30-03-2015, 03:09 PM
Lol at the petrol vs diesel argument that CAR brings into all these threads. 
It IS true of newer cars, I wish the ecoboost petrol Fiestas were old enough to be a similar price to my 1.6 TDCi Focus...I'd have already swapped it for one if they were, the petrol would be considerably cheaper in all aspects apart from purchase price.
However, at £1500, you're not looking at many economical petrols, the 1.3 square shape Fiesta for example, terrible mpg and high tax due to that. Diesel servicing costs roughly the same in my experience. Yes some need 'special' oil, but so do newer petrols, Mums uses something like 0w20!
So really it comes down to either buying a petrol which will cost more to run, but isn't likely to break anything expensive. OR buy a diesel which costs less to run, but all your savings will be wiped out IF something like a DMF or turbo fails... You're f*cked either way basically.
It IS true of newer cars, I wish the ecoboost petrol Fiestas were old enough to be a similar price to my 1.6 TDCi Focus...I'd have already swapped it for one if they were, the petrol would be considerably cheaper in all aspects apart from purchase price.
However, at £1500, you're not looking at many economical petrols, the 1.3 square shape Fiesta for example, terrible mpg and high tax due to that. Diesel servicing costs roughly the same in my experience. Yes some need 'special' oil, but so do newer petrols, Mums uses something like 0w20!
So really it comes down to either buying a petrol which will cost more to run, but isn't likely to break anything expensive. OR buy a diesel which costs less to run, but all your savings will be wiped out IF something like a DMF or turbo fails... You're f*cked either way basically.
