"NY" wrote in message
o.uk...

"Ophelia" wrote in message
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Dunno how long we will be allowed to keep them though. They are trying
to ban diesel cars I think. Hopefully, not for while yet. I love mine

It's not too long that they were advising us to buy diesels, and now
look!!!

I know. It's a bummer, isn't it. More fuel efficient (about 55 mpg rather
than about 40 for a similar size/power of petrol engine in the same car) and
*much* nicer to drive, without needing you to change down as far, so easier
to negotiate a roundabout or a turning into a side road without having to
change down an extra gear lower. And much better 50-70 acceleration for
overtaking a slower car. And quieter (yes, I know that's weird!) on the
motorway because the engine is lower-revving: about 2500 rather than about
3500 at 70 mph.

Out in the countryside or in small towns, used mainly out of the stop-start
rush hour, I imagine that diesels will continue, but it's a liability if my
wife ever needs to drive in/through a city which has a diesel pollution
surcharge as a daily rate. Her own car is newer and therefore a cleaner
diesel, but mine is 08 reg (Euro 4 rather than Euro 6, I think) so may fall
foul of restrictions. It's new enough to have a diesel particulate filter
(as I know to my cost, replacement at 150,000 miles cost an eye-watering
amount), but it's the oxides of nitrogen that are the problem. My knowledge
of A level chemistry from nearly 40 years ago isn't good enough to know
whether NOx can be catalytically converted (reduced?) to anything less
pooluting.

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I don't know about that but I imagine ours are too old for that. 1994/95.
I read that Glasgow is talking about a charge to go into the city.
Hopefully, not for a few years. Not that we go in very often any more but it
would still be inconvenient.