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Old 01-31-2009, 06:10 AM
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Diesel cars will cost you much more to run than petrol

Diesel cash guzzlers: It can take 28 years for them to be cost-effective

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...effective.html.
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='781751' date='Jan 31 2009, 07:10 AM
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Diesel cars will cost you much more to run than petrol

Diesel cash guzzlers: It can take 28 years for them to be cost-effective
I've also seen between 45k and 60k miles. I guess it depends on the cost of fuel and regional taxes.
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='781751' date='Jan 31 2009, 03:10 PM
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check out this news from UK.
Diesel cars will cost you much more to run than petrol

Diesel cash guzzlers: It can take 28 years for them to be cost-effective

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...effective.html.
too right. Diesel in UK is about 13p more than unleaded. That is a lot.

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