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for saloons/hatchbacks/estate cars only, are diesels now still the obvious choice given higher intial costs, higher repair bills, increasing problems (DMFs, etc) and the noise/smoke and poorer performance (overall), plus diesel is actually dearer than u/leaded too

question mainly aimed at the typical private motorist more than HC/PH work, 15,000 miles per year, etc

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I'd go for the petrol nowadays due to the high running and repair costs of diesel motors.

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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

Believe me, don't get Mercury X2

A few years back, it was estimated that diesel motors were cost effective for people who drove more than 18,000 miles a year.

I would be interested to see if that has changed and if so what the figure would be now.

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have u sorted yr 10mpg vectra yet?

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Basically all vehicles have there faults, but if your happy to run at around in town at an average 28 mpg with a petrol one, or 45 with a diesel one its your choice
All VW variants IE VW skoda seat can cheaply converted to a single flywheel system £250 for the single system or near 1K for a DMF
The RFL is also cheaper on most smaller engined diesels, I only pay £120 for my skoda 1.9 tdi and with the new 1.6 tdi its only £35 per year
The thing to remember is change the oil on a diesel every 10K regardless of if the recommendations is 18 to 20K

personally, if i wasnt doing 35k a year i wouldnt go near an oil-burner, i feel the new breed have lost thier way,diesels used to grunt and work from under 1000rpm all day long, now not so, they have screwed more BHP out of them at a cost, reliability and driveability being 2 costs

i wish i was a seller DMFs or EGRs......

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Ya kidding, it's on it way within the next few months.

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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

Believe me, don't get Mercury X2

how can you afford to keep it fuelled up and earn a living?

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Bleeding hard mate, every job has got to count at the moment.

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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

Believe me, don't get Mercury X2

I would never have anything bar a diesel.

Even bought Mrs Sussex a diesel.

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IDFIMH

ring shane at swad diesels FFS

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I have some cars running on LPG. It costs around £1300 to have one fitted but I find it cheaper to buy a car that someone has already converted. I bought a 55 plate Megane a couple of weeks ago that was already converted for £2600. It will be used mainly for school transport and should return the equivelent of around 60 MPG.

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Grandad,

Depends on the make of vehicle. If it's a Mondeo then petrol is now better, according to the local garage who says although the diesel is cheaper to run they break down more often with higher repair bills so overall a pterol is cheaper. However in the case of Skoda the diesel is more reliable and cheaper to run than the petrol equivalent. All the Skoda drivers have had only small niggling problems on the diesels which have been cheap to fix, saying that the same problems have occured on the petrol variants so overall running/repair costs are better for the diesel.

Heard good reports for Toyota petrols but not the diesels, same for Nissans. Vectras just seem to have lots of problems both petrol and diesel.

ah, the old disposable french car, use it and throw it away.....

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I would consider LPG if the nearest filling station wasn't 10 miles away
Mind you at 82 p a litre is it worth it