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Should I buy a diesel ever again?
A recent Channel 4 documentary questioned whether government policy towards diesels had been misguided because of the health risk posed by noxious pollutatants - e.g Nitrous Oxide.
The current incentives are very much in favour of diesels (low road tax, generous BIK rates, and fuel efficiency). I am now contemplating buying a new car for retirement. Should I be buying petrol? Are diesels likely to be penalised in the near future?
The current incentives are very much in favour of diesels (low road tax, generous BIK rates, and fuel efficiency). I am now contemplating buying a new car for retirement. Should I be buying petrol? Are diesels likely to be penalised in the near future?
Asked on 2 February 2015 by Westmorland
Answered by
Honest John
Yes. Buy petrol. The main reason is that the antipollution gubbins fitted to new diesel engines has a limited life and can get choked by repeated short runs from cold, so a diesel is unsuitable for the type of use to which you will put it.
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