Diesel or Petrol
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EmilysDad replied on 20/12/2019 22:48
JVB66 replied on 21/12/2019 16:14
JVB66 replied on 21/12/2019 16:17
Posted on 20/12/2019 21:19 by LutzSounds like you‘ve got a very peaky engine there if maximum power doesn’t come in well before it reaches maximum revs.
JVB66 replied on 21/12/2019 16:28
JVB66 replied on 21/12/2019 16:31
Posted on 19/12/2019 19:24 by EmilysDadI get what you're saying, but running a Smart for work (50 miles round trip) I feel is cheaper in the long run than running a leviathan gas guzzling 4x4 tank on a daily basis and SWMBO has her own car. Maybe in a few years time when on a pension things might be different
Rev Ken replied on 09/01/2020 20:53
Posted on 09/01/2020 20:53
Just joined in this discussion. Brief outline is that we need our little 2009 Compass Corona Club 362 to visit family 300 miles South and 200 miles North. I'm in my 80s and my wife is 79 with two artificial knees. we've tried trains - unreliable, rarely get a seat in spite of booking and are very limited in what we can take. Using a car is OK, but once with family there are too many difficulties in negotiating baths with showers over them, plus other factors. Hence our caravan is the best and 'safest' option. We had a '61' 1.4TSI Golf. Solo it did around 40mpg, pulling the caravan 20mpg (DSG gearbox). This August I replaced it with a '17' two litre Diesel Golf which pulls it with far less effort, getting 30mpg, and solo I get in the mid 60s on motorway long trips Also a DSG gearbox, with 'stop/start' helping in town.
We are far happier with our Diesel, but which one is the more polluting?
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