I have recently gone petrol after having 3 diesels on the scheme, One of the factors was that I’m just not doing as many longer journeys as i was before and am still doing a lot of short journeys like the school run twice a day (right now it’s a short trip to the shops and back etc) and during the 1st lockdown the dpf got blocked for the 1st time ever.
Since june i have done only 3ooo miles in the new petrol and have had no issues and i do think petrols have got alot better and years ago diesel was cheaper at the pump than petrol but now it’s more. Not really seeing that much difference in mpg over the combined driving i do now to the 1.6 tdi golf i did have before as i don’t really drive to save fuel alot of the time.
i did do a trip to london using acc mainly set at 78mph in the civic 1.5l 182 bhp sport in normal mode
and got 51 mpg is pretty good the golf maybe did around 54 mpg set at 78 on acc but it does depend on the time of day and traffic etc. On the way back i used sport mode and acc and got less mpg as i needed to be home by a certain time and was a bit of traffic so had to speed back up a bit quicker to crusing speed.
I been driving it quite fast of late using sport mode and the paddles to get the vtec to come in alot (addictive sound that) and am getting around 30 mpg (which imo is still pretty good) and the car is so much fun, really does pull and push you back into the seat more than any diesel would.. When the revs are high the power is so much better than in a diesel i had but then it does have more power also and 220 nm of torque where my golf had 110 bhp and 250 nm, both where autos also. I did have a 2.0l tiguan as a hire car for a week and i was shocked at how much it drunk over the golf, so size weight could also be an issue.
right now i very happy with my choice all things considered and having more fun to..