Hammer
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Selective price mechanism 
This is why oil barons can afford to buy football clubs with their pocket change.
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Carl
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Why is diesel so much more still? Fucking joke. 
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Gareth F
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it lasts longer......... so they know they can charge more. still save money over a petrol car.
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S@M
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its still 109.9 round here
v-power is 117.9
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antnee
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at asda here is 106.9 for petrol and116.9 for diesel. Its been 118.9 for about 2 weeks then dropped on sunday
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Carl
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quote:
Originally posted by munk3yrac3r
it lasts longer......... so they know they can charge more. still save money over a petrol car.
It lasted long in 1996/97/98 etc etc, it was still always cheaper. (by 5p ish cant really remeber, means its done up far more than petrol anyway.)
[Edited on 08-10-2008 by Carl]
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deano87
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Get a small engine diesel car and it's most certainly cheaper.
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mattk
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small engined diesel cars are boring as fuck though
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deano87
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So are small engined petrol ones, believe me 
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Carl
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Tell us about it Deano, don't think you have ever mentioned it before.
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by Carl
Tell us about it Deano, don't think you have ever mentioned it before.
Well. . .
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Get a small engine diesel car and it's most certainly cheaper.
A 1.3cdti Corsa C that a lot of people actually think is better than the 1.7cdti variant from the same range and your tempted much?
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deano87
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Aye?
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Hammer
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Nothing
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deano87
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harrisp
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109.9 is the cheapest last time I looked, will check when I fill up tomorrow.
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Theham85
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But do Diesel cars not usually cost more to buy than their petrol counterparts? and the fuel is more expensive too.
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deano87
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Originally posted by Theham85
But do Diesel cars not usually cost more to buy than their petrol counterparts? and the fuel is more expensive too.
Yeah, normally  it does depend totally on the mileage you do. If you do 10 miles a day to work and back, you would undoubtedly be better off with a petrol equivalent.
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harrisp
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quote:
Originally posted by Theham85
But do Diesel cars not usually cost more to buy than their petrol counterparts? and the fuel is more expensive too.
My mums diseasel only does 30mpg which means it isn't cheaper on fuel either plus it takes about £85 to fill up.
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by harrisp
quote:
Originally posted by Theham85
But do Diesel cars not usually cost more to buy than their petrol counterparts? and the fuel is more expensive too.
My mums diseasel only does 30mpg which means it isn't cheaper on fuel either plus it takes about £85 to fill up.
Must be a high powered one and she must give it death everywhere. Do the same in the petrol equivalent and you'd get less MPG than 30.
The general public think just because it's a diesel car, it must get fantastic MPG - they do, but it's relative to the petrol variant really.
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Daveskater
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It's 108.9ppl here at the mo, well it is from the Tesco's Esso station. From a smaller, closer Total garage it's 112.9
quote:
Originally posted by deano87
quote:
Originally posted by Theham85
But do Diesel cars not usually cost more to buy than their petrol counterparts? and the fuel is more expensive too.
Yeah, normally it does depend totally on the mileage you do. If you do 10 miles a day to work and back, you would undoubtedly be better off with a petrol equivalent.
A round trip to my work is literally 10 miles
quote:
Originally posted by deano87
The general public think just because it's a diesel car, it must get fantastic MPG - they do, but it's relative to the petrol variant really.
True mate, a bloke came in to work going on about how he has a diesel Navara and it gets about 30mpg, then one of the guys from work goes "yeah well my diesel gets about 50" and the Navara bloke started going on about how because it's a big engine etc.
[Edited on 08-10-2008 by Daveskater]
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Look at my pictures
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deano87
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Exactly. Compare the diesel Navara to a V6 one or something, and it'd be completely different.
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Daveskater
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Bang on mate
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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morpheus22
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£1.06 is the cheapest around here at the mo
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Mertin
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With diesels there is also cheaper road tax aswell, and often slightly cheaper insurance
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