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She only does about 6-7000 miles a year, any long family journeys are done in my car, so without the cheaper tax and lower fuel costs a petrol makes sense.
I'll keep my current diesel for 3 years or so and then see what makes sense for me.
Part of the issue is there's a shortage of petrol cars I'd be interested in. My next car is likely to be something like a 3/5 Series Touring or an A6 Avant, which basically means diesel at the moment, certainly for a nearly-new car rather than brand new.
Rudolf Diesel himself said the engine would run on vegitable oil. He also went 'missing' off a cross chanel ferry!
The question in hand is "how to efficiently burn a fuel without subjecting it to massive amounts of compression". US cities don´t have the same smog issues mainly because engines are high volume, low power V8s. If you want less smog, don´t put so much nitrogen in the explosion chamber of the engine.
Unless by "the same smog issues" you're trying to sidestep that many US cities have much worse smog, but it's of a different makeup because they favour petrol over diesel. Y'know, like that "an end to boom and bust" thing, which was retconned into "an end to Tory boom and bust"...?
So it that worse than wanting a PERV? Petrol Engineed Road Vehicle...... IGMC.
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So it that worse than wanting a PERV? Petrol Engineed Road Vehicle...... IGMC.
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She wants a Golf with heated seats and satnav.
Options are essentially a GTD or a GTI.
GTD is about £750 cheaper to buy, is £100 a year cheaper to tax, and £300 a year in fuel cheaper, even with that low mileage.
Keep the car for 4 years and that's £2350 cheaper over the time she'll keep the car, although you'd get about £800 of that back due to the stronger residual of the GTI, but diesel is still cheaper by a fair margin.
For me, I do 10-12k miles a year and unless petrol got a lot cheaper, there's no chance I'd change at the moment.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Alternatively, have it removed and do an EGR delete at the same time.
Also there are plenty of used GTs with heated seats - fer example:
http://usedcars.volkswagen.co.uk/Golf/1.4-TSI-ACT-GT-150-PS-DSG-5-Dr/Horsham/3927158-606012274-2274376.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_
Taking back control by being free to pollute our own air without censure from EU bureaucrats.
Run it at a constant 70 for 20 minutes once a month and the DPF will regenerate. Avoid supermarket fuel as it has a higher ash content which blocks the filter, also don't skimp on the oil and use the recommended stuff when the car is serviced. There are companies offering DPF cleaning services if the filter won't regenerate.
Also, unless you can get it registered before April, the petrol and diesel will get taxed the same amount. Diesel should be taxed more because of the extra stink it makes, but at least the £100 per year tax saving will no longer exist.
It depends where you live, but if you have residents' parking, some London boroughs are starting to charge extra for diesels.
Also, given news stories like this:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/15/european-commission-issues-final-warning-to-uk-over-air-pollution-breaches
It wouldn't surprise me to see duty on diesel increased.
I think you are also underestimating the resale hit on diesels going forwards. The tax change due in April will make a significant difference. For someone buying a 3 three old car second hand, the low taxation on a diesel is currently a major factor. Without the £100 per year saving I'd expect resale on the diesel to be hit significantly - probably by several hundred pounds.
That is without any additional hit on diesel resale due to the way public opinion is turning against them, and whether or not you will be allowed to drive them into cities. I think I remember reading that the future plans for London's ultra low emissions zone will mean extra charges for even Euro 6 diesels (and possibly petrols as well) by 2025. If you buy a diesel now and that is confirmed in the next couple of years then you will take a massive hit on resale. A car that can't be driven into London without paying a charge will not be desirable. Bear in mind that this zone will be much bigger than the current C-charge zone.
Unless you are doing 20,000 plus miles, or need it to tow, I would steer clear of a new diesel at this point in time.
I'd be interested to know, if diesel was 16% more expensive than petrol (the correct differential to reflect the greater carbon content) - ie around £1.40 a litre, 20p more than petrol rather than the 2p it currently is - how much difference it would make to the relative running cost of diesel vs petrol cars.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Bear in mind that they are talking about charging for driving into other cities as well - not just London.
https://www.driving.co.uk/news/five-cities-to-get-ultra-low-emissions-zones/
At the moment this won't affect Euro 6 cars but given that the real life emissions from Euro 6 diesels are much higher than the official fictitious version then I wouldn't want to bet on that remaining the case.