Surely a DPF will be fine at 400 miles a week?
That's easy 16000 miles a year. I'd go diesel every time.
A diesel repmobile could be perfect for that sort of trip. It's what they were built for.
Difficult one,
Some cars with DPF may be fine but:-
>Some early DPF implementations were poor eg add on further down the exhaust (too cool & sensors prone to damage by the elements).
>At £3k - they could be due some expensive work such as DPF replacement (they fill up with ash eventually anyway)
>As DPF cars age DPF issues amplify - bore wear causes diesel bore wash followed by more wear (and this adds diesel to the sump oil which doesnt evaporate or act as a good lubricant). In addition as the engine wears and burns oil this creates more stress/ash on DPF
DPF/sensor repairs can cost £1000's
Until recently I was running a 2003 Superb I 1.9pd100 (50+mpg) doing 15k / year.(until 165k) Mechanically a brilliant car. It's now done 190k and owned by a friend. Generally the VAG 1.9pd is good to drive (very tourquey) mega reliable and makes a great mile muncher and usually doesn't come with a DPF (but check as some did - such as Superb greenline!).
As others have mentioned KIA diesels didn't usualy get fitted with DPF's until after 2010 and are good value. Avoid cars that have had "DPF removals" - they are illegal to drive and although they usually pass an MOTas DPF case is usually still in place - you can be assured that a suitable test will be introduced at some point.
Don't ignore petrol cars though depending on your commute , but on a steadyish run the MPG figures converge somewhat. My 2003 Superb I 1.9 diesel did about 50 mpg on my commute and my 2014 Superb II 1.4 tsi petrol does 46mpg on the same journey and the my previous 2001 Octavia 1.416v (not tsi) did about 44mpg (still does if I use it as I still own it).
Diesel cars could be targetted by the goverment in some way in the near future as they have to do something redical re City centre polution
Edited by Big John on 02/03/2017 at 21:27
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