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31/7/2015 at 2:59pm
Location: Barry (Not quite the island) Outfit: Bailey Platinum 642
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Just thinking aloud, as I am looking around for jobs and might have to go further afield.
Currently I have a Grand Espace, and I do a few good runs and never really had any problems with DPF. Wife has a small petrol car, and does about 1.5 miles to work and back/city driving.
If I do high mileage, it would probably make sense to take an efficient company car Golf/Focus, but it would probably not be big enough for our needs for the trailer tent and camping (we do take a lot of stuff). A large car would probably be out of my pay band.
Is there anything large that can cope with the smaller mileage, that will not clog a DPF etc? Wouldn't really like to go smaller than a Zafira/S-Max size, to be honest. Or is the DPF issue now not as releavant as it was with cars 05-11 or so?
Replies and thoughts welcome.
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01/8/2015 at 7:15pm
Location: Barry (Not quite the island) Outfit: Bailey Platinum 642
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We would both like a higher driving position, and she has expressly forbidden an estate (I could ask why, but I still wouldn't understand and she'd be a lot crosser). Thanks for the suggestions (and keep them coming!)
To answer a few more Q's, it's about a 2-mile round trip, and I hadn't really thought of petrol, as I quite like my diesel. And I know a 2lt diesel is probably overkill, but it never struggles and is very refined. And it is unbraked.
------------- 2019: Hurn Lane CAMC, Cirencester Park CAMC & Lytton Lawn
2020: Brecon Beacons CAMC, Bladon Chains CAMC, Brecon Beacons CAMC, Les Iles (Normandy), Easter Compton (BOC Rally), Deanwood (BOC Rally), Abbey Wood CAMC
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