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Monday to Friday I do a 2 miles to work and then 2 miles back and in the weekend I do a 22miles each way journey twice and with the odd weekend I do like 180miles for weddings or airports. It's a real mix of short, medium and long drives.
I would still go petrol if most of your journeys in the week is short, if you get one that can do 40mpg then it'll be fine. Just less to go wrong.
Even more importantly, my trusted garage mechanic drives one, so I'm certain it's not got any reliability issues or he wouldn't - he's like I am with guitar amps .
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And by a remarkable coincidence I know of one coming up for sale. One careful lady owner. Never thrashed.
The big problem with DPFs has always been short journeys. A DPF takes about 5-10 minutes of reasonable driving to get hot enough to start regeneration, then a further 15-30minutes to carry out a complete regen. Once a regen has started, you don't even have to be driving hard and it'll usually continue in slow traffic, but a DPF won't usually get hot enough to start a regen in slow traffic.
You do realise petrol cars also have those fitted?
And particulate filters are starting to be fitted to petrol engines as well?
However, despite the emphasis on particulates, in urban areas there's been no major drop in measured particulates that corresponds with the reduction in vehicle emissions. Attention is now starting to turn to tyre and brake dust being a bigger contributor to airborne particulates, than exhaust particulates.
I opted for petrol because of the government's stance on diesel but honestly... I slightly regret it as petrol ain't cheap! I must say I prefer how petrols feel during the drive.
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