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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: petrol vs diesel?
PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:26 pm 
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doing 43mpg in a petrol Karoq unleaded is £1.59/ltr

my diesel passat did 56mpg diesel is now £1.79/ltr

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 Post subject: Re: petrol vs diesel?
PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 8:17 pm 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
doing 43mpg in a petrol Karoq unleaded is £1.59/ltr

my diesel passat did 56mpg diesel is now £1.79/ltr

Got my first petrol car in 30 years last year.

Very happy indeed.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 1:56 pm 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
doing 43mpg in a petrol Karoq unleaded is £1.59/ltr

my diesel passat did 56mpg diesel is now £1.79/ltr


They dont take prisoners down there, up here diesels at £1.649 /ltr.
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wannabeeahack wrote:
doing 43mpg in a petrol Karoq unleaded is £1.59/ltr

my diesel passat did 56mpg diesel is now £1.79/ltr


That makes your passat about £2.40 per hundred miles cheaper to run than the Skoda.
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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: Re: petrol vs diesel?
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bloodnock wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
doing 43mpg in a petrol Karoq unleaded is £1.59/ltr

my diesel passat did 56mpg diesel is now £1.79/ltr


That makes your passat about £2.40 per hundred miles cheaper to run than the Skoda.


Till the DPF/EGR or DMF goes on the diesel, and remember its double the cost to service almost


is the 1.5 TFSi a chain cam 250k miles, belts are 100 or 5 years?

not had it on a run, just urban so far

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wannabeeahack wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
doing 43mpg in a petrol Karoq unleaded is £1.59/ltr

my diesel passat did 56mpg diesel is now £1.79/ltr


That makes your passat about £2.40 per hundred miles cheaper to run than the Skoda.


Till the DPF/EGR or DMF goes on the diesel, and remember its double the cost to service almost


is the 1.5 TFSi a chain cam 250k miles, belts are 100 or 5 years?

not had it on a run, just urban so far


But If your doing around 25'000 miles a year your saving some £650 a year by running a diesel.....that offsets the other costs.
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bloodnock wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
doing 43mpg in a petrol Karoq unleaded is £1.59/ltr

my diesel passat did 56mpg diesel is now £1.79/ltr


That makes your passat about £2.40 per hundred miles cheaper to run than the Skoda.


Till the DPF/EGR or DMF goes on the diesel, and remember its double the cost to service almost


is the 1.5 TFSi a chain cam 250k miles, belts are 100 or 5 years?

not had it on a run, just urban so far


But If your doing around 25'000 miles a year your saving some £650 a year by running a diesel.....that offsets the other costs.


the Karoq is doing 120 miles a week...

even when i had my own school it was only 600 miles x 39 per year at the very most in the passat

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bloodnock wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
doing 43mpg in a petrol Karoq unleaded is £1.59/ltr

my diesel passat did 56mpg diesel is now £1.79/ltr


They dont take prisoners down there, up here diesels at £1.649 /ltr.



Shell now 1.50Petrol / 1.70Derv

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I did say when i jack in id get a Dodge Charger

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