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Just wondering at this current time how many of you are driving petrol cars and how they compare against diesel, especially on maintenance bills.

Driving about 25000 miles per year

All feedback would be great

If buying new, the petrol might be as good as the diesel, be careful about MPG, compare real figures on fuelly and spirit monitor, at one time a diesel would outlast a petrol 3fold but petrols are better and the diesels arent as good, if buying used you need a FSH, and no more than average mileage for either

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Diesels need more services and the services cost more, a petrol with a chain cam drive vs a diesel with a cambelt is a tough call, also most diesels have a DMF now......horrid expense

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Thankyou for you comments, is there anybody out there who has gone from diesel to petrol? I would love to know what you have to say as I'm really considering a petrol car.

I would say that you will always get better mpg from a diesel. But only doing 25.000 a year that difference in price between paying more for a diesel car the two might work out the same in the long run. Plus if most of your work is little trips round town you may have to keep paying out for DPF filters on a diesel at a price price of £800 a time

Here in the UK we only produce 48 weeks worth of diesel per year and are importing diesel AND crude oil, obviously there is potential for price hikes.

Our refineries were built when only black cabs, vans and trucks had diesel engines, then everyone wanted 50mpg cars (even when only doing 5000 miles a year) so there is a glut of petrol on the market

many big 4x4 petrols get LPG conversions, at 45p/ltr it seems a logical step, mpg on gas is a bit worse (lower energy released per ltr) but the price of gas more than offsets the lower mpg, CNG is only 25p/ltr but a rare choice

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I'd have a diesel over a petrol any day of the week. I went from a petrol to a diesel some years ago, I had to go back to a petrol for a few weeks two years ago, it was a Mondeo Titanium, the diesel was much better.

V12 Merc S class might sway you nige

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