Why are people buying expensive diesels?

[Devil2575]

cirian75 said:

Devil2575 said:

cirian75 said:

Fastdruid said:

cirian75 said:

DPF, EGR's, DMF etc

all crap to go wrong that can cost 1000s to fix, get the petrol.

To be slightly fair to the people buying expensive diesels (new anyway), that kind of stuff would be under warranty.

but a bad idea once they reach say 5 years and 60k miles are in the second hand market.

Indeed, because petrol engined cars never go wrong...

well, there "less" to go wrong, and the fixes are usually cheaper

Is that true?

Here's a thought, get a waranty direct quote for two identical cars other than fuel type and see what the difference is. I'm guessing that they will use data to determine what the relative risk of them paying out is.