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Pam · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:46 pm

Kremmen wrote:

I looked at Toyota but got concerned with all these recent recalls.

The next Kremmobile will be another Civic some time next year.

We did think about Honda as it always has good reviews, but our previous car was a Toyota (Avensis), and we loved that car. Hubby travelled 50 miles a day in it, and never had any problems, so I suppose it's the luck of the draw!

And now we have a battery car!

geezer466 · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:06 pm **Posts:** 1307

Often considered going down the chip pan diesel route but it would invalidate the manufacturers warranty at a stroke. They even gave me a flyer saying I must not put Morrisons bio diesel in it or that would also invalidate the warranty.

My Mondeo 2l tdci estate only does about 36mpg around town.....

jim · **Joined:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:10 pm **Posts:** 1461

Moley wrote:

Yikes, thats a big difference in consumption Jim. Nice motors though.

Got a JEEP diesel now so far the average mpg is around 25 but its all around town motoring not been on a run yet so it can only get better 8-)

Kremmen · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:26 pm

I did the maths before I decided whether to get a petrol or diesel Civic.

I do 40 miles a day.

It worked out that the fuel saving cost was wiped out by the increased purchase price plus the higher annual servicing cost.

I reckon you need to be doing nearer to 20k miles a year rather than my 11k to break even.

jane · **Joined:** Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:09 am **Posts:** 463

geezer466 wrote:

Often considered going down the chip pan diesel route but it would invalidate the manufacturers warranty at a stroke. They even gave me a flyer saying I must not put Morrisons bio diesel in it or that would also invalidate the warranty.

My Mondeo 2l tdci estate only does about 36mpg around town.....

Our Corsa is out of warranty now - so nothing to lose :-)

jane · **Joined:** Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:09 am **Posts:** 463

Pam wrote:

Do you cook your chips at the same time?

lol .... thankfully the chemical takes out the chip fat smell. My daughter has an older diesel and uses straight cooking oil in hers ..... it smells like chips :lol:

Pam · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:33 pm

Sunshine · **Joined:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:36 pm **Posts:** 888

My stepson used to use cooking oil in his - his girlfriend worked in a fast food shop and he used to use all their old cooking oil. You could smell burger and chips when he started the engine LOL. The engine went on strike after a few months - I reckon he didn't filter the oil enough ........

I used to have a Vauxhall Cavalier and had to go to Monorep for spare parts. It's sad when businesses have to close down - there's too much of that lately.

jim · **Joined:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:10 pm **Posts:** 1461

Sunshine wrote:

The engine went on strike after a few months - I reckon he didn't filter the oil enough ........

add a little vinegar or ketchup :cry:

chris_guest · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:20 pm **Posts:** 280

I had an old Corsa and ran that on cooking oil for the last year of its life, I did put diesel in first but then topped up with cooking oil. The only thing I found was that it stank when I started it but apart from that I was quids in

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