Diesel vs Petrol - what you need to know - Top 10s
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Date: 2022-04-11
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Daid-a
I daily drive 2 diesel car 1 is passat b6 2. 0 tdi, and 2 is F10 530d 2014 and both are automatic and only thing i can say about them that they are awesome. Passat drinks around 3/4 and sometime 5 litres of diesel in urban rides it only depends how i drive it and F10 drinks around 10/12/13 liters which for me kinda good for that big engine. 2 years ago i drove my friends A3 2. 0 tfsi i think i am not sure and me personaly didn't like that car i pressed down the throttle and it felt like nothing just happend i only heard engine roar and that was it i didnt feel any force like when you floor diesel which i personally dont really like in those basic petrol engines. Greetings from Bosnia. ---
(Sorry if my English is bad)
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I daily drive 2 diesel car 1 is passat b6 2. 0 tdi, and 2 is F10 530d 2014 and both are automatic and only thing i can say about them that they are awesome. Passat drinks around 3/4 and sometime 5 litres of diesel in urban rides it only depends how i drive it and F10 drinks around 10/12/13 liters which for me kinda good for that big engine. 2 years ago i drove my friends A3 2. 0 tfsi i think i am not sure and me personaly didn't like that car i pressed down the throttle and it felt like nothing just happend i only heard engine roar and that was it i didnt feel any force like when you floor diesel which i personally dont really like in those basic petrol engines. Greetings from Bosnia. ---
(Sorry if my English is bad)
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Zo
I'm seeing constantly ugly smoke from old and new diesels even from the top brands. It's noisy, stinky, more harmful to environment, simply a disgusting technology comparing to petrol. Okay, trucks and buses must be diesel, but what I see that it's somehow manageable to reduce the emission/fume (now I just mean what you see and smell) with the heavy vehicles. Once I was at a railway crossing and a diesel locomotive went past and it had almost zero smoke but the much younger mercedes in front of me had unbearable fume. Really really annoying.
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I'm seeing constantly ugly smoke from old and new diesels even from the top brands. It's noisy, stinky, more harmful to environment, simply a disgusting technology comparing to petrol. Okay, trucks and buses must be diesel, but what I see that it's somehow manageable to reduce the emission/fume (now I just mean what you see and smell) with the heavy vehicles. Once I was at a railway crossing and a diesel locomotive went past and it had almost zero smoke but the much younger mercedes in front of me had unbearable fume. Really really annoying.
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Christian
It is exellent that you focus on the diffenrences between diesel and petrol but it is not ok that you forget the most important thing: people using their car for short runs in their local area should NOT buy a diesel car! This is becauce the particulate filter gets full, the EGR valve must be replaced at certain intervals (expensive) and the top of the valves in the engine gets stuffed; so called -coxing-. One alo needs extra heater in cold conditions which is an extra cost.
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It is exellent that you focus on the diffenrences between diesel and petrol but it is not ok that you forget the most important thing: people using their car for short runs in their local area should NOT buy a diesel car! This is becauce the particulate filter gets full, the EGR valve must be replaced at certain intervals (expensive) and the top of the valves in the engine gets stuffed; so called -coxing-. One alo needs extra heater in cold conditions which is an extra cost.
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Ron
Good luck replaceing that diesel DPF which will happen as diesel for a suv or any car for that matter around the city makes no friggen sence you need to do at least a 100km run every 300km for that DPF to clean it self and in the city that never happens as a mechanic i have seen so many diesel cars comein to the shop shot to shit because the DPF has shit it self costing the consumer $7, 000 to $15, 000 to replace your so called fuel saving drops on its ass when this WILL happen.
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Good luck replaceing that diesel DPF which will happen as diesel for a suv or any car for that matter around the city makes no friggen sence you need to do at least a 100km run every 300km for that DPF to clean it self and in the city that never happens as a mechanic i have seen so many diesel cars comein to the shop shot to shit because the DPF has shit it self costing the consumer $7, 000 to $15, 000 to replace your so called fuel saving drops on its ass when this WILL happen.
