petrol or diesel

ktcoil

thanks yea will defo get petrol.


I am going to look at the two corsa's now, I like the back window looks on the Volkswagen scirocco, Vauxhall asta and corsa.

almillar

10,000 a year, my commute to work is 9ish miles each way

So if that was the only journey you ever made, your engine would never warm up. You would never acheive the claimed MPG (not the extra-urban one anyway, which is conducted on a warm engine), and your DPF (diesel particulate filter) will clog up with soot, because you don't go far/fast enough for a burn-off to occur.

warehouse

ktcoil wrote: »

thanks yea will defo get petrol.


I am going to look at the two corsa's now, I like the back window looks on the Volkswagen scirocco, Vauxhall asta and corsa.

Don't believe the self proclaimed experts on here, as you're finding out they have pre-conceived ideas.

I have a journey very much like yours, 45 mins to an hour, 15 miles, so as you can see it's quite stop/start. I have a 7 seater diesel so fairly heavy, but the engine is 1.4. I always get over 50mpg over a tank full.

Long distance driving I get over 60mpg.

Go stick those figures in your petrol tank.

Herzlos

ktcoil wrote: »

Thanks, and sorry the commute is about 45mins to 1hr due to stop start traffic.

Is driving the best option then, that's 9-12mph. You can do that on a pushbike easily and probably get to work / home quicker for a fraction of the cost.

daveyjp

warehouse wrote: »

Don't believe the self proclaimed experts on here, as you're finding out they have pre-conceived ideas.

I have a journey very much like yours, 45 mins to an hour, 15 miles, so as you can see it's quite stop/start. I have a 7 seater diesel so fairly heavy, but the engine is 1.4. I always get over 50mpg over a tank full.

Long distance driving I get over 60mpg.

Go stick those figures in your petrol tank.

You are allowed to say what vehicle you run. It may help the OP in their decision making.

Stoke

warehouse wrote: »

Don't believe the self proclaimed experts on here, as you're finding out they have pre-conceived ideas.

I have a journey very much like yours, 45 mins to an hour, 15 miles, so as you can see it's quite stop/start. I have a 7 seater diesel so fairly heavy, but the engine is 1.4. I always get over 50mpg over a tank full.

Long distance driving I get over 60mpg.

Go stick those figures in your petrol tank.

Preconceived ideas?

I've owned both and done serious mileage in both.

BeenThroughItAll

warehouse wrote: »

Don't believe the self proclaimed experts on here, as you're finding out they have pre-conceived ideas.

I have a journey very much like yours, 45 mins to an hour, 15 miles, so as you can see it's quite stop/start. I have a 7 seater diesel so fairly heavy, but the engine is 1.4. I always get over 50mpg over a tank full.

Long distance driving I get over 60mpg.

Go stick those figures in your petrol tank.

The same '07 Grand Scenic you've mentioned previously?


Don't think they made a 1.4 - are you sure it's not a 1.5dCi? At that age, it may not even have a DPF, many early 1.5dCi models did not IIRC.


If it doesn't have a DPF, then it's not a problem - posters here are warning the OP off diesels for short runs mainly because of costly problems running modern (OP is looking at much newer cars) diesels for that journey profile. Economy isn't much to do with that.


You've complained a few times about the costly issues your Renault needs resolving, so putting economy aside, is it such a good deal?

Stoke

Renault

ktcoil

yea its two motorways I use, going on the roads would take a lot longer.

VW6

Get the petrol, its more refined.

With the vehicles listed above, at 10,000 miles a year the saving on fuel is minimal.