My opinion on modern diesels. Do you agree?

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ZX10R NIN said:

No problem glad you liked it, I use the diesel so I can run & keep the more impractical cars but the diesel is still a fun drive (Penske Coilovers will do that) so I'd say in that respect the 270 fits the bill then you can go & get something very impractical

As a sidebar a little remap will see you with around 210bhp & even better fuel consumption.

696bhp of fun

That's a beauty!

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Devil2575 said:

At one point I was filling up once every 3-4 days and was regretting the decision to buy a petrol. Even driving as sensibly as possible the 1.8 petrol Mk1 Focus would never better 38 mpg. Thankfully it only lasted about a year. I couldn't have imagined doing it in a less economical car.

If your after a fuel efficient petrol then a 1.8 focus isn't the best or quickest idea though I guess? But Id consider owning one now - 800 quid to buy, and the other X amount of pounds saved on purchase price could be used for fuel and still loads left..

My mechanic bought the 1.6 mk1 off eBay, won it for £350, nothing wrong with it, 100k on the clock. In a year and a half all he has done is cambelt it and change the oil, still going strong 30k later. When I took mine in for a service last week he had just got back from Devon in it. What good value motoring!!

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I suppose what I'm trying to say is MPG isn't the only factor...

I got bored of filling up my 2.8 v6 golf but only because the mpg wasn't justified by performance. My own bad choice in car... Even so it cost me less to run than my GT TDI did because that had no end of problems, wish I'd kept the v6 instead of getting rid for a more fuel efficient diesel

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Do these 'fixed' cause the car to kick out a shed load of black smoke? Because if so I'm not keen on that either

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Ghost91 said:

Do these 'fixes' cause the car to kick out a shed load of black smoke? Because if so I'm not keen on that either

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lbc said:

How original.

Another Diesel V Petrol thread.

I wouldn't know, I haven't been on here long enough to of ever seen another thread.

It's been popular enough with a lot of users contributing, including yourself, so in the nicest possible way, who gives a rats ass.

And to the guy who said Its complaining - I was not moaning about diesels, just giving my opinion and getting other peoples opinion to form a more balanced one for myself. I have had diesels so can speak from personal experience --and am considering buying another one inspite of my previous history with them (mercedes 2.7 without dpf, dmf) having had some advice on this thread and also driven one/done the maths for myself. So I've had a bit of helpful information from the post, no reason why I shouldn't of posted it. The only ones moaning are the ones moaning about the thread itself. Cheer up.