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Topic	Is a 2 litre diesel gonna give good performance on a sports car?
flashleet 04/17/17 7:31:10 AM #10:	FatalAccident posted... flashleet posted... How will the petrol be more economical for your daily commute? 3 miles to work, 3 miles back if i opted for a diesel the engine wouldn't reach peak efficiency in that short amount of time, also with the starting and stopping i do driving in London that would just make it even worse petrol generally burns quicker so your engine gets to its peak efficiency quicker, even with starting/stopping all the time I'm not an engineer, but wouldn't modern diesel engines have a negligible warm-up period needed to reach their peak efficiency? I do know that the stated "Urban use" litres used per 100km is always better in diesel versions than the petrol versions... Also, ride a bike to work! (In summer anyway!) --- Paper is fine, nerf Rock. Sincerely Scissors. <cite>flashleet posted [p:877352664] in Is a 2 lit... [t:75245316]...</cite> <quote><cite>FatalAccident posted...</cite> <quote><cite>flashleet posted...</cite> <quote>How will the petrol be more economical for your daily commute?</quote> 3 miles to work, 3 miles back if i opted for a diesel the engine wouldn't reach peak efficiency in that short amount of time, also with the starting and stopping i do driving in London that would just make it even worse petrol generally burns quicker so your engine gets to its peak efficiency quicker, even with starting/stopping all the time</quote> I'm not an engineer, but wouldn't modern diesel engines have a negligible warm-up period needed to reach their peak efficiency? I do know that the stated "Urban use" litres used per 100km is always better in diesel versions than the petrol versions... Also, ride a bike to work! (In summer anyway!) --- Paper is fine, nerf Rock. Sincerely Scissors.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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