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My job involves lots of small stop/start journeys (40-50 per day), sometimes only driving a few hundred yards, sometimes a couple of miles and I am using too much petrol in my Nissan Note automatic 1.6.
I thought about a diesel but someone has suggested that so much stop/start driving wouldn't be good for a diesel. I would prefer an automatic but would also have a manual to save fuel. Any ideas? And would a smallish diesel be upto the job?
I thought about a diesel but someone has suggested that so much stop/start driving wouldn't be good for a diesel. I would prefer an automatic but would also have a manual to save fuel. Any ideas? And would a smallish diesel be upto the job?
Asked on 15 January 2011 by newwy
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