Amidst rising prices at the black pump, our road tester _rlane_ explains why he thinks diesel cars still have their place in 2023
And yet diesel does still have a place: long-haul travel. Not very exciting, admittedly, but worthwhile and convenient and actually pretty stirring when you experience it, as I did last year. Having brimmed the 66-litre tank of a 2021Estate in London and aimed the car at the Med, for the first of the eight digital fuel-gauge bars to remain lit at Reims was outrageous.
Okay, concessions were made, putting tyre pressures up a nudge and doggedly sticking below 70mph, but nothing onerous. went 1113 miles before we rolled onto a forecourt near Lyon on the way home, the range-indicator rolling to ‘0 miles’ right on cue. That’s London to Madrid non-stop, with a bit to spare.
Quite a lot of convenience, isn’t it? In the UK, with typical commutes and, say, two days working from home, you might conceivably go eight weeks between fill-ups. And while diesel costs more than petrol, I think the result of considerably fewer trips to the petrol station each year would usefully lower the perceived cost of running the car.
It’s one reason why people don’t like trains, even if, for them, it’s cheaper than car ownership. Paying every time you travel feels expensive. In an efficient petrol car, things are a lot more simple, and in something like the diesel Skoda? Well, it almost feels a little like free transport.
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