Why isn't it recommended to get a diesel...

Outcast said:
I'm currently getting 47.2mpg around town without really trying.
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I find that very hard to believe, I struggle to reach 40 around town in the same car. Infact my motorway mileage (at least 2/3's of my commute) only really sees me getting high 40's - which I'm not complaining about

I only ever see mpg starting with a 5 on long runs, if that was your town usage you'd probably be looking at close to 60mpg on real roads - I just can't see it
 
Ok.. I have only ever reset the mpg when I first got the car as it then gives a ridiculous figure of 70+mpg for a while after, until it settles down.



Sorry for the carp picture I'm hopeless with a stills camera

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Ouch.. Those scratches don't half show up in a picture don't they !

Wonder if there's anyway to get rid of them ?
 
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I never drove the FK3 but I did have a look around one a while back and I was wondering - how does having the spoiler half way up the back window not bother you? :p
 
I'm a truck driver.. I use the wing mirrors !!

I also have a double din headunit with reversing cam that I'm about to install as driving a 50 foot long wagon kinda messes up your 6th sense when reversing in a car !!
 
rodenal said:
I find that very hard to believe, I struggle to reach 40 around town in the same car. Infact my motorway mileage (at least 2/3's of my commute) only really sees me getting high 40's - which I'm not complaining about

I only ever see mpg starting with a 5 on long runs, if that was your town usage you'd probably be looking at close to 60mpg on real roads - I just can't see it
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I find the CDTI honda lump pretty economical, my dads cars a 2004 accord, and i can get 43-45mpg with my driving style, my 2009 dtec on gives me 38mpg with similar driving styles.
 
I've added a camera too - great for when you aren't sure just where the daft back end...well ends. The spoiler is ideally located to stop headlight glare from behind at night too i find.

All you've shown there is your average over 1700 miles - I'll check my "A" trip that I havent reset for, at a guess 8k which will show roughly the same, I only ever reset the second counter - driving probably 2/3 A road/ motorway. I still can't see you getting that kind of economy around town. Ok my car is mapped but all it does is sit at 65-75 (indicated)mph most of its life

The scratches are a bugger, don't think there's any easy way to get rid of them. You can buy a plain insert for the dash but I think it looks rubbish in comparison.
 
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chriscatt said:
Hi, the Ford 1.6 ecoboost engine will give you that. I can easily obtain 37mpg around town and just below 50mpg on a run, not driving slowly, or over if I drive like a granny..
Chris
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So how many miles out of a tank is that, would it do over 400 range so I dont need to stop twice in a shift?

Outcast said:
Ouch.. Those scratches don't half show up in a picture don't they !

Wonder if there's anyway to get rid of them ?
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I used to use this all the time on plastics at the last Aircraft company I worked for, it was brilliant at cleaning and removing scratches of various depths...

Novus...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qvGnFecVDs
 
dannyjo22 said:
So how many miles out of a tank is that, would it do over 400 range so I dont need to stop twice in a shift?



I used to use this all the time on plastics at the last Aircraft company I worked for, it was brilliant at cleaning and removing scratches of various depths...

Novus...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qvGnFecVDs
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That looks pretty good stuff.. Will give it a thrash.

Ta
 
i think the problem is manufactures banging out cheap rubbing, i have a volvo s60 d5, its done 140k now, still on original injectors, dmf, dpf, turbo ect, yet when you go on ford/vw/vauxhall forums theyre a lot are having majour problems before its even done 100k, my brother has a 2.0 tdi 140ps, had injectors issues before 90k, its on 110k now and the clutch pedal is shaky probably the dmf

i think if you want a diesel buy a good quality product such as volvo, bmw, mercedes ect

my mpg is okish been using it around town for 2 weeks computer saying 35-37 mpg
 
As promised, exhibit A:

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To be fair its went down a bit recently as I've been cycling more with the better weather meaning the car does a higher percentage of short trips. Was sitting at something like 48 unril recently. I cant see how you could possibly average this with only town driving.

Oh and your not wrong r.e the scratches! Those aren't even visiblewhen actually looking at the display
 
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That speedo plastic is really soft on the Honda's ime, same as the bleeding paint!
 
DannyW said:
i think the problem is manufactures banging out cheap rubbing, i have a volvo s60 d5, its done 140k now, still on original injectors, dmf, dpf, turbo ect, yet when you go on ford/vw/vauxhall forums theyre a lot are having majour problems before its even done 100k, my brother has a 2.0 tdi 140ps, had injectors issues before 90k, its on 110k now and the clutch pedal is shaky probably the dmf

i think if you want a diesel buy a good quality product such as volvo, bmw, mercedes ect
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I think the way to go with a modern diesel is a good warranty. I will never buy a dagdag again without one and even then i'd make sure i'd exhausted every petrol possibility before looking at them.
 
I bought a diesel XF and love it, so much so that I don't really drive my 200Sx at all now.
 
wohoo said:
Thing is, before I got the car, I looked at the 2.0 petrol and that was not a nice engine at all, just didnt have any guts at all, so the diesel was the best option at the time, I dont really need a diesel, but we can only have diesels on the company car scheme now. They dont bother me, as a work tool they are great, but Ive got eveyone within my family to get rid of their diesel the costs are just too high for a local runaround type car.
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This was one of the silly things I thought of when I bought my car. "Oh, I quite like that Seat Ibiza, they're really cheap". "Oh, I can get a really poor 1.2/1.4 for roughly the same price as the 1.9 TDI, and the 1.8T is just too thirsty".

Should've gone with thirsty as 3 months later my mileage went down from about 400pw to 400pm. :(
 
Tute said:
I think the way to go with a modern diesel is a good warranty. I will never buy a dagdag again without one and even then i'd make sure i'd exhausted every petrol possibility before looking at them.
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i pay £12 for top level AA cover with breakdown repair warrenty - if something breaks they fix it upto £500 cost, i also have 3 good mates who run their own garages 2 of which have the latest daignostic equipment ect so i never need to worry :)
 
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