Car not driving properly not long after filling with diesel....coincidence?

gord115

photome wrote: »

I dont understand why there are so many dieslels on the road as so many are used for short jouneys by elderly people, who only go to the supermarket and back

guess its the marketing.

I drive a diesel and do about 30000 a year

My wife drives a petrol and does about 4000 a year

makes sense to me

I know what you mean,I've just bought an Audi A4 petrol,I only do 5000 miles per year,but every single person who's asks about it asks why I didn't get the diesel. ("because I don't want to fork out for a DPF!")

TradePro

Hintza wrote: »

She is wanting to buy new and hopefully buy a car that will see her out (but it has to tow), the plan was for a Sportage (7 yr warranty) in petrol but someone has turned her head and she now thinks she wants a Tiguan 2.0 TDi.

Oh dear, a VW 'fanboy' has been trying to do their bit...

Kia's don't really suffer from DPF issues for some reason (better design perhaps? They share engines with Hyundai, who as the World's biggest shipbuilders, are pretty good at engineering diesel engines...), for towing I would strongly recommend a diesel (petrols are lousy tow cars), she'll be fine with a diesel Sportage in my opinion - looks better and has stronger residuals than the Tiguan too, and is no doubt cheaper to buy, like-for-like.

Splott

andygb wrote: »

So this is why many taxi drivers (who rack up hundreds of thousands of miles) use diesels, specifically to do short journeys.

Yeah that kind of makes sense doesn't it?;)

I was wondering when someone would say this.

Taxis are running almost constantly throughout the day so the DPF gets hot enough to purge itself.