That is great for you, I tend to buy 3 years old after somebody else has taken the larger knock. We must though try and remember those less fortunate as ourselves.
Why pick on diesel?
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That is great for you, I tend to buy 3 years old after somebody else has taken the larger knock. We must though try and remember those less fortunate as ourselves.
Out of interest what diesel do you have and I take it you are 20,000 miles per annum, otherwise you might consider a petrol they really are quite good.
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Get one of these, over 100mpg and transport the entire family in comfort (even the dog.)
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So what you're actually saying is 'why is my particular choice of vehicle being picked on?'. Given your usual amount ignorance when you start a thread, ever thought of doing a bit of reading before you waste bandwidth with your rubbish?
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Whilst my current company car is diesel, when it's being serviced I'm often provided with a similarly specified petrol car, and in general it performs about the same as diesel, with the petrol vehicle having slightly better acceleration, bearing in mind the diesel is a 1.5 and the petrol is a 1.4 both with turbo, neither diesel or petrol are saintly when it comes to emissions, if it was my choice I'd much prefer that the diesel engines went away, noticed how many multi storey car parks are lined with soot? the future is electric and ethanol self driving cars...
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My ignorance, as you say, is designed to get people like you to respond. The research I do regards only me and I do research before I buy.
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I drive a Renault Captur 1.5 DCI and very happy with it: economical, reliable and comfortable.
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Ok, so you're not interested in the answers to your questions. Noted.
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So you don't really care what damage the crap from the tailpipe causes then ?
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As a bit of a petrol head (or should that be diesel head) I have to acknowledge that there are strong arguments and opinions held for each fuel type. Personally I enjoy the drive given by a good diesel engine, the modern ones are amazing. But as a keen diy maintainer/repairer I readily accept that an up to date diesel is not very owner friendly and without extensive manufacturer or good aftermarket software/computer support will often be left to run with undiagnosed faults in less than optimal condition. Modern diesels are on a knife edge and are kept there by complex electronics, great when it all works but not so great the rest of the time. Petrol engines are a much more robust proposition in the real world and in reality are not so far behind in terms of economy unless being pushed really hard.
I don't know what my next car will be fuelled by?
I don't know what my next car will be fuelled by?
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gavroche
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Do you care about the crap that comes from jet engines when you fly on holiday? about lorries delivering your food to supermarkets? No, I don't think about it because there is nothing I can do about it . My car is cleaner that older cars and I am happy about that. I can't change the world's problems and am not a do gooder. I adapt to the world I live in and am happy with my life.
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So in effect you're too lazy and self centred to do any of your own reading so instead you troll forums for reactions?
