pslewis

I drive perfectly well, thanks ..... with compasion and sense. You can drive like a Chav if you want to, not me!

Why would I want a diesel? Becuase they are now better than petrols .... simples .....

Mark'sWRX

I hope you have specified rear parking sensors on your Civic as they have approx zero rear visibility, especially in the rain with no rear wiper.

I suppose it will mean you won't be able to see the queue of cars behind you!

pslewis

Parking Sensors are cheap enough to fit .....

I'm putting a TowBar on as my parking measure

73henny

VinceW

0-62 8.7 against 9 seconds . You're really going to notice that! Power and torque of the scooby are higher! 5 door practicality against 3 doors. 4 wheel drive, against 2 wheel drive. Think of that week every year when the 4 wheel drive will come in handy, (apologies to you guys in Scotland who see more of the white stuff than I do in the S.E.!)

I think you will regret going to the dark side...lol

Terminator X

iTrader: (7)

Let me see - slower than a petrol, more expensive to buy, the same or more than unleaded at the pump, equivalent (or worse) to a small petrol engine re fuel consumption Ah, road tax is a few hundred less per year + you get to really **** up our air quality with your diesel fumes

TX.

pslewis

When I pass the Impreza Diesel at the petrol station I shall not feel too much pain

pslewis

That said, my registration stuff turned up this morning .... the original plates can now go on my old girl - this is really going to happen and I'm really concerned that I am doing the right thing

I just know what's going to happen, I won't want to sell her when the chips are down and end up putting her in the back of the garage for years ahead ..... when I'm in the ground someone will clear my house and come across an old original one owner 20 year old Impreza Turbo tucked away under a blanket and 'restore' her to her former glory!?

Devildog

Pete,

That's a very good and sensible choice

Just one thing you posted that strikes me as strange. The bit about how could an engineer be happy thrashing an engine in such a manner.

An engineer should be happy in the knowledge of just what has gone into making the type R engines run so happily at high revs. A CTR at 8000rpm is no more being "thrashed" than a diesel at 4500 rpm.

Don't get me wrong, I can fully understand why day in day out the diesel is a better car than the type R, but being unhappy to rev it for someone with even a vague interest in engine technology shouldn't be one of them. Being unhappy with the comparative lack of flywheel torque maybe, but being worried from a mechanical sympathy perspective is just very odd.

pslewis

I was brought up not to thrash engines ..... I acknowledge that the Honda engine is designed for that treatment - but, I simply hate doing it - it's hard work too!

Once you let the revs drop you need to build them all up again, what a tedious way to drive ... my boss sealed it for me, he owns a CTR and wishes he didn't ... too much effort to go quickly he says, he would get a diesel next he says.

Looking down the line .... I bet it will be very hard to sell a petrol car in 3 years time, certainly one which had a diesel option. It's just how it is.

Thanks for the on good and sensible choice, BYW

Cannon Fodder

iTrader: (100)

And what the good preacher Pete speaks shall pass down unto you all.

Let us follow the path of the Messiah, Pete.

pslewis

Gave it a last look over on the ramp this afternoon before it goes on sale. She still looks good underneath ..... no rust, solid as ever.

I shall park it at work with a For Sale sign in the window on Monday - I've sold 95% of my cars to people I know at work. Not sure this specialist car is of general appeal though! The Apprentice School shall have it parked close by one of the days next week .... give them something to think of in the toilets instead of Playboy

dunx

iTrader: (3)

Don't sell it to a trackie-suited chav....

Please !

dunx

pslewis

Well, I would choose not to ..... but, it depends who turns up with the money I guess?

73henny

£435 a year Road Tax (to be increased hugely each budget)

Er... wrong.