The trips that Legacylad describes would be fine for a DPF equipped car.During the short runs the dpf would collect the soot and then every 2 weeks,if needed, 60 miles is plenty of distance to start and finish a regen.I have a 59 plate Mondeo from new and drive around town doing very short trips and the car is now 4 years old and has never had any trouble with the dpf.It regens roughly every 500 miles and so i reset the trip to zero and then when its getting near the 500 i take it for a spirited drive,taking the revs up to 3500 regularly.This seems to force start the regen and i carry on driving until its finished.The amount of miles i do didn't warrant a diesel but i got a deal with £8,000 off list price because its was pre reg.It was an offer i couldn't refuse and i don't regret getting a diesel 4 years down the line.I get 37 to the gallon around town and 53 on the motorway.My previous petrol got no where near that.
So not all dpf cars are bad.I personally think that its a bit like when 'cats' were introduced and they were failing left,right and centre.They have improved on the design and now you don't hear of any failing.Its the same with the dpf's.Early problems getting sorted as time goes on.
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