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General Car Related Discussion.To discuss anything that is related to cars and automotive technology that doesnt naturally fit into another forum catagory.
So prices have only risen 15% since 1983 in real terms. Probably difficult for a lot of people to understand, and that increase is only due to increased tax. If it wasn't for that we would all be enjoying fuel at the same price or less relative to wages. That's the price you pay for a wasteful welfare state!
Everything i have read about petrols being cheaper than diesels now yady yada is based around buying new, not second hand.
That 10+ extra mpg out of the passat far out weights 10p at the pump - doesn't it?
Tom
Exactly what I was thinking, and still has me wondering what point the OP was trying to get across?
Based on his 20K miles per year and say an extra 10MPG with the diesel motor, I calculate a saving of £793.57 over the petrol version.
Granted he did say that his insurance would take a big hike because of the additional miles, but surely this would be the same for the petrol car too? But perhaps not - insurance can be a funny thing?
As stated above, diesel doesn't always mean better economy than petrol engines - I'm surprised that (as it appears) some people automatically buy diesels on the premise that they will by-default provide better MPG figures. I'd be checking it out first.
05-11-2010, 08:23 PM
