Thinking of switching to a diesel car

[rykard]

Hi,
we are thinking of switching to a 2019 diesel (euro 6) SUV to save us some money, currently getting 25 mpg being really careful we will get better mileage (45), we will be keeping for 3-4 years, possible more depending on how things go.

Is there any reason not to do this?

cheers
Rich

[Scrump]

I find my diesel car is great on fuel when used for long motorway journeys.
When used for short journeys, especially in winter, the mpg drops a lot, to the level where it is no more fuel efficient than my petrol cars.

[Condi]

No, hth.

[edc]

If saving money is the objective there are no savings calculated in your post. How much is the car going to cost to buy and how many miles will you do? What are you selling and for how much?

[rykard]

we will be saving a fair bit on finance (£200ish/month) as well as the mpg. It was more over whether diesel was the way forward these days...

[flatsix.ant]

I would suggest a V12, preferably of capacity over 6L and revving to 9000rpm at a minimum.

[georgeyboy12345]

what will be your average journey length?

[dmsims]

I am thinking of switching to a car running unobtainium will I save money?

To the OP can you not do the sums yourself and let us know the result?

Edited by dmsims on Friday 28th April 23:24

[C69]

If you mainly do short, low-speed journeys, then the diesel particulate filter could cause problems. Not cheap if it ever needs replacing.

[Lincsls1]

C69 said:

If you mainly do short, low-speed journeys, then the diesel particulate filter could cause problems. Not cheap if it ever needs replacing.

This.
The modern diesel does not take kindly to lots of short journeys at all.

[dmsims]

Do not feed the troll:

rykard said:

My work has moved and I may have to get a more efficient car.
There is a 15-20 mile commute each way which could be motorway or B road. The cost of parking is based on the emissions..
I don't want anything too big as we already have an SUV and I also don't want to break the bank.

What sort of thing would you suggest?
Fiesta? and the ilk?

[rykard]

dmsims said:

Do not feed the troll:

rykard said:

My work has moved and I may have to get a more efficient car.
There is a 15-20 mile commute each way which could be motorway or B road. The cost of parking is based on the emissions..
I don't want anything too big as we already have an SUV and I also don't want to break the bank.

What sort of thing would you suggest?
Fiesta? and the ilk?

This was to replace my 172, which i ended up keeping. We are replacing a petrol stelvio with a diesel version, we've run the numbers, included a number of hybrids too, but my question is about the fuel not changing. We had a diesel stelvio before and had no issues.

[ZX10R NIN]

You already know the answer if you already had one, I'd say go for it, if the numbers work for you then get one.

[dmsims]

If you have run the numbers what was the result?

[rykard]

dmsims said:

If you have run the numbers what was the result?

numbers say yes, but the question was more about the fuel, but I guess the savings i'll make over the next 2-3 years should allay any misgivings I have over diesel going forward.

[Mouse Rat]

You will probably gain 15mpg from 2.0 petrol Stelvio to Diesel.

I changed my commuter car from E class diesel to a Giulia QV. The Merc averaged 43mpg, the Giulia 27mpg. Difference is roughly £60 a month.

So the diesel will offer fuel savings, but you need to weigh this up with finance, depreciation and smile factor.

[edc]

Are you leasing or PCP'ing? If so it doesn't matter. Personally I just sold a diesel car and specifically wanted a petrol to replace it. I think for certain types of cars nobody will want a diesel in 5 years time. For some cars though they are nearly all diesel anyway in the second hand market.

[rykard]

Mouse Rat said:

You will probably gain 15mpg from 2.0 petrol Stelvio to Diesel.

I changed my commuter car from E class diesel to a Giulia QV. The Merc averaged 43mpg, the Giulia 27mpg. Difference is roughly £60 a month.

So the diesel will offer fuel savings, but you need to weigh this up with finance, depreciation and smile factor.

its a QV.. but can't use the full potential, its wasted trundling to work and back.

it will be PCP..

[Back2theFuji]

Depends on a number of factors. I did the sums on our two cars (one diesel, one petrol, similar size vehicles and engine size). Petrol is cheaper but the diesel gave better MPG. Worked out about the same cost wise. So I ran both for 400 miles to check and the difference was £1.80

Personally though, I'd avoid a modern diesel. Too much potential to go wrong.

[loskie]

Why do so many people needlessly put/say "going forward" at the end of a sentence these days?

It's rife at work. At least it adds some interest to Teams meetings. The "going forward" count up.