Air pollution in the news again today, a new study reckons 1 in 8 deaths are linked in some manner to air pollution. The backlash has only just begun, and punitive town centre charges, fuel duty, insurance tax, car tax rises etc etc are all under consideration by the government. The image of diesel is only going to go one way, and political pressure to be seen to do something is only going to go the other, so I personally wouldn't invest any serious money in a diesel car now unless I was doing interstellar mileage where the fuel saving would guarantee to offset everything else. £700 for a lark is a different matter, that's not a ballache to write off if youmjad to, but the 330D isnt a pleasant motor by modern diesel standards. My ex Wife had one for a spell, power band is huge, but only the width if a chocolate mouses cock, making it awkward and tiresome to drive fast, which kind of defeats then object of a 3 litre mill to begin with.