Is the diesel backlash about to start?

[StescoG66]

I ask this as a diesel driver covering 16k per year who really is hankering for a switch back to petrol. While I have been more than happy with my Giulietta 170 diesel, I really fancy a 170 petrol.

Basically my questions are:-

Is the rebellion against diesel starting now?
Will this cause the previously better resale value of diesels to plummet
Should I hop at this point

I realise on a petrolheaders forum this is the wrong question, but just asking folk to look into the crystal ball for a moment

[StescoG66]

Chaps I started this thread out of genuine curiosity. I do 16k per year so diesel does pay - but only just. However I would love another petrol car, and wondered if it was worth my while hopping out the diesel prior to the arse falling out the second hand values of medium size diesel hatchbacks.
I may however leave my petrol powered jollies until my wee Sprint 1.7 is completed........

[StescoG66]

heebeegeetee said:

These weekly threads are *never* started by people justifying diesel though. They're *always* started by someone who wants to attack someone's car choice, for some reason.

The running costs haven't been bullst for most of the past 30 years, either.

I was the one who started the thread, and not as a Petrol vs Diesel debate. Nor at any point did I try to justify my car choice nor did I criticise somebody elses choice. What I did ask was whether it was worth hopping from a diesel car now to petrol before the backlash starts and the arse falls out the secondhand values of the things (which I am now convinced is a bit of a myth anyway.....)

For the record - I like my 170 diesel. It's not laggy, it's effortless to make it move quickly and sounds OK except from cold when it sounds like bones in a box. However it's just not much fun to rev, and I really enjoy being able to rev a petrol engine when the notion takes me. Given the equivalent is ALSO 170bhp and forced induction it purely had me wondering......