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| Thread ID: 135839 | 2013-12-17 08:29:00 | Anyone with any experience of owning a small car with a diesel engine? | John H (8) | PC World Chat |
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| 1362908 | 2013-12-20 02:28:00 | A modern day diesel is just as good as a petrol in terms of performance but just as good doesn't make it worth having in my opinion. Don't quote me but I am sure for the average diesel car (note: not truck or van) owner the repair bills would inflate largely due to most mechanics not being that comfortable working on diesels. It is generally a specialised thing. Stick with petrol, can't go wrong. And newer small petrol cars still have enough grunt to get out of most situations without costing an arm in fuel each week. For what it's worth I drive a v8 daily so I'm definitely not biased! |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 1362909 | 2013-12-20 09:45:00 | simple problem with small diesels is the mileage tax is the same for small car as it is for bigger vehicles. you pay the same tax regardless if its a low fuel consumption vehicle or one that sucks the gas. the repair cost, especially diesel injection system, are a lot more. the cost to replace a common rail injection system can be worth the price of a low mileage 2nd hand car. autos.they are much improved over the years. as much as i dislike them they are better for economy than a manual. simply because the ecu can drive it better than you can. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1362910 | 2013-12-20 20:50:00 | The Europeans like the diesel more than we do, probably because they don't keep them as long as we do. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1362911 | 2013-12-20 21:46:00 | Although not a car, we have a Hyundai I load at work for just over a year. It leaves our old 3.0 petrol hiace for dust for performance. | plod (107) | ||
| 1362912 | 2013-12-20 21:54:00 | Not sure whether they count as Europeans, Cic (they hate the French, for example, with a passion I have rarely encountered) but my wife's Yorkshire cousins seem to be diesel inclined... I must say I enjoy driving our campervan with a common rail diesel engine and 6 speed box. Amazing performance compared with our old van of the same make, but with whatever came before common rail. | John H (8) | ||
| 1362913 | 2013-12-20 22:47:00 | The Europeans like the diesel more than we do, probably because they don't keep them as long as we do. According to Dog and Lemon the average European car is designed to last about 3 ~ 5 years.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1362914 | 2013-12-21 04:17:00 | The Europeans like the diesel more than we do, probably because they don't keep them as long as we do. they have tax breaks depending on fuel economy and emissions. having big engined vehicles is very expensive. they certainly don't keep them as long as nz does. also some countries have an inspection every 5 years (or so) which is horrendously strict and often cheaper to sell off the car and buy a new one than to bring it up to standard. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1362915 | 2013-12-21 04:31:00 | they have tax breaks depending on fuel economy and emissions. having big engined vehicles is very expensive. they certainly don't keep them as long as nz does. also some countries have an inspection every 5 years (or so) which is horrendously strict and often cheaper to sell off the car and buy a new one than to bring it up to standard. I knew it would be something artificial. Horrible to think we are governed by whim, but there we are. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1362916 | 2013-12-21 06:22:00 | According to Dog and Lemon the average European car is designed to last about 3 ~ 5 years.. Clive Matthew-Wilson is to be taken with a large grain of salt. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1362917 | 2013-12-21 06:27:00 | Was in Europe 2006 and was told that in France if you had a small Diesel you more or less got a rebate every year when you register (their system of doing things) Here you get shafted Always say to people ,when you own anything they find various ways of taxing you |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
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