Diesel or Petrol Car Next?

Noree

Petrol. Easy.

Adamc

GunJack wrote: »

Your mileage similar to mine by the looks of it, maybe slightly more at weekends for you. I currently run a 53 plate ford fusion diesel (older, so no DPF issues and £30p.a. road tax) and average 60+ mpg. I can get upper 50s when I use Mrs. G-J's 03 plate Mondeo diesel on the same driving if you want something bigger..both well under £1k to buy.

If you're only on about newer more expensive cars, maybe diesel and DPF issues may not be for you, but do your research.

Looking at 16 plate small or small family cars: Golf, Polo, Leon, 1 Series, A Class, Civic, 208, etc.

Nothing above £14000.

Many thanks

Nasqueron

A 15 mile commute, assuming into a town, don't touch a diesel with a DPF, you'd need to be doing some serious weekend motorway driving to avoid issues with the DPF. It's unlikely, but not impossible the government could retrospectively tax older diesels more but it's more likely they will go the way of London and charge for driving into cities with the older ones. As VED (no such thing as road tax) is based on pollution (CO2 specifically) then new diesels do very well but if they changed it to cover NOx and CO2 together it might well make future diesels unaffordable for normal drivers. That said I don't know why you are dismissive of EV (maybe look at hybrids) as it's perfect for that sort of use unless you are talking about doing 500+ miles at the weekend

GunJack

Adamc wrote: »

Looking at 16 plate small or small family cars: Golf, Polo, Leon, 1 Series, A Class, Civic, 208, etc.

Nothing above £14000.

Many thanks

My Fusion would satisfy your needs, and save about £13500 to boot

Adamc

GunJack wrote: »

My Fusion would satisfy your needs, and save about £13500 to boot

Sounds good but I have 2010 207 which gives me similar performance which I will be letting go. It's developed an electric problem

Adamc

Nasqueron wrote: »

A 15 mile commute, assuming into a town, don't touch a diesel with a DPF, you'd need to be doing some serious weekend motorway driving to avoid issues with the DPF. It's unlikely, but not impossible the government could retrospectively tax older diesels more but it's more likely they will go the way of London and charge for driving into cities with the older ones. As VED (no such thing as road tax) is based on pollution (CO2 specifically) then new diesels do very well but if they changed it to cover NOx and CO2 together it might well make future diesels unaffordable for normal drivers. That said I don't know why you are dismissive of EV (maybe look at hybrids) as it's perfect for that sort of use unless you are talking about doing 500+ miles at the weekend

I think it's apprehension of the unknown. For the models I'm looking at the hybrids tend to cost around 5K more. That said they would likely reduce fuel costs?

motorguy

Adamc wrote: »

Looking at 16 plate small or small family cars: Golf, Polo, Leon, 1 Series, A Class, Civic, 208, etc.

Nothing above £14000.

Many thanks

I'd without doubt go for a petrol.

ChrisK....._3

I don't know how tractor engines ever made it onto the road. When diesels first came out there were smoky, gutless, stinking, oil burners, polluting the environment. After about a year in the Slow Lane they decided to put turbochargers on them. I asked myself at that very point, if they can afford turbocharged diesel engine why did they not turbo charge a tiny (1.2) petrol engines which would still run rings around any diesel, performance and power wise but would use less fuel. Here we are 30 years later and the same thought has dawned on the government and the car manufacturers.

you probably guessed by now but I favour the petrol and better still a petrol hybrid electric

Robisere

Golf or Polo? Definitely petrol! Why not an equivalent Skoda or Seat?

Skoda Fabia:
https://www.whatcar.com/skoda/fabia/hatchback/review/


Seat Ibiza:
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/seat/ibiza/99951/seat-ibiza-best-small-cars


Both VAG group, therefore VW-origin engines. But less expensive. (won't say cheaper, they are fine cars.)

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Adamc wrote: »

I think it's apprehension of the unknown. For the models I'm looking at the hybrids tend to cost around 5K more. That said they would likely reduce fuel costs?

You'd take a long time making up 5K if going for a hybrid.

I'd definitely say petrol and (personally speaking) if faced with a 30 mile round trip commute I'd be looking for a modern automatic (6 speed, twin clutch version) as the MPG won't take a hit (some actually improve it marginally) and especially if some of it is in town will help to relieve some of the tension.