1.8 Petrol or 1.9 Diesel SRi

[robengland9]

I think I 1.9 cdti is £165 pa on road tax this year 2011.... anyone know what the road tax is for petrol 1.8?

[Niall83]

£190

[gavmckay]

hi gavmckay

what are your thoughts diesel or petrol?

Thinking Diesel still. Will be buying on finance so the monthly amounts should be outweighed by fuel costs? Get the performance there too?

[dh.dti]

if your buying on finance make sure you include gap insurance

[gavmckay]

what is gap insurance?

[vectra ste]

for gavmckay

a type of auto insurance that car owners can buy to protect themselves against losses that can arise when the amount of compensation received from a total loss does not fully cover the amount the insured owes on the vehicle's financing or lease agreement. This situation arises when the balance owed on a car loan is greater than the book value of the vehicle

[vectra ste]

gap insurance example
according to the blue book, John's car is worth $15,000. However, he still owes a total of $20,000 worth of car payments. In the event that John's car is completely written off as a result of an accident or theft, John's car insurance policy will reimburse him with $15,000. Because John owes the car financing company $20,000, however, he will still be $5,000 short, even though he no longer has a car.

[gavmckay]

ah cool. thank you. sounds like a good idea

[DNS]

I've got the petrol and no complaints.

Not that I wouldn't take the diesel given the chance...

Had my 1.8 for nearly 5 years now, engine is very reliable (touch wood!), just had the usual common problems. As I understand, it's much simpler and cheaper to work on than the 1.9 diesels.

[CLOMP]

for a given price you will get a much newer lower milage 1.8, two years seven months ago I wanted a diesel, but only had £3000 cash, found a 1.8 sxi for 3 grand, on 50,000 miles full service history, the same miles and year for a diesel 150 would have cost £4500/5000, I was complaining to a mate a 150 owner, that I had spent 400 quid on discs/ bushes/stat/ wiper linkage, he bought his 150 at the same time I bought my 1.8, he has spent £1800 on repairs, repairs not servicing,,, my 1.8 has averaged 38.7 mpg for the near on 30,000 miles I have done in it, mates 150 has averaged 47 mpg, as for performance yes the 150 is quicker every where, but at a cost, and to be honest would you realy notice .7 of a second difference 0-60 mph time, I do like driving the 150, but if I went back in time would still get the 1.8. NOTE..I now do less than 10,000 miles a year. so its a no brainer for me.