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New car, diesel / petrol..mileage high enough?

  • 11-12-2014 12:34pm
    #1
    copeyhagen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,528 ✭✭✭


    looking to get something up the eyars after xmas, currently driving an 03 1.5 almera saloon. its grand but i bought it as a run around when i hadnt much cash last year and im in a better situation financialy now! so looking to upgrade.

    partner has a 1.4 09 auris and the boot is too small for our little fellas buggy, constantly taking the parcel shelf in and out..

    i dont think i am relaistically doing enough mileage to warrent a diesel:
    15miles per day round trip for work.
    once a month Dublin - Mayo and back
    maybe once a month other bit of long travelling, nothing set in stone.
    and pottering around at weekend.

    looking at 2008 on, was looking at the following diesels:
    passat, jetta, vectra sri, golf (not too big), leon(same), impreza (mpg not great, but lovely cars imo).

    thinking i might be better off getting something 1.4 petrol, like the tsi engines.

    do all 2008 1.4 passats and golfs have the tsi engine? or was there a straight engine version as well? i know the engines made by skoda, does the 08 octavia 1.4 have the same engine?

    would rather the diesel but if mileage would fook up the dpf then i dont mind petrol


Comments

  • #2
    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    I done similarly small mileage in a 2010 Ford Focus TDCI and find it still works out pretty well for me even with the small mileage daily and then a fairly large spin most weekends. The fuel savings are still pretty big over petrol although I was driving a 2.5 turbo petrol before switching so that makes a significant difference. So does the fact that the Ford 1.8 TDCI is ancient and hence no DPF and less issues like modern diesels.

    I think you're probably better off with a petrol but maybe do a bit more research on whether the diesel makes sense depending on what type of car you are going for.


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