The government have won. Selling my diesel for a petrol.....
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It is with a heavy heart after 25k miles in my BMW 430D over the last year, I have admitted the government were right and we should never have bought them damn soot churning b
d cars.
So last week and being a good proletariat; I bought a BMW M4 Competition pack. MPG is at 23 for the last 500 miles and Sainsbury's Super unleaded sales are at a record level but at least I am conforming.
Has anyone else converted?
d cars.So last week and being a good proletariat; I bought a BMW M4 Competition pack. MPG is at 23 for the last 500 miles and Sainsbury's Super unleaded sales are at a record level but at least I am conforming.
Has anyone else converted?
I keep toying with the idea of swapping my 3.0D jag with the petrol equivalent.
I’m only getting ~38mpg on my very stress-free dual-carriageway commute - I reckon I could get within 10-15% of that with the supercharged v6 lump. Possibly even better after a remap.
And then I wouldn’t have the dreaded DPF anxiety, less cost per litre to slightly offset the mpg. Likely much more fun to drive ‘progressively’, albeit with much less torque.
But then do I opt to stay with the XJ, or swap for an F-Type
I’m only getting ~38mpg on my very stress-free dual-carriageway commute - I reckon I could get within 10-15% of that with the supercharged v6 lump. Possibly even better after a remap.
And then I wouldn’t have the dreaded DPF anxiety, less cost per litre to slightly offset the mpg. Likely much more fun to drive ‘progressively’, albeit with much less torque.
But then do I opt to stay with the XJ, or swap for an F-Type
I've recently made this change, though unlike some people on this thread, I'm actually taking my responsibilities seriously and not treating it as some kind of joke. So after some tosser recently drove into my much-loved BMW 330d (Euro 3 diesel, manual, 184hp, 178g/km CO2), writing it off, I replaced it with a BMW 330i (Euro 5 petrol, manual, 272hp, 173g/km CO2).
The anti-Diesel backlash is already taking place here in DE with real implications for owners.
I work regularly in Stuttgart. For vast swathes of the year anything less than a Euro VI Diesel isn't allowed into the city centre. My crappy old E90 320d gets parked outside the city limits, from where I either get heavily subsidised public transport into the centre, or ride my folding bike in.
In a modern Continental city with great trams and underground network, all cheap, this actually isn't problematic at all and makes perfect sense, it's kind of a gigantic Park n Ride scheme, the air quality improves in the centre, everybody wins.
Cars, particularly older Diesel models, have no place in a modern city centre.
I work regularly in Stuttgart. For vast swathes of the year anything less than a Euro VI Diesel isn't allowed into the city centre. My crappy old E90 320d gets parked outside the city limits, from where I either get heavily subsidised public transport into the centre, or ride my folding bike in.
In a modern Continental city with great trams and underground network, all cheap, this actually isn't problematic at all and makes perfect sense, it's kind of a gigantic Park n Ride scheme, the air quality improves in the centre, everybody wins.
Cars, particularly older Diesel models, have no place in a modern city centre.
Diseasal engines have always been for the farm yard haven't they?
The over-sell of diseasals by the previous labour government and its tax incentives were purely because they couldn't stand up to tree hugger lobby groups who didn't know what diseasal's produce in their exhaust.
(Nice choice of new petrol engine by the way)
The over-sell of diseasals by the previous labour government and its tax incentives were purely because they couldn't stand up to tree hugger lobby groups who didn't know what diseasal's produce in their exhaust.
(Nice choice of new petrol engine by the way)
I sold a 320d a few years back for a focus st. 45mpg-60mpg gone for a 24mpg focus. Now own an e92 m3 that does 18mpg. Diesels were a bit wky anyway, i just hope the m3 doesnt become too expensive to tax and insure. £1100 a year to tax and insure at the moment and its only increasing isnt it. TBH Id still pay more if required as its so good but its hugely expensive to fund.
I see range rover have halted sales on certain diesel model.
ky anyway, i just hope the m3 doesnt become too expensive to tax and insure. £1100 a year to tax and insure at the moment and its only increasing isnt it. TBH Id still pay more if required as its so good but its hugely expensive to fund.I see range rover have halted sales on certain diesel model.
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