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The Phantom · 4th March 2008, 14:02

I must admit that as a petrol driver, I wish I'd gone for the derv.

I had the choice of a new 1.8SE or a low mileage diesel and I went for new.

I'd just had a terrible experience with an under performing diesel (not Honda) which ended in timing belt failure, a new engine and still pish performance and decided to go back to the more reliable (touch wood) vtec. Since being on this website I have since discovered how tuneable the 2.2 is and will probably chop back to a low mileage diesel when I have to change.

Although at 7p a litre difference between petrol & diesel, I doubt I'll save anything on fuel economy, but at least I can give myself almost Type R perfomance (probably by the time I get round to changing the CTR Diesel will have been released by Honda anyway.)

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The Phantom Supporter Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 18th March 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 244 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I must admit that as a petrol driver, I wish I'd gone for the derv. I had the choice of a new 1.8SE or a low mileage diesel and I went for new. I'd just had a terrible experience with an under performing diesel (not Honda) which ended in timing belt failure, a new engine and still pish performance and decided to go back to the more reliable (touch wood) vtec. Since being on this website I have since discovered how tuneable the 2.2 is and will probably chop back to a low mileage diesel when I have to change. Although at 7p a litre difference between petrol & diesel, I doubt I'll save anything on fuel economy, but at least I can give myself almost Type R perfomance (probably by the time I get round to changing the CTR Diesel will have been released by Honda anyway.)