Thread: disc 3 .... which engine?

Originally Posted by Rob king

Hi all, I'm in the market for a drive car and would love to hear your informed advice.
Been looking at the d3 SE MY08 and need a direction on which engine to choose.
Is the td6 a reliable and powerful enough engine? the fuel economy seems much better than the petrol although i've ready some posts suggesting the town cycle is a lot worse than quoted my manufacturer.
I don't understand the ford V6 4.0 petrol... seems it uses the same 15l/ 100km in fuel as the Jag V8 4.4 but only develops 106kw v 220 in the Jag and 360nm torque v 430 in the v8... so why buy it?
I do highway, fire trails and snow and live in a regional area. No heavy towing - any suggestions or experience with these would be appreciated.

Buy the TDV6, you'll love it. Lots of grunt, and can be remapped if you need more. Economical too, especially on the open road. I get about 700kms out of 85 litres around town.

It depends on how you see yourself using it and if range is an issue.

I get 450 Km's per tank out of my V8 around town/mixed driving but on the open road it'll be up to around 650 Km's if there was ever a petrol station that corresponded with that distance!

There's no real issues with the V8, just need to check a few cooling system joints. I drove a few petrol V6's before finding mine and they were okay, quite torquey low down but didn't really have that top end fizz that the V8 has when you open it up.

I left the diesels alone due to price, the difference in price can pay for an awful lot of fuel and the diesel generally had close to 100k Km's more on them for the same money.

I totally agree with marmoset. Also the sound ... Hahaha ....

Thanks for the advice guys,
I thought after I posted the request that it may spark a bit of rivalry.... I had already decided against the V6 so guess both the V8 and diesel are OK. My last 3 drive cars have been V8's so maybe that answers it for me.... and I do like the sound.
But I wont be put off by a tidy TD6 either.
Will keep looking.... so any suggestions re SE v HSE?
Rob.

Recommend a HSE with logic 7, rear air and xeon headlights with a V8 motor . This gets you excellent head lights, memory leather seats that are very comfy and a 14 speaker sound system the equal of most modern cars. (I like the glass roof too but ymmv on that one). Try for a ediff too but it's not necessary just nice to have.

That sounds the goods Epic, is all that on yours? is there a particular year logic 7 was introduced?
It's so well spec'd it may as well be a V8 RRS... which begs the next question....
Rob.

If your primary issue is purchase cost then the petrol V6 is a perfectly good option, the Petrol V8 is better but a bit more expensive but more power for similar or even better fuel costs. Both will probably be cheaper to buy and have lower servicing costs than the Diesel however if you are doing remote touring the Diesel will give you much longer range and overall better fuel availability, and if you are doing high km's there will come a point where the lower fuel usage will overtake the higher purchase price and higher service cost, but it is a pretty high number of k's where it crosses over.

I just live my TDV6 though and if I could afford it I wouldn't buy anything else.

Originally Posted by AnD3rew

have lower servicing costs than the Diesel

People keep on saying that diesel service costs are more than petrols and I am not sure I follow this argument.

I have had modern diesels for just over 10 years and at the same time also have petrols - ranging from 12cyl carbs, v8 carbs, v8 injected and 2 cylinder carb.

The diesels require no tuning where the petrols require tuning with spark plug and other bits replaced at regular intervals.

The diesels just require oils and filters and sometime belts as to the petrols (some petrols have belts) but in addition the petrols require plugs etc.

So on balance I would say a petrol is more expensive to service than a diesel though does depend on engine.

Garry