Cars

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Think tom should get a 20% warning everytime he mentions mpg, mk4 golf or hdi

Thats not a bad idea but he'd be banned within the hour.



Really its horses for courses mate, theyre quite different cars in an awuful lot of ways.

The oldest 1.9 TDs are over 20 years old now and really starting to show their age whereas the newest HDis are less than 11 years old.

The XUDs are lighter but this is because they have less features (both safety and otherwise)

The XUD engine is very easy to tune and will run on cooking oil making them incredibly cheap to run, they also have no real engine electrics so if anything goes wrong it can only really be a mechanical issue.

That said compared to the HDi theyre noisy, rattly, un refined, less economical.


The HDi is a much more modern car and a simple remap can net 130bhp for not alot of money. They are electrics that go wrong (MAF sensors are common) but theyer still pretty simple and most parts can be purchased from scrap yards so theyre still cheap to repair.

The big bonus with the HDi is that theyre all ph3 so you get prettyer bumpers, bonnet, headlights, side repeaters, door moulings and a better interior as well as a longer gearbox (the DT one is VERY short). Some of the late HDis come in the cheap tax band of about £120 a year. They also get bigger brakes, rear discs, better suspension and side skirts