Which fuel rule?

Bored-Stupid

Ok people which fuel powers your vehicle.For years petrol was king but I feel diesel power has overtaken it.Also have you been converted to diesel/petrol and not to go back to the other?if so why?

patrickc

Diesel and staying with it more economical to run the car with the mileage I do, plus as much power as your stanard petrol with turbo engines.

Guy:Incognito

I have on of each. I prefer my car (petrol) to the van but for obvious comfort reasons. For feul economy obviously the van is the best bet.

vengeance52

i like the power in my 2.2TD and to fill the tank costs 62euro and does me about 13days.

Tipsy Mac

I would prefer a diesel to my petrol car for fuel economy and power, however in Ireland with the expense of Irish trade tarrifs on EU sourced cars and our barbarian road tax regime it's not economically viable for me to get one

TychoCaine

I've got a 2.0l petrol engine in my bus, because it was a couple of grand cheaper than the 2.4l diesel to buy and cheaper to tax and maintain. It's my car, so they're costs I have to cover. Fuel is obviously dearer. I get 31mpg, Vs the 50mpg the diesel will get, but I can expense most of it to the job, so it's someone else's problem

Redrocket

so no-one here using biofuel or lpg?

fletch

I've a diesel and couldn't go back to petrol. €40 does me 2 weeks and I drive every day. Averaging 49mpg at the moment("warm" weather helping) but that can rise above 50mpg on long journeys.

barryfitz

love me ould petrol car, cant afford to change to a newer one of either at the minute, but Im up in the air about ehich to choose next. Ive driven the brothers 1.4 D4d and its very impressive for a 1.4:eek: and very good mpg or l/100km or what ever they are measuring it in these days.

Stephen

I wanted to get my car with the tasty 2.2 iCTDI engine but its not available in our wonderful little country, only everywhere else in europe

Still though, the 1.8 petrol is fun and quite economical (more so than my old 1.6).

fletch

Stephen wrote:

I wanted to get my car with the tasty 2.2 iCTDI engine but its not available in our wonderful little country, only everywhere else in europe

Still though, the 1.8 petrol is fun and quite economical (more so than my old 1.6).

So was this one imported or a special order?

Redrocket

Diesel for me, nothin like 500 miles for 50 quid (550 miles on my old 306)
Tax is the only bitch at 520 per year

what_car

vengeance52 wrote:

i like the power in my 2.2TD and to fill the tank costs 62euro and does me about 13days.

i have the same car in petrol auto! 2.0. changed from diesel back to petrol
because of the lack of mainstream production cars available in auto diesel.


i fill it every week and costs €61 approx to fill, get about 630km for a full tank.

averaging about between 30 and 35 mpg over the tank of fuel.


this is my first petrol car in a number of years, prior to this had diesels...

the avensis 2.0D4D ( latest model with new engine and 6speed box) that i had, although horribly boring, was giving me an average of 53mpg.. i was getting 820km for a full tank of fuel for about 49 euro, and the tank of fuel would last me nearly two weeks , compared to the 1 week its lasting me with the petrol car i have now.

its about time the car manufacturers would listen to the customers and make more diesel autos ... i have seen many ppl on boards looking for diesel autos, such as avensis , accord etc...

btw, when is the new model avensis due out?

Stephen

fletch wrote:

So was this one imported or a special order?

You can still see the UK plates on it in some of the pics

fletch

Stephen wrote:

You can still see the UK plates on it in some of the pics

Oh my bad

_Kaiser_

Stephen wrote:

You can still see the UK plates on it in some of the pics

Beaten to it.. damn!

1.9 TDI for me

prospect

I just prefer the way a diesel car drives, dunno why. So that is the main reason I have a diesel.

craichoe

1.9 TDI for me.

More reliable imho and much more economical

richie_rvf

Petrol, can't stand the way a diesel runs out of puff so quickly.

Modern diesels are very impressive, it must be said, but I still believe that the petrol engines are more refined.

Bored-Stupid

stevenk wrote:

so no-one here using biofuel or lpg?

I used to have a 306 1.4 petrol with a switch to run on LPG.For the first while it was great.Smoother than petrol, €0.70 per litre and not much diff in power/MPG.But then after a few months the car started leaking gas and then at the end it began cutting out everytime I turned it on!

Hopefully newer cars have sorted the problems out!

Bored-Stupid

Oh and I may as well say as the poll starter I drive a 1.9tdi and would never go back to petrol!close to 500miles on €50 of juice and 110bhp so plenty of power....couldnt be beat with a big stick!

Tony Danza

Petrol, not going to buy a diesel any time soon. Had a diesel, I miss the economy but it was horrible to drive, just like every other diesel I've driven. I think to get a nice diesel car you need to be spending a fair bit of money.

Sabre Man

I hate the smell of diesel exhaust. Petrol all the way!