ahhhh Petrol vs Diesel. it's an unwinnable argument
I think both of the engine's are great - just different. They both have merits and both have pitfalls. You can't jump out of a diesel and drive a petrol the same style and vice versa - the two are chalk and cheese and doing that will just leave you wondering why everyone else bought the ______ (insert opposite to what you bought) engined model...
I love my Diesel Sport because I rarely have to feed it fuel and of course the grin factor of all that torque. It's also smooth and quiet when cruising and just wafts along the motorway like a dream.
However I also love driving my Girlfriend's old 1.8 VVC K series engined Rover 200 because sometimes after a hard day at work there is nothing better than gunning a petrol car all the way up-to the rev limiter. It's also a beautiful engine (and no it hasn't had a blown Head Gasket yet - we look after our cars
) once it's upto 4,000 rpm and comes alive (although it's no slouch from 2,000rpm either).
Same grin factor but different way of getting it
