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Personally speaking,I spend 45-60 hours a week driving a 26 ton vehicle powered by diesel so have more than enough of them to drive a diesel car but in all truth I've never really understood the urge to run a diesel car unless you regularly tow caravans or boats. I understand that there has,for some years now until recently at least,a general trend in favour of diesel through salesmen and even government 'nudges' so it's no wonder a lot of people went down that route,including my parents but even so you couldn't convince me out of my petrol into a diesel.Not that I am now laying back with a smug grin now that diesels are losing their popularity like they're infected with the plague because the future is undoubtedly becoming darker for my beloved petrol engined cars aswell. Does it make sense? I think you pretty much answered your own question in that original post.At least,in your own terms and according to what matters to you it definitely doesn't add up but another man's poison etc means it still may make sense to someone else with different concerns although it's hard to imagine how it could but I'm sure it does to someone who does very high mileage or a lot of towing or carrying heavy loads. Again,for myself I always far preferred the way the petrol engine delivered it's power to the diesel (yeah,I know modern diesels are much smoother and higher revving but I'm bombing around in a £600 car that's nearly 18 years old,I like old cars and just not prepared to lay out thousands and thousands to buy a diesel that runs like a petrol despite being able to afford it).Petrol engines are lighter,generally handles,brakes and steer better than their equivalent diesel version.Parts are cheaper,petrol is a little bit cheaper and always has been I think and even now my cars is doing an avg of 40-42 mpg which is fantastic considering I've always been happy to get 30mpg out of any of my cars. If you do decide to part with your diesel has it lost a lot of it's resale value since the whole 'dirty cheating Volkswagen/anti-diesel' movement has swung into action ? In the now approaching 28 years I've been buying and owning cars which is now healithly passed the 75 owned mark (my T22 is 79th,I believe making the old Celica technically number 80.Bought as a parts car though makes it debatable so I don't count it).Over that span of time and the full list of cars I can say with 100% certainty that resale value has never once been a consideration,not even a passing thought but I know that the vast,vast majority of people approach car ownership from a common sense,adult perspective so resale value definitely is an important factor. I do feel sorry for all those people who bought diesel cars just as the consensus swung hard against them.Most people would have believed it made more sense because of the obvious generally held opinion that this was the case and who's to say they were wrong.Also just because the consensus has swung 180 degrees that's no reason to accept that the consensus has been corrected from previously being mistaken because the general consensus changes almost always because certain interested parties and their spokesmen tend to want it changed for their own particular agenda.If diesel was such a nonsensical option,more expensive for average use,more epensive to maintain and a lot less cleaner than believed why were they backed by so many parties who were accepted as having a clue. I'm not going down the conspiracy path but simply saying that you really should do your own homework and ultimately you're own thinking when it comes down to what actually makes sense for you rather than go with the weight of opinion as that has the habit of doing a 180 in a heartbeat without accepting any responsibility for those that believed in it and listened only to find themselves on the wrong side of the fickle court of public opinion (which isn't worth a litre of diesel if you ask me ).

That's a very reasonable assumption, and one I am sure most people would make. I certainly did once, but subsequent experience across a range of tyre purchases showed no relationship between the noise rating and cabin noise. It has been suggested that some tyre manufacturers may even design tread patterns that project more noise into the wheel well (and thus into the cabin) in order to secure a lower external drive-by rating. Whatever the case, I'd be inclined to treat the noise ratings in the same way as the contemptible 'economy' ratings which have zero bearing whatsoever on actual fuel economy i.e. ignore them. Sadly with the number of variables involved there simply isn't any reliable indicator of how much cabin noise a particular tyre will generate on a particular car, other than buying four and fitting them!

All you need to know is the, Size, number of studs, pcd, offset and the centre bore (very important) i will have quick look and see what i can find Edit. 5x114.3, 6.5JJ, ET50, 60.1mm centre bore

does you car have the panoramic roof? I usually find that after I have done my research I know more than they do. At my local Mr T. I ended up showing/telling their "Product Specialist" things about the Avensis that he didn't know ...

