[Closed] Diesels, PCP and GFV

Euro6 engines are in the clear for now at least,

Yo know there's a problem kryton57, you live in a region that is highly polluted by diesel engines. You have a choice: be a part of the problem (buy diesel) be less of a part of the problem (buy a petrol hybrid) or not be part of the problem (buy a Tesla or the new Ampera if 350km between charges is sufficient).

[quote=Edukator ]You have a choice: be a part of the problem (buy diesel)

The question is, if I'm buying an oldish s/h car (which has already been made for somebody else to use, and it's not desperately environmentally friendly to scrap it), given I do very little driving in congested cities* is it not actually more environmentally friendly for me to buy a diesel rather than for somebody else who does more of that to buy it instead?

Clearly the same argument may not apply to those who want to spend lots of money every month for the privilege of owning a new car - personally I'm looking forwards to huge depreciation on diesels 😉

* I do regularly drive into my most local small city and town but not at rush hour and very rarely meet any congestion. You'll have to excuse me for only a vanishingly small amount of guilt at doing that in my diesel given all the other far more polluting diesel vehicles on the road when it is far more congested.

We took out a 4yr PCP on a 6 month old petrol Focus, put £500 down & it's £180 /m. I suspect we may not have walked away with a killer deal, perhaps we should have looked at the German makes, but she loved the car, the monthly is bang on my £180 target. GFV is around £4k.
Wife is a district nurse so needs something reliable.
She's intimidated that she wants a Merc next, the small hatchback one...

takisawa2 - did you do the arithmetic to work out that was a better deal than a vehicle supplied through the NHS (or was that not a choice)? Genuinely interested as my Mrs might be in a similar position at some point.