why? You can use less fuel in lots of other cars.
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Petrol or Diesel car?
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15 years ago
the fuel *is* dirty when you fill up, beyond that the drawbacks are pretty much overcome now.
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15 years ago
Brush?
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15 years ago
unless you want low city centre emissions, maybe for the London CC area, otherwise pointless.
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The drawback have not been overcome at all. To make diesel perform anywhere near like a petrol car complexity has to be introduced. Dual mass flywheels and turbos. If any of these go then expect a big bill. Modern injection system are more complex than the petrol equivalent. Also when a clutch goes they replace the dual mass flywheel as well, and the cost of clutch replacement can be £800. Then if a turbo goes!!!
Why buy a car that has potential massive bills, that has no advantage over a petrol engine whatsoever. Madness!! And they also emit soot that is cacogenic and blackens buildings.
They are a waste of expensive, soot emitting time.
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You can't. Not a car of that size, performance and refinement you can't. You have been reading the propaganda reports as Toyota stole the lead.
Of course if you do 100mpg for 100 miles it will do around 38-40 mpg, but average driving is what matters and it is unbeatable in mpg, especially in towns and cities. 65mpg around London. And it doesn't kill the planet like the tractor engines do and is whisper quiet.
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15 years ago
Another propaganda reader.
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15 years ago
Stop scraping the barrel. They stink in all aspects. And are expensive to run.
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15 years ago
Not so.
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15 years ago
Did the same article say how long it would take to recover the extra cost of a Prius? No? Wonder why...
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15 years ago
in other words its "alright" for what its designed for, mostly city centre driving. Driven in a the normal mix of motorway and town you can get almost the same consumption from a Cooper S!
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you have possibly made a point about complexity and possible potential repair bills if you buy an older car, the rest is fantasy in my experience.
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you dont get something for nothing, if you want two lots of power source there's a price to pay in fuel consumption and complexity, which apparently only applies to diesels.....
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15 years ago
The new Prius just announced:
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Read what I wrote!!! Stop telling yourself lies and believing them. I wrote "but average driving is what matters and it is unbeatable in mpg". In pure city driving it is unbeatable. Then to drive it, is the best - seamless ansd swish.
A Cooper is tiny compared to a Prius, which is a sizable car.
The new sportier looking Prius, which in the US urban/highway test does
60.24 (UK). It will do more around cities only probably about 70mpg. About 10 secs 0 to 60mph if that turns you on.
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You must in fantasy land to tell yourself such lies and believe them.
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""To find out we set a challenge: to drive a Prius to Geneva using motorways and town driving. The direct route is 460 miles but we drove almost 100 miles further to give the Prius the advantage of running in urban conditions where its petrol-electric drivetrain comes into its own".......... As I did so, I noted with slight satisfaction that Jason (Prius) was having difficulty keeping up, so I cut my speed. Had I been really serious about saving fuel I could have also switched off the air-conditioning and the stereo but I was more concerned about making this a real-world test. ................
Model BMW 520d SE Engine 1995cc, four cylinders Power 177bhp @ 4000rpm Torque 258 lb ft @ 1750rpm Transmission Six-speed manual Official fuel/CO2 55.4mpg / 136g/km Performance 0-62mph: 8.3sec Top speed 144mph Road tax band C (£115) Price £27,190 Fuel used on test 10.84 gallons (50.3mpg) Fuel cost £54.19 (diesel)
Model Toyota Prius T Spirit Engine 1497cc, four cylinders Electric motor 50kW/67bhp Power 77bhp @ 5000rpm Torque 295 lb ft (motor) 85 lb ft (engine) Transmission CVT automatic Official fuel/CO2 65.7mpg / 104g/km Performance 0-62mph: 10.9sec Top speed 106mph Road tax band B (£15, alternative fuel) Price £20,677 Fuel used on test 11.34 gallons (48.1mpg) Fuel cost £54.64 (petrol)
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15 years ago
Pleas eff off you are a plantpot.
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15 years ago
That is right. The Prius is simple - it has fewer components. It doesn't even have an in-line gearbox. The Chevy Volt (electric drive only) promises to be simpler too.
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er, er.... The new Prius averages 60mpg in the US mixed test. Better than the old model. And doesn't sound or feel like a tractor.