GU Fuel consumption

The petrol is false economy... a well tuned 4.2 tdi will keep up with the petrol GU's.... Michael

That may be true, but the saving would take a while to realise given the purchase cost of the T/D would almost certainly be a fair deal greater.
The diesel will also cost 10x more to repair should something go wrong with it..and service costs every 5000km with T/D really do erode the benefit of thew dielsel from an economic perspective, not to mention the higher fuel cost of diesel +10-16 cpl in Sydney over ULP.
Don't get me wrong diesels have their place, and they suit lots of people, but sometimes ULP is better for others.

my 2 cents

My gU 4.2tdi gets 900ks out of both tanks,,, about 11 litres per 100ks, that s 120kph all freeway.. not bad for 2720kgs!!!!! Michael

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Just think... If you had have bought a 4.2 turbo diesel you would be saving about $8 each time you travel 100kms...

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Sure . . . you only have to do approx 150,000 k's to recoup the purchase price , then extra servicing etc.

Should only take you about 4 years . . . IF . . . nothing goes wrong.

Its a tiresome argument

Flappa, its not really that simple to dismiss, Try and sell a petrol in todays market with the price of fuel, even with diesel fuel being dearer, A 4.2 will sell for more than the extra cost of the diesel engine. Thats if you can find one, I wouldn't like to sell one in a big hurry, you would have to give it away, advertise a 4.2 and you will get calls all day long, Michael