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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 818764" data-attributes="member: 176256"><p>I drive a turbodiesel by choice as it gives a nicer driving experience than a petrol car.</p><p></p><p>I really like the abilty to pull from extremely low revs, almost tickover in fact. I can slip the car into top gear as soon as possible and still be able to accelerate in a meaningful manner without having to drop down a gear or two like you would have to with petrol. This is especially noticeable when joning a motorway from a slip road.</p><p></p><p>A diesel is quieter when cruising as the engine is turning at much lower revs. You may say that it's noisier at tickover, which is true, but modern turbosiesels as considerably quiter than those of your. And anyway, you spend more time driving than at tickover, don't you?</p><p></p><p>I have to temper this with a caution. The very modern turbodiesels do, indeed, have particulate filters. They are a more mature technology than they were ten years ago when they seemed to have a lifetime of only about 75,000 miles before needing expensive replacement. There's no doubt that they don't like a lot of continual low rev driving around town but most will regenerate after comparatively little driving at 40 - 50mph.</p><p></p><p>There seems to be a movement in some cars to make driving a diesl a more petrol like experience. Frankly I don't want to have to rev my car to get a move on. I just want to put my foot down at 1,000rpm and drive off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 818764, member: 176256"] I drive a turbodiesel by choice as it gives a nicer driving experience than a petrol car. I really like the abilty to pull from extremely low revs, almost tickover in fact. I can slip the car into top gear as soon as possible and still be able to accelerate in a meaningful manner without having to drop down a gear or two like you would have to with petrol. This is especially noticeable when joning a motorway from a slip road. A diesel is quieter when cruising as the engine is turning at much lower revs. You may say that it's noisier at tickover, which is true, but modern turbosiesels as considerably quiter than those of your. And anyway, you spend more time driving than at tickover, don't you? I have to temper this with a caution. The very modern turbodiesels do, indeed, have particulate filters. They are a more mature technology than they were ten years ago when they seemed to have a lifetime of only about 75,000 miles before needing expensive replacement. There's no doubt that they don't like a lot of continual low rev driving around town but most will regenerate after comparatively little driving at 40 - 50mph. There seems to be a movement in some cars to make driving a diesl a more petrol like experience. Frankly I don't want to have to rev my car to get a move on. I just want to put my foot down at 1,000rpm and drive off. [/QUOTE]
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