does driving a diesel increase your risk of getting cancer?

gkerr4

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

If i lived in California with cheap petrol and affordable proper V8s, i wouldn't be running a VW or anything else with a rattling stinking tractor engine that wouldn't pull you out of bed either.

thats fair comment, but even the yanks are (were) feeling the pinch on fuel prices.

I guess your motorist who chooses a V8 isn't going to be swayed by a tdi - but the market in honda accord / chevrolet malibu / nissan whatever saloon cars with 2.5-3.0 V6's and auto boxes getting about 22 to the gallon could easily be swayed by a higher-torque, equally powerful (ish) TDi which does high 40's

it must be quite a revelation for them in fact!

jobdone1

when i heard this story i immediately though hang on was this shower of a coalition going to review car tax soon ah yes that right they are going to and what was their words, - We are going to review road fund licence to make it fairer their words not mine, Anyway my point is this diesel are cheaper to tax because they are cleaner so how do the government spin this one yes you guessed it get the scientist on side and BINGO excuss to raise price or road tax for diesel drivers because it causes cancer, Whatever

gilbert_and_sullivan

Oh Jobdone, how can you be so cynical about the fluffy bunny lovey family loving caring sharing leaders of our wealthy benevolent world policing country?

Don't you know that every decision they make is for our benefit, and we're all in this together, have you no gratitude for all the sainted ones have done?

jobdone1

still giggling
gilbert and sullivan i thing i must be getting older and wiser thats all i can say lol

gilbert_and_sullivan

jobdone1 wrote: »

i thing i must be getting older and wiser thats all i can say lol

Getting older and wiser because they, the leaders, have spent more years kicking us in the cobblers, doesn't matter what party is in charge they all do it to those daft enough to work hard and play (and pay) by their rules.

gkerr4

jobdone1 wrote: »

Anyway my point is this diesel are cheaper to tax because they are cleaner

thats kind of what i am saying about them being banned in california though - they are NOT cleaner!

they are lower on CO2 yes, which is the current metric for VED bands, and diesels produce less CO2 in operation - but they produce all sorts of other nasties such as NOX and soot which contaminates water supplies.

be prepared for a change to your VED band in the not so distant.

(as a 3.0 TD owner, i'm not looking forward to it either, but the fact remains we probably still don't pay enough tax on our fuel and driving habits)

Notmyrealname

johnnyboyz wrote: »

The World Health Organisation say that Diesel is carcinogenic.
Obviously exhausts spew out fumes which everybody inhales but does actually driving a diesel increase your risk even more, ie, do any engine fumes enter the car?
I'm just about to buy a 3 or 4 year old zafira and can't decide whether to get a 1.9 diesel or 1.8 petrol. Financially there's not much in it but the diesel is probably the better engine.
Any thoughts?

I'm a former lorry driver. Used to put around 200 litres A DAY into the wagon and drove them for around 2500 miles a week for nearly 20 years. Cancer isn't any higher for lorry drivers than the rest of the population.

If you have fumes entering the car, its because of a defect.