johnd wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2019 3:39 pm
Michaelxc40 wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2019 7:00 am
My dealer when I was looking to purchase my XC40 advised me if I did less than 15k / year...
This notion does seem to crop up quite a lot - not sure where it comes from. There may be
economic reasons for not choosing diesels if you only do average miles/year (though you may well still prefer the high-torque driving characteristics of the diesel engine) but not technical ones. But otherwise I'm not quite sure why the annual mileage is considered relevant.
The key is the short journeys point: Diesels are to be avoided if your average journey is eg 2-5 miles with no regular and substantially longer trips to even things out. Whatever your annual mileage might be, you should on average be taking at least one decent journey every week on a modern diesel of eg 25-30 miles or more and travelling at a reasonable speed to allow the engine to get properly up to temperature and then to stay there for eg 20-30 minutes.
Exactly right. When I bought the Yeti 4 years ago I was only doing 8k. a year and so from the financial point of view a diesel wasn't the best choice. I'd had a number of VW Group cars over the years with diesels and liked the way they drove. Despite the low annual mileage I was commuting 40 miles a day , 3 days a week on fast roads, so it wouldn't be a problem for the DPF, and so decided as it would probably be my last diesel to go for one. Also the Yeti in the spec I wanted was only available in a 1.2 petrol so that was discounted.
The Yeti did many regenerations, as designed to do, is lovely to drive and easily does an average of 50 mpg. I was planning on keeping it a little longer and giving it a good blast every week or so now that I've retired but started looking around at petrols and have now ordered an XC40.
The annual mileage for a diesel is nonsense as far as the DPF is concerned, the DPF is not being blocked with soot if the engine's not running! it is the short journeys that are the killer.
Yes, the annual mileage is important from the purchase cost point of view, but that is your decision and may be influenced by if you tow a caravan etc.
Chris
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