Hi there,

 

I am looking at upsizing my Golf Estate to a used Superb estate now the kids are growing and we have a dog! I have been turned off diesels due to the bad press but I am wondering if buying a euro 6 2.0 TDI estate would actually be better emissions-wise than, say a 1.5 TSI estate. Does anyone have any thoughts? I would ideally like the iV but can't afford it! We probably do 10k miles a year and live in the countryside.

 

Cheers,

12 minutes ago, bme1975 said:

Hi there,

 

I am looking at upsizing my Golf Estate to a used Superb estate now the kids are growing and we have a dog! I have been turned off diesels due to the bad press but I am wondering if buying a euro 6 2.0 TDI estate would actually be better emissions-wise than, say a 1.5 TSI estate. Does anyone have any thoughts? I would ideally like the iV but can't afford it! We probably do 10k miles a year and live in the countryside.

 

Cheers,

 

There's a huge number of cat thefts from petrol cars...perhaps 100,000 thefts each year...and rising rapidly. Extremely expensive to replace if you can even find a replacement (many are sold out because of the huge number of thefts), and the thieves often return for second helpings.

 

For that reason alone, I would go for a diesel. On gentle runs, you could also get about 65mpg out of the diesel so way better than the petrol.

 

Also, diesels don't have annoying spark plugs that you keep having to replace.

 

And diesel engines and diesel turbos are far more durable than their petrol equivalents.

 

Yet another advantage is the better low down torque of turbo diesel engines. No problems pulling top gear at about 1,750rpm for example. This again helps the fuel economy as it's very easy to drive in an economical manner.

 

Edited 15 March, 20233 yr by Carlston

Welcome to the forum.

 

Doing 10,000 miles a year i would just get a 2.0 TSI and replace the Spark Plugs every 40,000 miles and the Cam Belt every 5 years if you want.

(the 1.5 TSI ACT cambelt replacement is a ridiculous cost.)

 

If the Catalytic Converter gets stolen let the insurance cover that expense. 

 

Diesels have Fuel Filters to replace, Cam Belt & Water pumps, regens to think of and the SCR / AdBlue system to take into account if that goes t!ts up. 

I would go with a petrol for overall ease of use.  The petrol cat thefts, could be also same issue with DPF on a diesel also, so that is equally as bad as one another there.

A petrol will warm up quicker, and the belt of the 1.5TSI ACT engine if for "life" (though Skoda UK recommend a 5 year change, the factory doesn't... long debate!)

Thank you, will keep my eye out.