Who here buys a diesel............

[Fatman2]

................for pure driving enjoyment ??

I'm just interested to hear if anyone here has actually bought a diesel with driving pleasure in mind.

I may be old fashioned and whilst I have a diesel for a cheap family hack still can't stand them. Manufacturers are trying to offer coupés and other sports cars with diesel nowadays but they still cannot see the point. They offer a great shove of torque (for about 0.5secs) but are nose heavy, have no real power band, are unresponsive, have a poor exhaust note etc, etc.

About the only redeeming thing about diesels are motorway driving and economy.

Any thoughts ?

[daemon]

Fatman2 said:

................for pure driving enjoyment ??

I'm just interested to hear if anyone here has actually bought a diesel with driving pleasure in mind.

I may be old fashioned and whilst I have a diesel for a cheap family hack still can't stand them. Manufacturers are trying to offer coupés and other sports cars with diesel nowadays but they still cannot see the point. They offer a great shove of torque (for about 0.5secs) but are nose heavy, have no real power band, are unresponsive, have a poor exhaust note etc, etc.

About the only redeeming thing about diesels are motorway driving and economy.

Any thoughts ?

Yes, i think you're a troll.

This has been covered a thousand times before.

Can someone close this before it becomes 20 pages of dross?

Edited by daemon on Thursday 15th April 21:44

[Deerfoot]

Fatman2 said:

Any thoughts ?

Good grief, not again.

[OnTheOverrun]

daemon said:

Can someone close this before it becomes 20 pages of dross?

Said the guy who posts more on petrol versus diesel threads than everyone else put together. . . . .

[kambites]

OnTheOverrun said:

daemon said:

Can someone close this before it becomes 20 pages of dross?

Said the guy who posts more on petrol versus diesel threads than everyone else put together. . . . .

Well he should know then.

[daemon]

Deerfoot said:

Fatman2 said:

Any thoughts ?

Good grief, not again.

I agree

[OnTheOverrun]

kambites said:

OnTheOverrun said:

daemon said:

Can someone close this before it becomes 20 pages of dross?

Said the guy who posts more on petrol versus diesel threads than everyone else put together. . . . .

Well he should know then.

[daemon]

OnTheOverrun said:

daemon said:

Can someone close this before it becomes 20 pages of dross?

Said the guy who posts more on petrol versus diesel threads than everyone else put together. . . . .

Only because i'm right.

[pilchardthecat]

Here is a picture of a lesser spotted dogfish

[davidjpowell]

C320 cdi merc. Nice V6 engine, did not sound like a diesel,pulled like a train, saw many a car off and did 45 on a run.

[daemon]

and the lesser spotted Neil Kinnock.

Edited by daemon on Thursday 15th April 21:54

[pilchardthecat]

and here is a picture of a moose.


or is it an elk.

[daemon]

pilchardthecat said:

and here is a picture of a moose.


or is it an elk.

I think its an elk. But i've nothing against mooses, and perfectly understand if anyone prefers a moose.

Edited by daemon on Thursday 15th April 22:00

[Fatman2]

LOL sorry, didn't realise it had been covered 10^X times before.

In truth it was a genuine question as I've read a load of posts recently (on here and elsewhere) with people (for example) questioning why anyone would buy a CR-Z when you can get better economy out of a bluemotion. To me that's completely missing the point.

But anyway, obviously a poor choice of topic so please shut down

[kambites]

On the odd occasion that it's working, the search function will throw up millions of threads that degenerate into this topic.

[daemon]

kambites said:

On the odd occasion that it's working, the search function will throw up millions of threads that degenerate into this topic.

and they never reach any conclusion.

Plus, i've had my medication upped, so i dont care enough to argue anymore.

Edited by daemon on Thursday 15th April 22:06