07-02-2017, 05:08 PM
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Re: Petrol or diesel car choice???
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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We've got one of each at the moment I'm trying to convince my husband to sell his diesel, it worries me well get stuck with it if the government decide to make it more expensive to tax it.
Money grabbing left-wing councils again.
07-02-2017, 08:12 PM
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Re: Petrol or diesel car choice???
Originally Posted by realspeed
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Here in the Uk according to the news Diesel cars are being sold in less numbers than petrol.Can't be because of exhaust emissions for example mine cuts out when stopped to help prevent and the one Sue is geting the emissions are so low it doesn't even qualify for road fund tax, both diesel.
How can anyone justify petrol over diesel? take a Range Rover petrol doing 18 MPG against a diesel doing 60/70MPG.
The arguement just does not stack up.
That is our choice to go diesel,but I would be interested in members thoughts about it and how they came to that conclusion .
Petrol or Diesel?
07-02-2017, 10:25 PM
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Re: Petrol or diesel car choice???
Yescheck link
http://www.landrover.co.uk/vehicles/...mic/index.html
Quote
RANGE ROVER SVAUTOBIOGRAPHY DYNAMIC
Fuel Consumption (Urban) (mpg)
15.4
against quote
http://www.honda.co.uk/cars/new/civi...rformance.html
1.6
Manual
Diesel
120ps @4000 rpm 76.3-78.5 mpg 94-98 g/km
there you are Galty, not so stupid are they!!!
08-02-2017, 01:36 AM
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Re: Petrol or diesel car choice???
Originally Posted by Judd
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I've just got my road tax reminder today - thieving gits are charging me £130 for the year even though it's a 1.7L low-emission diesel.Still cheaper than my van though. My van is a 1.8 diesel and they rip me off to the tune of £220 p.a.
If you feel robbed by car tax try this one.....the RX8 was classed as a 1.3 until DVLA deemed them to be a 2.6 and loaded the tax.......now a whopping £515.
08-02-2017, 01:39 AM
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Re: Petrol or diesel car choice???
Originally Posted by realspeed
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zero road tax on Sue's Honda Civic ,and it is 1.6 ltr version as well
Generally, I am in favour of diesel engines mainly because of their simplicity (and they can burn chip oil!).
Are diesels noisy? Mine isn't, or at least not very much louder than petrols, especially those that the yobs charge around in with the holey exhausts.
The only drawbacks are government imposed restrictions.
Cats and DPFs, for example, are not necessary. In any event, my car doesn't have any and runs perfectly well.
More tax on diesel fuel is just money grabbing: diesel requires much less refining than petrol, so should be cheaper to produce.
Councils threatening higher parking charges for diesels is also an example of unsubstantiated money grabbing.
I can't believe that my car is causing poor polar bears in the Arctic to find it difficult to find food.
When I bought my diesel car, the government encouraged it saying it was a more healthy option than petrol.
Now, apparently, petrol is more healthy than diesel.
Next year.........?
08-02-2017, 11:45 AM
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Actually I should have mentioned my Isuzu Dmax doesn't have a DPF, so it is not a worry. Vehicles like Toyotas Hilux have a manual cleaning cycle that can be done at idle while Mitsubishi Tritons and Ford Rangers need to be driven above 50kmh for the system to activate which is a stupid system for cars that get a lot of bush driving though if you hold it in low range the Ford can get away with 30 -40 kph.As for Volkswagon Amorak well... Anybody buying a VW in this country needs their bumps felt, low sales, poor service and low customer satisfaction being their trademark.
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