Petrol or diesel?

[jigman1]

Hi, How many miles per year do I need to be doing to make it worth buying a diesel car instead of a petrol .

[Count-A-Strong]

Depends how many miles to the gallon both vehicles do!

[MrIncredible]

Not sure there is much difference now! The price of diesel has for along time been a bit more than petrol and modern petrol cars (along as its not a big gas guzzler) can average the same as diesels.
I have had diesel for a long time and average about 48mpg.
but paying 133.9 a litlre at the mo!
about 3p more than petrol

[gingejbee]

Many variables involved, including how long you intend keeping the car.

[TWR]

To purchase a Diesel car for a start is a good motoring investment regards the re-sale & of course how you look after it, service, book stamped etc, the average motorist does around 12000 per year, as said, the derv price is far greater than petrol but at the end of the day it all depends on your right foot regards fuel consumption, the big gain, no damp starting the derv cars are now quieter, if you do intend to bye & are not Mechanically minded take someone with you that's knows about derv's as the spares can work out expensive.

[gingejbee]

DERV is 3p a litre more than petrol at my local filling-station. Not what I call " far greater"!

[Andyvon]

The answer is a lot Jigman! My neighbour has just sold his petrol car and paid £3000 for a Citroen C4 on the basis of it's a diesel and does 67 to the gallon (his words). I think he'll have to do an awful lot of miles to start being in the black by saving a few pence on every gallon!

Unless the vehicle is used commercially (such as taxi firms) I don't think it's realistic for the average owner to consider it much of a factor when buying a car. If you pay x-number of thousands of pounds for a car you can't really worry about having saved a few pence on fuel after x-number of thousands of miles! The car would probably have reached the end of it's life before that time anyway.