sense in the context of the thread.