paddywack12 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 My Mrs is looking at getting a new car and has her heart set on a Mercedes C220. (around the 06 mark). She only does around 3 or 4 thousand miles a year. Is there any major difference between a petrol and diesel engine apart from the 10 mpg and the 30 odd quid tax per year. Advice please lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckandswing Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Petrols are generally cheaper to service. But, its a merc, so maybe not so cheap anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney 66 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 better with a petrol for short journeys these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowStandards Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 You lose a little bit of your soul everytime you start a diesel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Potter Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Diesel really only makes sense if you're doing a lot more miles per year than 3 or 4 thousand. A mate of mine owns a repair garage and advises anyone doing much less than 20k a year to stick with petrol, the fuel system repair costs for diesels can make your eyes water. Mr Potter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Diesel will be effortless to drive better suited to the auto box with less hunting for gears at low speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowStandards Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) Diesel will be effortless to drive better suited to the auto box with less hunting for gears at low speeds.I do find my petrol cars a chore, always stiring the box, never the right gear... Diesels are for lorries and vans and at a push a 4x4 if you intend to drown it constantly Edited June 22, 2015 by LowStandards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Diesel really only makes sense if you're doing a lot more miles per year than 3 or 4 thousand. A mate of mine owns a repair garage and advises anyone doing much less than 20k a year to stick with petrol, the fuel system repair costs for diesels can make your eyes water. Mr Potter I must agree with this, I recently bought a low mileage C220 Cdi, It is in for repair, it seems the previous owner only did very short journeys and possibly used cheap supermarket diesel allowing sooty build ups on the swirl flaps in the inlet manifold, any way long story short -- the plastic swirl flap thingies have decided to go wandering-- THROUGH THE ENGINE , its going to cost about a £1000 to sort this little mess out, and if it happens its always just after the dealers warranty runs out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westward Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Modern diesels give better mpg but the difference isn't as great as it used to be. If you only do local trips the DPF will not get burned down and that can be expensive. EGR valves clog and can take out the turbo and so it goes on. Diesels are fine as long as your driving conforms to suitable patterns, but if not start saving now! I bought a diesel car 4 years ago and luckily I get some motorway time in but when I update it will be back to petrol and the simple life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livefast123 Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Petrol all the way for 3 - 4 thousand a year, modern diesels don't take kindly to short trips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 tell you a little tale about my friend and his merc, it went in for a service and they noticed one of the headlights was out, they had to book it in again to do the work as the whole front of the car had to come off, cost a cool £800 to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Not enough miles to warrant a soot chucker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 iv had a diesel for 10 years, and do less then 3.000 miles a years and had no trouble at all cost nothing to run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 And the other nice thing with a diesel, if you go on holiday to France, you are only paying £0.85 per litre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yod dropper Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Would a 2006 Mercedes have a 'modern' engine? Might be new enough to have the newer power and economy but old enough not to have the modern day issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedsanity Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Im Selling my oil burner in favour of a petrol engine, diesels generally run colder than petrol and the Mrs uses it to go to work and back which is 3 miles either way so the heater doesn't even get hot which is not good for Diesel engines, also the DPF filter never gets hot enough to regenerate. I had a Mercedes 220cdi estate which was a 55 plate and at 60,000 miles the turbo gave up. Mercedes wanted to charge me £1500 supply only for the new turbo which was a basic garret unit in a fancy box that I got for £800 a few miles down the road, I should also mention what a complete and utter embaressment it was in the snow being a RWD auto estate oil burner! She will feel a bit posh though driving a Benz if that's any compensation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 iv had a diesel for 10 years, and do less then 3.000 miles a years and had no trouble at all cost nothing to run. This is fine give the age and complexity of your engine, the newer the powerplant the more complex the electronics and emissions hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) Me and the missus both have diesels , both had problems with egr and dpf .. The wife does a lot of motorway miles in hers and drive it bloo@@ hard but still had issues Edited June 30, 2015 by fruity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sishyplops Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I do find my petrol cars a chore, always stiring the box, never the right gear... Diesels are for lorries and vans and at a push a 4x4 if you intend to drown it constantly So what do you recommend ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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