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New Fri 26 Apr 13 07:24 
 The old petrol v diesel argument - legacylad
As I understood it, the general consensus was that your annual mileage had to be circa 15k before it was worth considering a diesel. Chatting to my local indie, whose opinion I value, his take on it was that its not the mileage, but the type of mileage. For stop/start urban miles then forget a modern diesel, but if the journeys you make are say 25 miles, albeit only occasional, with no local stop/starts, then that is acceptable for a diesel.
Obviously, this means 'liking' driving a diesel as opposed to a high revving petrol with two very different driving styles. He had recently tried both the Audi 3.0 and BMW 335 diesels, customer cars a few years old in for servicing, and been very impressed by the low down torque.
So maybe there is something to be said about a big diesel lump, if it suits your kind of low mileage, although I think I will stick with a large petrol lump thank you very much.
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