DPF - will this be ok ?

PeterZ_2

bigjl wrote: »

One consideration would be the Lexus Hybrid 4x4, petrol engine, but with a system like the Prius so you have half a chance of getting into the 30's per gallon if you are lucky.

The Lexus would be a good choice, far better for the style of driving the OP has. Plus with the added benefit of having much better street cred with the other mums - "I drive a Lexus" sounds so much more cool than "I drive a, mmmm, a.... Hyundai....".

Please think of your children and the embrassement they will suffer when the other kids see you pull up with a Hyundai.

PeterZ_2

daveyjp wrote: »

For short runs avoid a DPF diesel, the warranty probably won't cover any problems you may get with it.

Mazda have had serious problems with their DPFs, and are telling owners its their fault for doing short journeys.

See this thread for an idea fo the problems:

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=70841

bengalknights

PeterZ wrote: »

The Lexus would be a good choice, far better for the style of driving the OP has. Plus with the added benefit of having much better street cred with the other mums - "I drive a Lexus" sounds so much more cool than "I drive a, mmmm, a.... Hyundai....".

Please think of your children and the embrassement they will suffer when the other kids see you pull up with a Hyundai.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Strider590

PeterZ wrote: »

Please think of your children and the embrassement they will suffer when the other kids see you pull up with a Hyundai.

You can't be serious?

Im sure a Playstation 3 each would be compensation enough and cost a darn site less than a new car.....

Flyboy152

littlemissfrugal wrote: »

Avoid DPF's had an absolute nightmare for the last 18 months cost a fortune ruined 2 holidays lost in the region of £3k ended up doing a swap for a Golf with a normal diesel engine

How did it lose you that much?

the DPF works on the principle of dumping all the cack back into your engine and relying on another functioning part to deal with it - when one part in this process fails it is expensive time-consuming and when you are on the motorway and your car lurches into limp mode bloody scarey :eek::eek:

Not really, though eh.

DO NOT BUY A CAR WITH A DPF it will blight your life

But then many hundreds of thousands of DPF diesels are fine.

Flyboy152

daveyjp wrote: »

For short runs avoid a DPF diesel, the warranty probably won't cover any problems you may get with it.

Which car's warranty?

Flyboy152

PeterZ wrote: »

Mazda have had serious problems with their DPFs, and are telling owners its their fault for doing short journeys.

See this thread for an idea fo the problems:

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=70841

But then the handbooks do state that the car should be periodically driven at speed for while.

Flyboy152

PeterZ wrote: »

Mazda have had serious problems with their DPFs, and are telling owners its their fault for doing short journeys.

See this thread for an idea fo the problems:

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=70841

I read through a lot of that thread and there seems to be a lot of misnomers and wild theories flying around, with very few them really not having much of a clue. There was even one poster complaining that his seventy-seven thousand mile car's DPF was giving him a few problems.

gilbert_and_sullivan

Seems good economy to have to drive nowhere quickly every so often to clear out the DPF, handy for people living in cities.

That's progress?

jase1

Flyboy152 wrote: »

There was even one poster complaining that his seventy-seven thousand mile car's DPF was giving him a few problems.

Is 77,000 miles a lot on a car then?

News to me. I've run cars to nearly four times that without serious issue.