depends on where you will be driving

diesel is worse for immediate air quality and filters get clogged with lots of slow driving - so they are a terrible choice if you drive mostly in cities. But they are more efficient and produce less co2 emissions, so are cheaper to run and better for environment if you drive mostly >55mph.

Electric is great as a second car for short trips, or if you will only drive very locally. Otherwise it's no good. Also, electric technology is moving much faster than petrol/diesel, so there is a good chance the car value could drop massively in the near future, as new technology makes older models obsolete.

Petrol only really the best choice (in running costs and environmentally) if you drive mostly in cities, but want the option of doing longer journeys every now and again.

Posted By: Mecagoenti on January 13th 2019 at 17:34:26

Message Thread

Diesel, petrol or electric? (General Chat) - Charles21, Jan 13, 16:46:29
- Motorbike. (n/m) (General Chat) - fareastcanary, Jan 13, 21:17:07
- Get a BEV. It's electric all the way. (General Chat) - Dracula, Jan 13, 18:59:00
- I did but I rarely drive in towns and cities and live in (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 13, 18:14:23
- depends on where you will be driving (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Jan 13, 17:34:26
  - Combination of all three please (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jan 13, 18:04:19
  - the real answer is hydrogen cell (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jan 13, 17:57:15
- Get a bike you fat fuck (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jan 13, 17:28:07
  - Got one pal (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jan 13, 18:03:29
- Depends if you do enough miles and for how long you wish to keep the vehicle for (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jan 13, 17:19:55
- Electric > Hybrid > Petrol > Diesel (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 13, 16:50:38
  - For day to day (General Chat) - Jester, Jan 13, 16:53:40
    - Can you get a train/bus for your long trips? (General Chat) - Fozzie, Jan 13, 17:00:11
      - Technically, yes, I can, but massively (General Chat) - Jester, Jan 13, 17:57:00
    - My mate reckons a full charge costs him a quid or two in 'lectric (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 13, 16:56:28
      - My Old Man has an Audi Etron thingy and delights in telling anyone whom will listen... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jan 13, 17:39:21

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.