BMW morkeshing makes me sick

unkel

JHMEG wrote:

Hence the 2007 118d puts out more CO2 than the 2003 Civic IMA

Don't divert. We're talking energy, not emissions here. A modern diesel uses less energy than an equivalent petrol hybrid in day to day real world running.

JHMEG

unkel wrote:

Don't divert. We're talking energy, not emissions here.

Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are proportional (everyone knows that!). Why is the 118d in UK CO2 tax class C, at 123g/km, while the IMA is in the lower band B, at 116g/km?

Not denying that BMW have made real progress by using bolt-on technology only otherwise available on hybrids. But they're not up to hybrid standard.

unkel wrote:

A modern diesel uses less energy than an equivalent petrol hybrid in day to day real world running.

Haven't you seen my sig? A driver with good habits will do better in a diesel than a fool in a hybrid, I'll concede that!

JHMEG

unkel wrote:

I can't fault that. You'd probably get 100MPG yourself from a modern diesel

I think I'd only manage that in an Insight.