Diesel or stay with Petrol.

hunglikeaflee

Looking for some help, I did a search but didn’t find an answer.

Diesel or stay with Petrol.

I do about 25000Km per year (15,000 city and 10,000 motorway) and have always had a petrol car. I will soon be changing and I am thinking of a Diesel car this time. To give you more help I have a Primera at the moment but I would be happy to drop down a class and would be towing a 2 berth caravan about 1500 Km per year so I would need a fair bit of power.

Thanks in advance.

Jesus.

You're probably just about in diesel territory there I'd say. Dunno if you'll be able to drop a class and still tow a caravan although daysul would be the preferred option for such activity.

knipex

With that mileage and that % of city driving stick with petrol...

kfog

If most of your driving is city then stick with petrol, diesel will not be any more economical in start/stop traffic. A petrol would also probably be more reliable for short journeys

MuppetCheck

If you're giving it a decent run regularly the diesel makes sense, especially for towing. If it's a not so regular run then maybe not.

What's the budget? There are a few city friendly-ish diesels.

pablo128

I drive an 05 Avensis diesel. Most of my driving would be urban Dublin roads. Average (measured by fill/empty/fill method) is around 37 mpg, and I wouldn't be taking it particularly easy. If you can get that from a 2.0 petrol around Dublin, you are doing very well indeed.

Of course on a long run it will do a genuine 55+mpg if you're not being silly.

hunglikeaflee

hunglikeaflee wrote: »

Looking for some help, I did a search but didn’t find an answer.

Diesel or stay with Petrol.

I do about 25000Km per year (15,000 city and 10,000 motorway) and have always had a petrol car. I will soon be changing and I am thinking of a Diesel car this time. To give you more help I have a Primera at the moment but I would be happy to drop down a class and would be towing a 2 berth caravan about 1500 Km per year so I would need a fair bit of power.

Thanks in advance.

You could go the hybrid route or convert your next car to log.

If you go the hybrid route the prius is the best one to get. I aberdare about 60 to 64 mpg per tank in a 07 MK II

Next on the list is electric. The Nissan leaf being the best for the price.

The e_golf will be here around q4 2014.

Then there is the BMW i3 EV which is supposed to be a lot of fun to drive and had some really cool gadgets like the ability to drive itself up to 40 mpg. Costs extra of course.

All these cars have about worst case 60 winter miles to about 80_90 summer miles range. Though with charging in between including fast charging you'll have up to 130 miles range.

Even if you'll never go electric they are seriously worth a test drive. They are amazing to drive.

If you can get a spin in the i3 them do.

micks_address

I thought there were issues towing with hybrids?

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You could go the hybrid route or convert your next car to log.

If you go the hybrid route the prius is the best one to get. I aberdare about 60 to 64 mpg per tank in a 07 MK II

Next on the list is electric. The Nissan leaf being the best for the price.

The e_golf will be here around q4 2014.

Then there is the BMW i3 EV which is supposed to be a lot of fun to drive and had some really cool gadgets like the ability to drive itself up to 40 mpg. Costs extra of course.

All these cars have about worst case 60 winter miles to about 80_90 summer miles range. Though with charging in between including fast charging you'll have up to 130 miles range.

Even if you'll never go electric they are seriously worth a test drive. They are amazing to drive.

If you can get a spin in the i3 them do.

Starmixed

knipex wrote: »

With that mileage and that % of city driving stick with petrol...

I drive 50,000 km a year on motorways mostly. Should I stick with diesel ( I currently drive diesel) or change to petrol.

NIMAN

Starmixed wrote: »

I drive 50,000 km a year on motorways mostly. Should I stick with diesel ( I currently drive diesel) or change to petrol.

No brainer, diesel all the way.

micks_address

micks_address wrote: »

I thought there were issues towing with hybrids?

You're right. Missed the towing bit.

Must be tractor engine so!

tossy

Deleted User wrote: »

You could go the hybrid route or convert your next car to log..

Stove in the boot?

hunglikeaflee

MuppetCheck wrote: »

If you're giving it a decent run regularly the diesel makes sense, especially for towing. If it's a not so regular run then maybe not.

What's the budget? There are a few city friendly-ish diesels.

About €10,000 but I could go more for the right car.

hunglikeaflee

Thanks for the help folks.

knipex

Starmixed wrote: »

I drive 50,000 km a year on motorways mostly. Should I stick with diesel ( I currently drive diesel) or change to petrol.

Diesel.... absolutely what modern diesels are built for..