New car mpg

bigjl

misterbarlow wrote: »

Our new car had book figures of 65mpg and we rarely get over 40...

Was that the official overall figure?

Or the figure for Urban usage?

bigjl

agrinnall wrote: »

Less than 10K is a low mileage to justify using diesel, if a high proportion of that mileage is journeys of a reasonable distance then it might be worthwhile, but if it's a lot of short journeys then a petrol car would probably be a better option.

I would mention that newish small diesels without a DPF are fine for local use.

As mentioned we got 61mpg in a non DPF Clio.

Same usage in a DPF equipped 116d was 10/15mpg short of official average figures.

Berlingo Multispace (1.4i) returns 32mpg in same usage.

WellKnownSid

Much prefer our petrols to our diesels in the Winter. Heater starts working from the first corner vs 15 minutes into the journey...

BeenThroughItAll

Marktheshark wrote: »

You need to factor other costs, if the new diesel has a DPF , they go wrong often and cost, sometimes a yearly bill of £1500.
Average DMF life span before its another £1500 pay out time.

MPG is not the only cost, that and EU legalisation is on he table to ban all diesels from all cities and if it makes it, the car will be useless if you have to pass through any kind of city.

On a lease car? Unlikely that those costs will feature if you read the OP.

And it's 'legislation'. Again.

Iceweasel

Marktheshark wrote: »

EU legalisation is on he table to ban all diesels from all cities

Wow! - can you give us a link to that proposed legislation?

WellKnownSid

Iceweasel wrote: »

Wow! - can you give us a link to that proposed legislation?

I think it's some and some... Not all and all.

Gloomendoom

WellKnownSid wrote: »

Much prefer our petrols to our diesels in the Winter. Heater starts working from the first corner vs 15 minutes into the journey...

Some diesels have an electric heating element built into the heater to get round this problem.

bigjl

The worst diesels for poor heater performance were the early direct injected diesels.

Can't say warm up has been notably bad on any of the diesels I have owned over the last 10 years or so.

Though the heater in the petrol Berlingo really does get toasty quickly.

I do remember my first direct injected diesel. Seat Toledo 1.9tdi, that would take 10/15 mins to get warm enough to provide any heat.

AdrianC

WellKnownSid wrote: »

I think it's some and some... Not all and all.

...and not "EU legislation", but that city's local government.

force_ten

Originally Posted by Marktheshark

EU legalisation is on he table to ban all diesels from all cities

Iceweasel wrote: »

Wow! - can you give us a link to that proposed legislation?

that is his standard reply to everybody that shows an interest in purchasing a diesel car

forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.=diesel

In that thread he rolled out the same comment with nothing to back up the statement