Diesel Price Hike

[knightowl]

Is it still worth buying a diesel with high import and maintenance costs?

[Sylvi]

Is it still worth buying a diesel with high import and maintenance costs?

'knightowl',

If it is a car always Petrol. Commercial vehicle Diesel this is my opinion, other members will give some other opinion.

[kush]

Depends on the vehicle and your average running.

If you are running over 20K Km/ year and wants a SUV, diesel will still be a viable option

[Ripper]

Is it still worth buying a diesel with high import and maintenance costs?

afaik diesels also have higher revenue license charges, higher charge for emission test etc too.

So judging by the present trend, going for petrol might be the best cos you get better performance too with those.

According to the government chaps...diesel is more expensive than petrol so quite possibly that will become a reality.

[nano31]

If gov keep on rising the diesel price, whole country would be in trouble not because diesel vehicle owners do have to pay more but because all public transport/agriculture/electricity/essential products like cement,sugar depends mainly on diesel.

As said earlier, it depend on how many km you gonna drive.

But remember diesels have better fuel efficiency than equivalent petrol cars and The lifespan of a diesel engine tends to be somewhat higher; if you could live with sluggishness of diesel engine my personal view is diesel would still be better if you drive more km per day.

At present I/My family own CE110, 121Diesel, CR27 Lotto for diesel and AE110 FB15 for petrol side and We every day use them except CR27, so we still feel feel better on diesel.

My personal view is maintaining diesel vehicle is very simple (All above vehicles around 1998 only 121D is 2004 late) and easy.