"Mr Macaw" wrote in message news
On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:46:19 +0100, Rod Speed
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"Mr Macaw" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:05:02 +0100, Vir Campestris
wrote:

On 18/04/2016 20:28, dennis@home wrote:
New modern 3 cyl turbo 1 litre engines will give better mpg than an
equivalent diesel.

I'm hearing rumours that the engines may not last that long.

One particular case was of a guy with a company car who got through two
engines at ~30,000 miles each.

I thought company cars always had 3 litre engines?

Nope.

Not really a perk to be given a silly little car like that is it?

Any free car is a better perk than no free car.

I'd prefer the cash.

That varys with the jurisdiction. With most the cash is
taxed, but the car isnt necessarily taxed in all of them.