Dblock Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I've just personally found when they try to make the diesels to powerful most of the economy is lost and they seem to chew through expensive parts. Cheers - certainly doesnt sound good at all. Maybe i`ll scratch that off my list. They don't happen to everyone though. You have to be doing a lot of miles to make a diesel make sense. So even with a car that *might* cost you good money to fix as long as your doing enough miles to offset that cost your ok. Yeah definately. I do about 25k a year atm (down from 40k a year a few years back), so for me last time I worked the numbers out diesel would save me a good few quid. Last 2 diesels ive had i did 80k on each of them with no major problems at all save normal wear / tear. The engines still ran perfect, one of them was at 165k miles on the original clutch / turbo etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuarty Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I only bought the 123d as they had stopped making the 130i the year before, therefore the 123d M sport was top of the range for performance and trim. Should have bought a used 130i as i only do around 4000 miles a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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