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Why would you want a diesel?
There will be plenty of more efficient small petrol hatches than a mk5 diesel golf. And you won't be killing puppies with noxious particulates.
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If you work on the fully considered co2 value of a much newer petrol car that will achieve anything like the fuel/energy efficiency of an older tdi rather than just the exhaust emissions then you could build a case for a 10 year old diesel that costs £2k over a considerable more valuable car, which will then depreciare even more due to putting a high milage on it
But main argument is private hire /taxi that all run ancient idi diesels often in terrible mechanical condition chugging round city centres.
BrickMan
Any mk5 golf folks in here?
Misses is after one for work, 20/25 miles each way of clear motorway and a tiny bit of town traffic so 1.9/2.0 diesel is the ticket. As close to 60mpg as poss.
1.9 pd 105 or 2.0 cr 140?
Want 3 door + sunroof, but not seen any with that yet, maybe it wasn't a choice that you could have in UK?
Power doesn't matter, reliability and very high economy are key
Ideally no dpf on it.
Saw an sdi, I knew they were low on grunt but think it was also very low on compression, needed almost full throttle to hold 65mph on flat Road.