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Ermm two totally different cars, of totally different classes, which don't even compete in the same market.
New BMW 330D = £27585
New Suzuki Baleno 1.6 = £13,000
I don't see how i've just been owned?
Diesels Vs Petrol *DEBATE*
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Ermm two totally different cars, of totally different classes, which don't even compete in the same market.
New BMW 330D = £27585
New Suzuki Baleno 1.6 = £13,000
I don't see how i've just been owned?
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how many of the diesels on the road are BMW 330D's?
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The rich ones.
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quite a few 320's and 330d's over here
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it was perfectly relivent, you choose to compare two cars.....maz' suzuki and a bmw.....its a totally unfair comparison, there not even in the same class
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totally agree'd, but because his car isnt worth 27k it doesnt make him any more/less a penny pincher than someones whos is....
anyway this is becoming totally off topic, lets leave it at that
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Neither do the majority of Diesel owners
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Originally posted by Hate
oh and have you seen racing diesels?
Never - expect for the Lorrys
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petrol is a bigger strain on the enviroment coz they are a lot less feul efficient. Theres not much difference in the polution levels nowadays. None of your arguments seem relevant to modern diesels, your living in the past!
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Originally posted by wohoo
except
They're lorrys, hardly a suitable application for a petrol engine.
As they weight of the lorry would require a lot of torque rather than revs.
Diesels are for penny pinchers, i am one of them i do want to get as mpg as poss, i do not regard that as a bad thing, i do 25k a year, having a diesels saves me a hell of a lot of money.
For ex my 1.9TD gives 45-48mpg
A 2l petrol is gonna give me 35mpg at best, this from experience not just pie in the sky,
So from a £50 fill up every week with a diesel i get and extra 126miles, thats quite a bit if u ask me, and in terms of torque it goes pretty damn well, enough to embarass many
The thing is diesels engines are pretty advanced now and are a viable alternative to petrol, in terms of reliability,performance basically in every which way.
Manufacturers now spend the bulk of their R&D on diesel technology, they wouldnt do this if it were inferior
For ex my 1.9TD gives 45-48mpg
A 2l petrol is gonna give me 35mpg at best, this from experience not just pie in the sky,
So from a £50 fill up every week with a diesel i get and extra 126miles, thats quite a bit if u ask me, and in terms of torque it goes pretty damn well, enough to embarass many
The thing is diesels engines are pretty advanced now and are a viable alternative to petrol, in terms of reliability,performance basically in every which way.
Manufacturers now spend the bulk of their R&D on diesel technology, they wouldnt do this if it were inferior
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Originally posted by wohoo
Diesels are for penny pinchers, i am one of them i do want to get as mpg as poss, i do not regard that as a bad thing, i do 25k a year, having a diesels saves me a hell of a lot of money.
For ex my 1.9TD gives 45-48mpg
A 2l petrol is gonna give me 35mpg at best, this from experience not just pie in the sky,
So from a £50 fill up every week with a diesel i get and extra 126miles, thats quite a bit if u ask me, and in terms of torque it goes pretty damn well, enough to embarass many
The thing is diesels engines are pretty advanced now and are a viable alternative to petrol, in terms of reliability,performance basically in every which way.
Manufacturers now spend the bulk of their R&D on diesel technology, they wouldnt do this if it were inferior
...a viable alternative to petrol in terms of performance?
Isn't smoking crack against forum rules?
I understand your points about economy but lets not get over excited? If diesels are that good then why -
Do the majority still buy petrol
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