Adam, I do ask the question as to why we are the only country in Europe where diesel is more expensive. It used to be the other way around before the government started convincing all of us to change over to diesel. Now they have us by the knackers they are squeezing hard.
I've just converted my wife's 3 litre Jag to gas at 52p per litre and the performance/economy is just the same as petrol (maybe 10% less acceleration) and you can simply leave the switch permanently on gas. The conversion cost £1,100 and I reckon I'll make that back in 2 years. Regardless though, it gives you a warm feeling when you can fill up for about £25 again. In equivalent "costs per mile" I reckon it is doing about 45mpg equivalent as opposed to petrol when it was doing 23mpg. No doubt when we get more LPG cars on the road they will up the price the same as diesel though - you can't win. Dave Crozier -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Buckland Sent: 26 June 2008 08:49 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [OT] Why is Diesel More Expensive Than Gas? You can have my share from December. Like many others, I'm shifting all my company cars away from it. With the price now at approx $10 a gallon and changing tax regimes (from next April) for my Company cars, petrol is now as economical for me to run as diesel for my sales forces and execs cars. So come December my diesel will probably be replaced by a petrol Audi A5.... There are still diesel cars that are very tax efficient to run, but I don't have anyone that wants to drive a "castrated" BMW 1 series diesel with a 0-60 time measured in days, especially when most of my drivers do in excess of 35,000 miles per year... Adam _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
