Am I a candidate for a diesel?

[cyissa]

I am looking at 2 clio's at the moment: 1.5 Dci 106 and 1.2 TCE

The dci I have been looking at has 63,000 miles on it and is only £3200
The TCE has 55,000 miles and is on for £3900

I know diesels are only really for people who do some mileage, so this is my usual driving pattern:

5 days a week I travel to and from work totaling about 200 miles - mixture of dual carriageway and 30mph roads
Weekends I tend to do town driving
Every other weekend I travel to the see my girlfriend - about 170 mile round trip pretty much all motorway

The dci does much better mileage, will seem a bit more 'punchy' and is cheaper to buy, but I don't want to get a diesel and do any harm to the DPF etc.

Thoughts anyone?

Cheers

 

[Don]

How many miles would you say you would be doing in a year? Also how do you drive...foot flat down or relaxed?
If you drive a diesel car like a petrol one you won't see the benefits.

 

[Knuckles]

As long as you drive long enough to get it up to temperature you'll be reet.

The dpf gets clogged up if you just drive them here and there not giving it time to warm up.

But that trip to your gfs (pics?) should suffice to burn off all the shite in the exhaust.

Meg dci 175?

 

[Gavin.]

Meg dci 175?

Good shout :smile:

 

[Knuckles]

Good shout :smile:

I was going to get one before I got the r27.

I thought I'd get a grown up, fast car when I got a big boy job which would require a 90 mile per day commute.

Then it turned out I wasn't grown up at all as I bought a bright yellow, s**t on fuel girls car to travel that 90 miles per day lol.

 

[Bluebeard]

Clio dci 106's are wicked little cars! Fit some 197 seats (as the standard ones are absolute horse s**t) and you'll have a great car. Much better than the TCE.

 

[Gavin.]

I was going to get one before I got the r27.

I thought I'd get a grown up, fast car when I got a big boy job which would require a 90 mile per day commute.

Then it turned out I wasn't grown up at all as I bought a bright yellow, s**t on fuel girls car to travel that 90 miles per day lol.

Haha that was my thinking too, but I only do 20 miles a day, I didn't really need a diesel in hindsight but don't regret it, I love driving it and I get around 42mpg out of it on normal road driving. Wouldn't change it for anything else tbf.

 

[JP83]

As long as you drive long enough to get it up to temperature you'll be reet.

The dpf gets clogged up if you just drive them here and there not giving it time to warm up.

But that trip to your gfs (pics?) should suffice to burn off all the shite in the exhaust.

Meg dci 175?

Not all of the clio DCI's have them though do they? I know my little 86 doesn't. It seemed to depend on what year it was made as to whether it had a dpf/fap (fap... Snigger)

 

[Knuckles]

Not all of the clio DCI's have them though do they? I know my little 86 doesn't. It seemed to depend on what year it was made as to whether it had a dpf/fap (fap... Snigger)

Great minds.

I can't comment on whether they all have them though sorry