Which engine for this driving profile?

Which engine for this driving profile?

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glazbagun

Original Poster:

14,257 posts

196 months

Friday 28th August 2015
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Talking of what new van to get for my mum and her business.

Basically she drives 25 miles of dual carriageway in the morning, then spends the rest of the day doing door to door deliveries and stopping too have a chat with customers, restock, etc. Then 25 miles of DC back home.

Is 50mi daily of dual carriageway and eight hours of stop-start/parked up going to cause any reliability problems for, say, a Ford duratorq diesel? Or would you go with a petrol.

Paradaxos

135 posts

117 months

Friday 28th August 2015
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duratorq diesel sounds perfect for that role to be honest

Of course the optimal engine is a 500 or 600cc petrol, that way you skip the stop start traffic altogether.

Mr Gear

9,416 posts

189 months

Friday 28th August 2015
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Electric.

mygoldfishbowl

3,691 posts

142 months

Friday 28th August 2015
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The duratorq should be fine.

underwhelmist

1,852 posts

133 months

Friday 28th August 2015
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I'm a bit disappointed nobody suggested a V8.