« Reply #2 on: 14 December 2016, 15:39 »
Lets hope this is the last throws of the VW diesels and diesels in general, good car the GTD and I like them a lot, but lets move on from diesel engine passenger cars 
Dear oh dear!
As an owner of a gas guzzling R and also a Diesel car, aside from the godawful noise Diesels make at tickover I can't see why people hate modern Diesels.
The alternatives seem to be small capacity petrol engines that need to be absolutely thrashed to get them to provide decent performance due to them having to be leaned off in the mid-range to meet emissions targets.
Fine if you live three miles from a race circuit.
So if you've got to do silly revs to keep up with traffic flow in a modern petrol engine then it's not exactly going to be economical or stop babies from developing lung diseases.
Diesels however provide a nice kick up the arse at low revs to keep up with traffic flow and generally can be driven at low revs most of the time whilst still providing decent performance. Unless doing a standing start from zero to silly speeds I find GTD's are a match for my R in most situations in real world driving and are probably doing 15-20mpg better which means less time freezing to death and staring into space on a cold garage forecourt.
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