I would hate a NA petrol as it wouldn’t be nice to drive,
The word would....suggests your theorising again.
It's not 1992 anymore tech has moved on. I was as surprised as anyone.
Still shit at towing though.
I would hate a NA petrol as it wouldn’t be nice to drive, but that is purely a personal preference.
We bought a 2.0l non turbo petrol pretty much on the basis that it would be simple, less stressed & less to go wrong - Mazda 3 & get 60mpg on a long run.
OP - if you are still after a 100bhp 1 tonne motor, have you looked at Mazda 2 1.5 diesel sport?
I would hate a NA petrol as it wouldn’t be nice to drive
our 2.4NA petrol V70 is lovely wafting down through France but admittedly we don't tow with it. It's a 5cylinder and ticks over as smooth and quietly as the day we bought it even though it now has 200k on it. The rest of the time it does short journeys and it's never had DPF/turbo/injector/DMF issues as it doesn't have any!
I would hate a NA petrol as it wouldn’t be nice to drive
I'm a big fan of forced induction but that's just nonsense. Some of the best cars I've ever driven (sound/handling/performance) have been NA and petrol - 4, 6 and 8 cylinder.
With regards to the DPF question you don't need to be doing motorway journeys but you do need to be ticking certain criteria and fairly frequently driving for long enough for the car to get up to temp and run a regen if required. For my current car (335d) you also need over 1/4 tank of diesel and no outstanding fault codes relating to the DPF for it to regen. You can usually feel when it's doing it, mine seems to prefer steady driving on A roads rather than set speed/rpm on the motorway.
Cat S wouldn't bother me depending on what the damage was and the damage and repair was well documented.
And the fuel economy?
I'm sure it does have injectors, btw, and it may well have a DMF as well.
I’m a big fan of forced induction but that’s just nonsense. Some of the best cars I’ve ever driven (sound/handling/performance) have been NA and petrol – 4, 6 and 8 cylinder.
Ok what I meant was - any sensible sized NA petrol with fuel economy I'd be prepared to accept.
Ok what I meant was – any sensible sized NA petrol with fuel economy I’d be prepared to accept.
Yeah, that makes sense - that and the tax bracket it'd no doubt be in!
that Mazda looks bang on, cheers!
Only wish I'd found out about it before buying my Volvo V40 diesel ☹️
Actually browsing some of the local used dealerships there seems to be some lowering of prices but mostly it's the dirty diesel that seems to be coming down faster, reckon there's been a spate of trade-ins...
Example: There's an 08 plate Galaxy nearby on 180k, they want £1600, decent MOT till October. I mean OK it's 14 years, old but that's a lot of car that you could cram people and/or bikes in to belt up and down motorways at the weekends. A year ago they would have been asking at least £4.5k for that I reckon.
At the same time dinky petrol cars seem to be steeper locally, and autos (missus only drives automatic) still carry a substantial markup.
I think we're going to stick for a wee bit longer, see if those 1L automatic runabouts come down as that's what we really need, but I am tempted to go look at that Galaxy this weekend if it's not already sold.
I'd keep well clear of the diesel Mazda engine unless most of your millage is out of town. Dpf regen happens on a timer and diesel is sprayed down the exhaust if not up to temperature. The residue drains back into the oil sump. I changed my oil three times last year as the level was too high (about an extra 2.5 litres!). I never got much better than 42 mpg on my Mazda 6 even on a run. It was bloody fast mind.
