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Diesel V Petrol

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  • 26-09-2006 10:04am
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    GoneShootin
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    So I'm getting killed with the fuel economy on my 01 Astra, spending about 50euro a week. I'm looking at the market again and trying to decide on a nice diesel. I have a limited budget though.

    What I'm getting at is: does there exist good second hand petrol driven cars that would someway match the fuel economy of diesels.


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    #2
    smashey
    Registered Users Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


    I'm in the same situation just now. I am looking to change and from what I have seen so far, diesel seems to be the way to go.


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    omega man
    Registered Users Posts: 4,863 ✭✭✭omega man


    If you are doing anything over 15000 miles a year then a diesel is the way to go. If you are looking for something similar to your current car then i would suggest a vw golf tdi or a seat leon tdi (same engines). Although im a petrol head now i would more than recommend the old leon as i had 2 of them, the
    90bhp and 150bhp diesels. Even the 90bhp model was punchy and both were
    getting between 50-60 mpg! Again with the same engines i would also recommend the skoda octavia if you want something a bit bigger. All in all the
    VAG group have very good diesel engines (exception: avoid the old SDI engines like the plague!). Hope that helps, sorry dont know much on other diesel cars.


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    el tel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭el tel


    Get yourself a diesel banger, e.g. VW Golf TDi circa 1995-1996; will cost you f**k-all to buy and run and will do 50 mpg even if you rake the bollocks out of it. Drive it like a nun and it'll do 60 mpg. Basically you're talking €50 to fill the tank and that will get you 600 miles of motoring. I had a tear in one of these (90bhp model) on Saturday night around Dundalk and took it right off the speedo (120mph indicated) on the M1.

    edited to add: don't buy a red 1995 TDi Golf with VR6 side skirts and wheel arches area as it gets thrashed quite a bit ;)


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