The doors are usually the first port of call for adding sound insulation, as it's pretty much non-existent on the Gen 3 Prius doors. If you remove the door cards on these other cars you'll probably find a lot of foam and stuff.

If u buy another engine the same as the old one could it not also be an oil burner. I kinda think put u should put ur money into another motor rather than buying an old engine u know nothing about. Good luck with it.

Exactly. " is it a result of something not being reconnected " Doubtful, it's most likely that the engine oil level has not been checked since it was changed 8000 miles ago.😕

Warning lights such as low oil pressure, spanner, etc are usually a last resort warning of a major fault or similar. No substitute for doing regular checks of oil, coolant, tyre pressures, etc.

Modern diesels are a lot more complicated than older ones, run higher injector pressures etc. etc. so more likely to fail at some point (I am not sure that they are made to a higher standard at all). For years I have been saying that you shouldn't run a modern emission-equipped, common rail, turbo-diesel out of warranty unless you can afford to pay the probably £1000+ for the potential common failures (DMF, injectors, DPF etc.) when they go wrong.

Despite my 2015 Kia Ceed Sportswagon diesel being newer, I traded it in January 2017 and replaced it with my current 1.8 Avensis petrol. My reasoning then was mainly economic in that I do mainly short journeys and I didn't want the problems associated with DPFs etc. As I have posted elsewhere, the current PX value of the Kia has fallen dramatically compared to my current Avensis. I expect my next move will be to a hybrid or PHEV.

2 years ago I traded in my 2nd Avensis 2.2 D4D for a 1.8 petrol. A year earlier than originally planned but as it turned out possibly not the worst time to get out ... Other than car salesman, nobody knowledgeable in the UK was advocating people doing under 10k to switch to diesel (unless, perhaps, you needed to tow).

It’s interesting, Edwards, that two years ago “you listened to the hype” and went and bought a diesel. Two years ago I decided to change my car, but I decided to move from diesel to hybrid. I dont remember two years ago hearing in the UK any hype to move to a diesel, the writing was clearly on the wall that diesel cars were clearly out of favour. I change my Quashqai diesel for an Auris hybrid, which my wife now has because I moved to a Prius, two moves I have not regretted.

At last, it has arrived. Excel with no extras, ordered 26 May and collected it on Sunday (thank you to whoever it was who cancelled their order). Spent most of Sunday afternoon setting things up and most of Monday installing the dashcam which is a VIOFO A129 Duo, with hard wire kit. I've only done around 100 miles so far and I am quite impressed. Its the first auto I have had so I am sure it will be great once I stop stamping on the brake to change gear, but at least I know the brakes work dam well. The only 2 things I thought could of been better, the indicators are not LED's and the spare tyre would look more in place on my motorbike. Just got to work on getting the MPG up, currently at 39mpg, but it's early days.

The filter that the 1.33L uses is just a replaceable element rather than a traditional spin on style cannistor. The filter remains full of oil at all times.

I'm guessing only thing they removed was the inside trim, instrument panel is connected just by 1 single connector, so there's no possibility of something not being connected. I'm not sure if there is a separate light, but for sure it would be either that, or you would get yellow triangle in the dash and message oil pressure low or something. Owners manual says the following, so i presume in Optitron you would get a message instead (Optitron is digital cluster).

posted update and pictures here

Hi guys I had catlock installed on my Auris MK2 today, took an hour and half. Pictures of before and after are below, was told that it is defferent design from the one for Prius gen2. They used acid to mark the cat converter with the unique number and I registered it on www.theisr.org Two stickers, saying that catlock is installed, are put on the front windows. I understand that this will not fully stop a determent thief, but if it makes it more inconvenient and longer to still it, hopefully they will move on. Also, I never ask any dealer to clean my car, because they have no time do it properly and at least will make more swirl marks.

Hopefully someone with more miles on their clock could help but I will pay more attention the next time I am on the motorway. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk