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petrol versus deisel
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I'm in the market for buying another car (something around the £0-1000 mark preferably 700 tops). I'm wondering about deisels, I here they are quite good these days.
My concerns are as follows:
1) fuel consumption - cost per mile
2) insurance costs
3) general running costs
My concerns are as follows:
1) fuel consumption - cost per mile
2) insurance costs
3) general running costs
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I wouldn't touch a diesel with a very long pointy stick - they are (at last) tightening up on 'dirty diesels' and it could get very expensive to get a diesel through the MoT test in years to come.
Also the previous artificially low price of diesel is rising to its correct level *above* the price of petrol and so the cash savings from extra mpg will be cancelled out by the higher cost of fuel as well as more expensive servicing/MoT
See also my continuation rant at 10:42 here ...
http://www.theanswerb...2.html#answer-6672593
(diesels are a pet hate of mine, in case no-one had noticed) ;+)
Also the previous artificially low price of diesel is rising to its correct level *above* the price of petrol and so the cash savings from extra mpg will be cancelled out by the higher cost of fuel as well as more expensive servicing/MoT
See also my continuation rant at 10:42 here ...
http://www.theanswerb...2.html#answer-6672593
(diesels are a pet hate of mine, in case no-one had noticed) ;+)
Advantages of deisel cars are that they always start in the winter and modern deisel cars perform as well as petrol.
Disadvantages are that older ones (ie those costing up to £1000) are prone to expensive repair bills. Deisel is now way more expensive than petrol and mpg isn't much better than petrol anymore.
Not sure about insurance differences, doubt there's much in it.
Disadvantages are that older ones (ie those costing up to £1000) are prone to expensive repair bills. Deisel is now way more expensive than petrol and mpg isn't much better than petrol anymore.
Not sure about insurance differences, doubt there's much in it.
Diesel fuel is about 5% dearer than petrol but you get at least 20% (and sometimes up to around 50%) more mpg, so diesel works out far cheaper.
Diesel cars tend not to be greatly attractive to car thieves or to 'boy racers', so insurance costs are often lower.
Routine servicing costs on a diesel-engined car are similar to those for a petrol-driven vehicle. There are a few jobs though, such as cam belt changes, which might make the total costs higher.
Given the choice, I'd always drive a diesel. (I only drive a petrol-engined car because I couldn't buy a secondhand diesel car for the £350 I paid for a petrol Escort).
Chris
Diesel cars tend not to be greatly attractive to car thieves or to 'boy racers', so insurance costs are often lower.
Routine servicing costs on a diesel-engined car are similar to those for a petrol-driven vehicle. There are a few jobs though, such as cam belt changes, which might make the total costs higher.
Given the choice, I'd always drive a diesel. (I only drive a petrol-engined car because I couldn't buy a secondhand diesel car for the £350 I paid for a petrol Escort).
Chris
Have a read of this, and see if your type of driving might lead to a problem
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...ticulate_filters.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...ticulate_filters.html
I have driven Deisel for a few years now and i will NEVER go back to petrol.Deisel engines are more reliable and last longer due to less moving parts and are easy to service yourself.Ask yourself this.......Why are vehicles that do a lot of miles always deisel?....Taxi...Train....Heavy goods.....White Van man(Courier) etc? its because they last longer and are more reliable!
The running cost is all to do with the way the car has been serviced Thunder, if poss try & bye a 2nd hand comp car they are serviced by the dealer & serviced right & book stamped, it will also tell you the date of the last service / belt change etc, Insurance! as said, general running cost will depend on the person that owns the car! skimp on servicing you pay the price, dervs hold their price better than petrol, depending what you are looking for do your homework Ist, If you are not well up on cars take someone with you that Is.
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