Motoring Discussion > Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ Miscellaneous
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New Thu 3 May 12 06:40 
 Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ - L'escargot
.......... for some of us you.

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New Thu 3 May 12 10:32 
 Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ - nice but dim
>> Whether you drive a diesel or petrol car will also affect your insurance premiums. esure estimates that diesel models are on average 10% more expensive to cover than their petrol equals, due to higher repair costs. >>

Really? I estimate 80% of claims on insurance are probably damaged items shared between petrol and diesel models.
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New Thu 3 May 12 11:10 
 Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ - RattleandSmoke
Often a crash will involve engine parts that need to be replaced. Hence the higher insurance, there must be a statistical reason for it.

For me a petrol is far cheaper to run even though I do spend £1040 a year on petrol.
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New Thu 3 May 12 11:14 
 Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ - nice but dim
Possible, but I would suspect that if crash damage reaches beyond the radiator in to the engine bay it would be a write off.
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New Thu 3 May 12 11:19 
 Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ - PeterS
Could it be that the higher repair costs are just because they were more costly cars to repair in the first place?

It's just an feeling, but I'd guess that, in general (until you get to the Bentley/Ferrari etc bracket) the more expensive the car the more likely it is to be diesel. A lot of petrol Fiestas/Pandas, very few petrol Mondeos/Passats, almost no petrol X5/RangeRovers. So on the face of it diesels are more expensive to repair, but it's not the fact that they are diesel that's the cause...

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New Thu 3 May 12 11:40 
 Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ - WillDeBeest
Peter, you are my new best friend! What can I get you from the bar at the Critical Thinker's Arms?
}:---)
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New Thu 3 May 12 12:08 
 Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ - PeterS
>> Peter, you are my new best friend! What can I get you from the bar
>> at the Critical Thinker's Arms?
>> }:---)
>>

:-)
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New Thu 3 May 12 12:05 
 Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ - PeterS
Also, even with ranges, I'd guess there are far more base model petrols than diesels, and far more TDCI Titaniums than petrol, again skewing the repair costs (painted bumpers/fog lights etc on higher spec models). I can't believe they've compared the costs of a statistically significant number of 1.1 Style vs 1.4 TDCI Style Fiestas to arrive at their conclusion, but I'm happy to be proved wrong!
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New Wed 9 May 12 21:02 
 Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ - mattbod
I think Diesels have reached a peak now and sales will start to decline. Modern Euro 5 diesels are so complicated and there is lots of potential aggro with DPFs and dual mass flywheels (yes petrols have them too but they don't have to deal with so much torque) together with the premium one pays at purchase and on the fuel. I love my Fabia VRS but I will be returning to petrol for my next car. Modern turbo petrols from VW, Fiat,Ford and Renault look very interesting. I am test driving the new Focus 1.0 vti triple on Sat and that should be very interesting. I love the torque of Diesel and will miss it but I crave the smoothness and top end of a petrol.
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New Thu 10 May 12 00:04 
 Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ - bathtub tom
>>I love the torque of Diesel and will miss it but I crave the smoothness and top end of a petrol.

Totally agree (except for the abysmal turbo lag of the C4 I hired). I gave up diesels six years ago.
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New Thu 10 May 12 00:06 
 Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ - R.P.
Week to go before the creamy 6 cylinder 3.0 petrol is miiiiiiinnnneeeee can't wait to go back to petrol for the first time in over 10 years.
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New Thu 10 May 12 13:25 
 Diesels are cheaper than petrols ............ - mattbod
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What are you getting a BMW?
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