Rolling on coal...

My modern 1.4 does 70mpg or can keep up with the best of them in the twisties and still give me 45mpg.

Find me a 1.4 petrol that can do that. Honestly after having a diesel for a couple years now I'm fully converted.

Get a good simple and reliable 90's diesel with a timing chain and the only work it should need will be changing the oil and filters over a few hundreds of thousands of miles apart from other service items like the clutch etc. I spent 10 years driving motorways and having a 2ltr diesel car was an absolute necessity on my low wage. 60mpg guaranteed, and knowing that when there was the inevitable accident and the motorway was shut I could leave the engine running for hours on end to keep the heater running in winter.

Now I daily a 4x4 and get 30mpg in a 2ton beater! The equivalent petrol model would give half that, and before people start crying lpg, I need the entire load space free for junk and I do drive off road to get to work, so can't justify wasting precious space and ground clearance on an lpg tank.

With the low maintenance dailies I can instead focus on my toys and enjoying working on cars

sowen...

Agreed mate... Services for me are literally just changing the oil 😸

When I was younger I used to run small petrol cars as a dailys but for the last 5 years or so diesel estates have been king. The only downside to them is road tax. (Insurance seems higher too but might just be my imagination) When you consider my current 405 cost 400quid, has done 10000 miles around Europe in the last 9 months all on veg oil that costs barely 1/4 the money of diesel AND it does 60mpg, load area the size of a small van etc. You really can't beat them..

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I've a 406 Coupe 2.2 hdi. Gorgeous Pinifarina styling. De fapped, egr delete remapped to a reliable 180bhp and 400lb torque. 44.8 mpg average over last 3600 miles - what's not to like - I have a rural commute and only go into a city once a week at 8pm when there's very little traffic so feel no guilt.

I need a fifth seat though so sadly up for sale soon 😩

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However your pic isn't actually accessible from the web so it comes up with a blank when you try... If you quote this post you will see just here that I have tried, but nothing comes up:



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[whispers] S60 D5......

Spending £200 a month on fuel as it is and getting 50mpg out of my D5. Where am I going to get that sort of performance and running cost on petrol? They'll take my diesel from my cold dead hand

I recently got myself an e39 BMW 525TDS touring because I needed something more practical and more economical. To be honest the prospect of getting a diesel estate didn't really fill me with excitement, but I had to at least try to think of the practical benefits and this particular car was snagged for next to nothing... all I had to do was change every single service part on the damn thing.
The fuel economy is great compared to my petrol BMW e36, although not as good as the newer common rail diesels. Computer reckons 48mpg on a run. It's chippable to 170-odd BHP and lot more torque so that should liven it up a bit (it's not really a rocket ship at present, although it does shift when you put your clog down). It's pre all of this DPF malarkey too so none of that to worry about, and if the government goes mad and decides to ban diesel (ha! Yeah right) it'll happily run on veg oil.