Buying an oil burner in the current climate
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Without going into specifics on the car just got a chance of a 2016 premium brand diesel, low mileage, decent spec, fsh and careful owner from a friend - I know the car well, essentially its going in part ex and they are somewhat disappointed with their part ex price but don't want the hassle of trying to sell.
With all the issues around climate change, global warming etc meaning the view of diesel cars however low the emissions will probably be even more tarnished would you take a risk on one you have the chance of even at more or less trade price. At a main dealer similar cars are 3k more on the forecourt. Obviously buying retail is open to negotiation to knock the price down but doubt I could get down that far.
Just that slight fear of being stuck say 3 years down the line with something I can't shift
With all the issues around climate change, global warming etc meaning the view of diesel cars however low the emissions will probably be even more tarnished would you take a risk on one you have the chance of even at more or less trade price. At a main dealer similar cars are 3k more on the forecourt. Obviously buying retail is open to negotiation to knock the price down but doubt I could get down that far.
Just that slight fear of being stuck say 3 years down the line with something I can't shift
I bought my first diesel a couple of years ago and I would have absolutely no hesitation in doing the same again today - in fact when I change my current car in a few years I fully expect my next one will be diesel, most probably costing £20k+. For all the talk of anti-diesel rhetoric they still make sense for an awful lot of people, and that ain't going to change any time soon. Since dieselgate blew up six years ago there have been regular predictions of a collapse in the value of diesel cars and it still hasn't happened. Ditto coronavirus - 'people will be doing fewer miles, nobody will want a diesel' - well I bought mine for £14k two years ago, it's now done 30k more miles than it had at that point, and it's now worth...about £14k. I really wouldn't worry.
I bought a Euro 6 diesel last year as there weren't really any inspiring petrol options at the age/price bracket I was looking at. I'd do the same again now.
At least for now that means no issue with low emissions zones and I rarely drive into a city centre in any case.
If the car is pre-Euro 6 and you live in or close to a city centre then I'd expect a greater impact on future value.
At least for now that means no issue with low emissions zones and I rarely drive into a city centre in any case.
If the car is pre-Euro 6 and you live in or close to a city centre then I'd expect a greater impact on future value.
I'd buy a diesel. I know many people (including our last second car) that have diesels and do low mileage without issue.
I've got a 1.2 petrol Peugeot 5008 at the minute, thought as I'm doing shorter journeys of late it would be just fine. Problem came last week when we went on holiday to Devon with the car loaded and a roof box. It did 37mpg and I was pretty much motorways at 70mph all the way. It has no torque at all and as we had the identical car in diesel before I can say the diesel was better in most ways (mpg certainly) only thing I would say the petrol is less noisy ovs.
Roof box excluded I could get near on 60 mpg in the diesel version on a run.
I've got a 1.2 petrol Peugeot 5008 at the minute, thought as I'm doing shorter journeys of late it would be just fine. Problem came last week when we went on holiday to Devon with the car loaded and a roof box. It did 37mpg and I was pretty much motorways at 70mph all the way. It has no torque at all and as we had the identical car in diesel before I can say the diesel was better in most ways (mpg certainly) only thing I would say the petrol is less noisy ovs.
Roof box excluded I could get near on 60 mpg in the diesel version on a run.
It wouldn't bother me at all, we have two 3.0T diesels, both x30D BMW's.
Having had a 2.0T Cooper S before the BMW, the diesel noise is somewhat difficult to get used to vs the petrol but finding a 430D GC with a 3.0T Petrol engine or even a 2.0T engine was impossible for my budget, the diesels outweighed the petrols by about 20 to 1.
I am hoping plenty are currently buying petrol BMW's rather than diesels so come sale time in a few years, there will be far more petrols to choose from.
We currently have a jam packed car with a 530L roof box on ready to go camping later today and having the 3.0T diesel engine is going to be handy for that journey, I can't imaging trying to do it in one of the tiny little 1.0T engines some manufacturers are banging out.
A others have said, try to get a Euro 6 rather than a 5 but unless you regularly drive into one of the bigger cities, even that is probably not worth worrying about.
Having had a 2.0T Cooper S before the BMW, the diesel noise is somewhat difficult to get used to vs the petrol but finding a 430D GC with a 3.0T Petrol engine or even a 2.0T engine was impossible for my budget, the diesels outweighed the petrols by about 20 to 1.
I am hoping plenty are currently buying petrol BMW's rather than diesels so come sale time in a few years, there will be far more petrols to choose from.
We currently have a jam packed car with a 530L roof box on ready to go camping later today and having the 3.0T diesel engine is going to be handy for that journey, I can't imaging trying to do it in one of the tiny little 1.0T engines some manufacturers are banging out.
A others have said, try to get a Euro 6 rather than a 5 but unless you regularly drive into one of the bigger cities, even that is probably not worth worrying about.
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