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Paz
Yes but petrol would overtake even in 60-70 if you downshifted, but people dont see the bigger picture of diesels engines being generally more realiable due to diesel engines allways being superiour in engine quality. Because diesels need heavy duty enginey to start. Not gona explain that look it up yourself lol
Diesels will gernerally last longer.
But if you use your diesel cars only for very short trips, you are gona have a problem while the petrol engine will be fine.
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Yes but petrol would overtake even in 60-70 if you downshifted, but people dont see the bigger picture of diesels engines being generally more realiable due to diesel engines allways being superiour in engine quality. Because diesels need heavy duty enginey to start. Not gona explain that look it up yourself lol
Diesels will gernerally last longer.
But if you use your diesel cars only for very short trips, you are gona have a problem while the petrol engine will be fine.
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Nekodiver
Comparing a manual diesel with an automatic petrol car makes no sense at all. Try doing the opposite and then tell us about acceleration and so on.
Also, I agree with others here. To the initial cost of the diesel car you must add the expensive maintenance costs and spare part costs. In addition, taxes and insurance fees are usually higher for diesel cars in most countries and big cities.
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Comparing a manual diesel with an automatic petrol car makes no sense at all. Try doing the opposite and then tell us about acceleration and so on.
Also, I agree with others here. To the initial cost of the diesel car you must add the expensive maintenance costs and spare part costs. In addition, taxes and insurance fees are usually higher for diesel cars in most countries and big cities.
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Gary
Even if the new cost was closer I'd still go with a petrol. I've always owned diesel but the newer ones are a total pain. I only do motorway driving but still get issues with dpf. By the time to add that cost of Adblue and the large repair bills of dpf issues and replacement Adblue injectors, the petrol will work out cheaper.
Old diesels were brilliant but government regulation has ruined them.
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Even if the new cost was closer I'd still go with a petrol. I've always owned diesel but the newer ones are a total pain. I only do motorway driving but still get issues with dpf. By the time to add that cost of Adblue and the large repair bills of dpf issues and replacement Adblue injectors, the petrol will work out cheaper.
Old diesels were brilliant but government regulation has ruined them.
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Gennaro
You did not point out the service intervals for a diesel and a petrol engine.
Diesel engines need more attention, shorter service intervals, more stuff to change = higher cost for servicing
Where petrol engines run on the same oil and filters double the time that a diesel engine does.
It's a very important point to take into consideration and you guys did not, disappointed.
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You did not point out the service intervals for a diesel and a petrol engine.
Diesel engines need more attention, shorter service intervals, more stuff to change = higher cost for servicing
Where petrol engines run on the same oil and filters double the time that a diesel engine does.
It's a very important point to take into consideration and you guys did not, disappointed.
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C.
I cant understand why such diesel hate. I own a toyota 2. 0d4d 126cv with fap and ZERO problems so far. Only have/had diesel Toyotas and never had a engine problem. Have a friend with a 2. 0d4d 116cv avensis with almost 500. 000km with stock dualmass flywheel. First clutch change at 400. 000km. Very common to find those cars with almost one million km. Lucky i guess.
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I cant understand why such diesel hate. I own a toyota 2. 0d4d 126cv with fap and ZERO problems so far. Only have/had diesel Toyotas and never had a engine problem. Have a friend with a 2. 0d4d 116cv avensis with almost 500. 000km with stock dualmass flywheel. First clutch change at 400. 000km. Very common to find those cars with almost one million km. Lucky i guess.
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Paul
In day to day driving 0-60 isn't done that common. In my experience diesels are quicker off the line 0-20 or 30, then run out of steam in the higher rev range, whereas a petrol might keep pulling and ultimately gets to 60 sooner. But pulling out into traffic, on most b roads, the torque available on a diesel wins out in terms of driveability.
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In day to day driving 0-60 isn't done that common. In my experience diesels are quicker off the line 0-20 or 30, then run out of steam in the higher rev range, whereas a petrol might keep pulling and ultimately gets to 60 sooner. But pulling out into traffic, on most b roads, the torque available on a diesel wins out in terms of driveability.
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