the dealer suggested I went for a petrol as the mileage I do at the moment is not that high. But I've also wanted to factor in the fact that this is going to be the car for atleast the next 5 years (like the fabia) so even though at the moment the mileage I do is low this time last year it was about 30k so I wanted the car to be as future proof as possible.

Yes I am worried that I might have problems with the low mileage but I would have though I would normally be able to drive it over the Xmph for Xtime without too many issues and if not, its just an excuse to go for a nice long drive.

Though in todays world going for a drive just for the fun of it is deemed to be committing a crime

Yes I would have liked the power of the petrol, but I like the way diesel drive.

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My previous car was a ST , only ever got that MPG once on a long motorway trip. Typically got 23-26mpg or high 10's when giving it some. That was Dreamscienced upto around 270bhp.

I moved to a 2007 PD170 vRS which has since been Bluefin mapped to around 200bhp.

The CO2 output is slightly higher than the CR so it's one higher. Don't remember the ST being that high on tax as it was band F = £225. Even the RS is in the same band.

I see an average of 40mpg from my VRS, 46mpg on the motorway or 35mpg around town. That hasn't changed at all since the remap and if it wasn't for the fact that I got the PD for a give away price I would have gone for the petrol, so looks like you made the right choice.

As for insurance , Sky Insurance gave me the best price by far again this year.

My 31-32mpg comes about because nearly all my mileage is 50 miles daily commute all on motorway at steady speed. Mine too has Dreamscience to 270hp

I'm hoping to get 50mpg with my new VRS, the quoted combined mpg is 47.6

I also fancied an automatic again:thumbup:

Still got another 8 weeks to wait though :thumbdwn: