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Petrol prices on the rise again
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grizzly1911 wrote: »Or an XUD mind you the ford 1.8 "van" engine wasn't too bad either.
The XUD's are getting on now in age though aren't they? Can get SDI's up until around 2008.
The 1.8 is still available through the ford range....well it was up until recently when they couldn't produce it any longer due to EU rules.
People shun them as they are less refined...but that's exactly what I'd be looking for. Less refined = less to go wrong!0 -
Loughton_Monkey wrote: »Phew!
If it carries on like this, people might start to think that oil companies are selfish, greedy, money-grabbing, profiteering cartels - totally unregulated by sleezy governments who are happy to trouser the huge extra tax revenues......
God forbid....
I think you've been watching too much Dallas.0 -
Graham_Devon wrote: »The XUD's are getting on now in age though aren't they? Can get SDI's up until around 2008.
The 1.8 is still available through the ford range....well it was up until recently when they couldn't produce it any longer due to EU rules.
People shun them as they are less refined...but that's exactly what I'd be looking for. Less refined = less to go wrong!
The other thing I notcied on indirect injection engines was that I would get the same MPG whether I drove gently, "hammered" them, cruised at normal speeds or at fast motorway speeds.
With high pressure direct engines the consumption seems much more variable even non turbo.
IMO the petrol/diesel argument probably falls in favour of petrol for small engined and smaller cars. I think when you go bigger and larger, higher mileage the diesel still holds sway. You can still get some expensive petrol associated failures/repairs too if you are unlucky.
Personally I prefer the driveability/flexibility of diesels doesn't mean to say I wouldn't go back if push came to shove."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
Loughton_Monkey wrote: »Phew!
If it carries on like this, people might start to think that oil companies are selfish, greedy, money-grabbing, profiteering cartels - totally unregulated by sleezy governments who are happy to trouser the huge extra tax revenues......
God forbid....
There are all sorts of selfish, greedy, money-grabbing, profiteering cartels - totally unregulated by governments. It's the way of the world nowadays unfortunately.
Although I deplore the motley bunch of layabouts, latter-day hippies, tree-huggers, and thugs who indulge in so-called anti-globalisation protests, in terms of their real motives and the way they go about things, ultimately they do have a point.No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher0
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