Diesels are generally more expensive than their petrol equivalents in any
particular model range, so the "afford" comment is misplaced.
Your other comments are subjective, but personally I prefer to drive diesels
.
YMMV
Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 7:48 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OT Mileage, Automatic gears
> Diesels are great if you don't want to / can't afford a petrol car ...
> and you can live with them sounding like a tractor, running out of puff
> at 4,000 rpm, stinking, smelling when you fill them up, and generally
> being horrible to drive.
>
> But I've yet to meet anyone who, when pressed, hasn't said they would
> rather have a petrol car, but can live with the diesel disadvantages
> because of the reduced cost. Which is fine.
>
> Simon
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