Petrol / Diesel
#1
Petrol / Diesel
What's the difference in price between petrol and diesel in Australia or Queensland in particular?
Also do petrol or diesel cars tend to hold their value better?
Also do petrol or diesel cars tend to hold their value better?
#3
Re: Petrol / Diesel
Diesel cars hold their value well.
I will never buy a petrol car again - unless it's a sports car.
#5
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Joined: Dec 2008
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Re: Petrol / Diesel
All cars hold their value well in Australia - both petrol and diesel. Fuel makes little, if any, difference. 2nd hand cars in Australia tend to be quite a lot more expensive than most people expect when they arrive!
Personally, I would go petrol.
Personally, I would go petrol.
#6
Re: Petrol / Diesel
We had a 1.4 clio petrol auto that averaged 7.3 l/100kmh and was like a slug performance wise.
We now have a 2.0 turbo diesel vw jetta auto that averages 5.3 l/100kmh and goes like sh1t of a shovel.
you decide.
We now have a 2.0 turbo diesel vw jetta auto that averages 5.3 l/100kmh and goes like sh1t of a shovel.
you decide.
#7
Victorian Evangelist
Joined: Sep 2005
Location: Melbourne, by the beach, living the dream.
Posts: 7,704
Re: Petrol / Diesel
Diesel is 7c cheaper than petrol in Melbourne today.
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#9
Living our life wherever
Joined: Jan 2007
Location: came back to oz after moving back to uk but not settled here so uk here i come, last time im moving
Posts: 361
Re: Petrol / Diesel
If you look at the quality of both, here in oz we are well behind other countries with the octane in petrol and the quality of diesel is less than other countries, so with the extra cost to buy diesel i would have petrol, i have owned both types here and sold my land cruiser when the petrol giants suddenly put prices of diesel up to $1.75p/l a year or two ago.
#12
221b Baker Street
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Miles from anywhere, Victoria, Australia.
Posts: 14,125
Re: Petrol / Diesel
Hyundai i30 Diesel. 1600 cc. 4.8/100 ks on a run. At worst 5.5 with the aircon on full belt. Top speed 230 kph! And I've had 210 on a test track with more pedal travel to go. If the quality of fuel improves (I'm told that it will, slowly) then better mpg will follow.
Someone did a test drive from Darwin to Adelaide and returned 3.9/100
Heavier engine over driving wheels at front gives very good handling.
Lots of rear leg room too.
No, I don't work for Hyundai.
Obviously the fuel consumption goes up a bit at 210 kph.
Someone did a test drive from Darwin to Adelaide and returned 3.9/100
Heavier engine over driving wheels at front gives very good handling.
Lots of rear leg room too.
No, I don't work for Hyundai.
Obviously the fuel consumption goes up a bit at 210 kph.
#13
Re: Petrol / Diesel
Hyundai i30 Diesel. 1600 cc. 4.8/100 ks on a run. At worst 5.5 with the aircon on full belt. Top speed 230 kph! And I've had 210 on a test track with more pedal travel to go. If the quality of fuel improves (I'm told that it will, slowly) then better mpg will follow.
Someone did a test drive from Darwin to Adelaide and returned 3.9/100
Heavier engine over driving wheels at front gives very good handling.
Lots of rear leg room too.
No, I don't work for Hyundai.
Obviously the fuel consumption goes up a bit at 210 kph.
Someone did a test drive from Darwin to Adelaide and returned 3.9/100
Heavier engine over driving wheels at front gives very good handling.
Lots of rear leg room too.
No, I don't work for Hyundai.
Obviously the fuel consumption goes up a bit at 210 kph.
#14
221b Baker Street
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Miles from anywhere, Victoria, Australia.
Posts: 14,125