Vir Campestris wrote:
On 05/10/2015 15:02, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
At one time diesel cars were slow. Modern engine management means they are
now little different to petrol - but still have an MPG advantage in slow
moving traffic. The lower VED simply being icing on the cake.

My limited experience of modern diesels is that while they feel much the
same as petrol for a bit you soon realise

- That's because you're driving them on the power band, not the torque
band. Try to drop a gear and nothing happens
- In any case there's horrible turbo lag
- and to round it off the power band is really narrow.

Perhaps some are better than the couple I've tried.

Andy


You should try a VW 2.0 tdi engine. Very nice to drive. ;-)