Re: Petrol - Still fuckin' expensive...

Champ <news@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:59:03 -0500, "Christofire" <chris@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >> > Under a fiver a day in the cage, and that's if I'm late, for 60
> >> > miles!
> >>
> >> I'm just glad that we've just replaced our 3.0L car with a 1.8TD.
> >
> >How do you find it? Someone in Another Place has swapped his sporty[1]
> >petrol number for a sporty diesel number and he's quite pleased all
> >round.
> >
> >[1] for VAG values of sporty, not ferrari values of sporty.
>
> Hmm, Speaking as someone who may shortly be taking on a 40 mile each
> way commute, I am suddenly interested in such things. 1800 miles a
> month in the Thirsty Saab will cost me over 250 quid a month, which is
> the equivalent to £5k a year of gross salary.
>
> So yesterday evening I started browsing for 'sporty diesels' - the 1.9
> Saab diesel makes 150bhp and shedloads of torque, and should deliver
> 45mpg I reckon. I've also been looking at the Alfa 156 TD.

Personally, I'd look at the 156JTD (The 2.4 5-pot is exceptional, but
even the 1.9 4-pot isn't too shabby in 16v form). But that's a style
thing.

GM buy in the Alfa / Fiat JTD engine these days, so the Saab will have
the 1.9 16v JTD lump most likely.

If you prefer your cars Saab shaped with Saab quality and reliability
it's probably the best option for you as you still get what's probably
the best diesel lump currently available.
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