gianluigi
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quote:
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Originally posted by smurf
the choice were £200 per week on fuel or £50 on fuel which would you choose?!!
Like i've said, dirty diesel is for me and my driving!!
If you do mega mileage then fair enough, I too would get a diesel and map it to get the most from it, although I still feel a 105bhp 1.4 petrol is more fun than a 150bhp 1.9 turbo diesel, just down to how a petrol revs and sounds.
http://www.vagweb.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4899&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0
[Edited on 13-09-2007 by gianluigi]
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willay
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does anyone care what ry_b is saying?
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gianluigi
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pah, probably not, delete if you wish
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ed
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Diesel cars don't really cost a quater as much to run as a petrol car. That's a gross overstatement if I've ever heard one.
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willay
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you can make that call, but like, no one cares about ryb my sexy italian friend 
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I was reading an article a few months back were it said that due to the original cost of diesels vs petrols and due to diesel being more expensive than petrol that it takes about 5 years to actually make you better off. I might be wrong but that just what i read
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CORSA NUT
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Bullshit my Fabia VRS was as bad as my Saxo VTR i've got now!
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Ben G
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i always remember something jeremy clarkson said about diesels making you like a pikey or someone who can't afford the petrol version
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Adam-D
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my van was realy really good on fuel
was a bastid to insure thou
although the nissan is gonna use a shed load more fuel than the sport
but saying that, wet weather + nissan = fun 
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Ben G
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wish i'd gone for a zetec s tdci tbh.
90bhp and over 200lb/ft iirc. bloody good figures for a 1.6 diesel fiesta.
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ed
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Originally posted by Ben G
i always remember something jeremy clarkson said about diesels making you like a pikey or someone who can't afford the petrol version
Funny how diesel cars cost more than petrol cars then isn't it.
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Ben G
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i'm quoting him. i'm guessing he said it because it costs less to run a diesel car... 
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Daimo B
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Actually i remember that comment.
The Derv costs more to buy, so he compared how many miles you'd have to do to equal the overall costs of buying the derv over the petrol.
Petrol used more juice, but the derv cost more, buy a couple of grand.
A couple of grand bought something like 15,000 miles worth of fuel, so you'd of ahd to do that many miles to make any kind of saving.
It was something like that im sure, was quite a few years back.
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ClaireF
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i bet he cant even drive a petrol probably
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Ben G
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Originally posted by ClaireF
i bet he cant even drive a petrol probably
i bet you can't either
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I've had a phone call today to go and see a Fabria VRS. But also got a phone call off my mate saying there was a nice little flat for sale around the corner from us. I'd rather put money into the flat if we can get it and rent it off.
Diesel engines are meant to last longer, hence i wouldn't mind one. I do 2000 miles a month roughly and already blow the Corsa engine up once. It's only done 20k too 
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ClaireF
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yeah i can actually
diesals do last longer honest they do, they can go through anything and still be driveable, the only thing that took golf of road was the accident
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Ben G
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tbh claire i'm pretty sure you can't drive a diesel car, let alone any car better than jeremy clarkson
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ClaireF
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yeah i have driven a diseal and much prefer petrol and yes u are correct about jemermy clarkson hes a god
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Originally posted by corsaxe.let
I was reading an article a few months back were it said that due to the original cost of diesels vs petrols and due to diesel being more expensive than petrol that it takes about 5 years to actually make you better off. I might be wrong but that just what i read
Yes thats true. I might be wrong, but i remeber watching a clip on a bmw 3 series diesel (330d) It said to get the money back on orginal cost vrs the petrol equivelant (might be different now because diesel are getting cheaper to buy) you would have to cover 200k miles to start saving!
Alot of people dont buy them now days for out and out money savers from day one, they buy them because they are comfortable at higher speeds compared to their petrol friend, and if travelling long distances (like a sales man/women) it can save you alot of time as you dont have to fill up as often!
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Originally posted by Ben G
wish i'd gone for a zetec s tdci tbh.
90bhp and over 200lb/ft iirc. bloody good figures for a 1.6 diesel fiesta.
they arnt ova 200 lbs ft
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Ben G
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Originally posted by Ben G
wish i'd gone for a zetec s tdci tbh.
90bhp and over 200lb/ft iirc. bloody good figures for a 1.6 diesel fiesta.
they arnt ova 200 lbs ft
it's what i was told... ''iirc''
i work for ford's also and heard it from someone in there so going to laugh at them non stop if they were wrong
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Nick-S
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may b 200 n/m not lbs ft
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Nick-S
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Originally posted by ClaireF
yeah i have driven a diseal and much prefer petrol
y
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Ben G
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Originally posted by GSi_16v
may b 200 n/m not lbs ft
quite possibly going to laugh at them tomorrow
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