Diesel cars??

[Lilyminilli]

I’ve been pondering treating myself to a new (secondhand) car. I’m pretty indecisive so decided to look for something which has all the buttons (heated seats, parking assist etc some luxury extras that I’d like). This brought up a few diesel cars. I’ve never had a diesel and I know that these are being phased out so is it a good idea??
I’m worried I’ll be left with a white elephant or that diesel fuel won’t be sold in a few years.

Don't buy a diesel if you only do 6000 miles per year, you'll clog up the DPF

Annual mileage is irrelevant. Short journeys clog up DPFs.

Annual mileage is irrelevant. Short journeys clog up DPFs.

That’s true of course, the OP could be doing 20x 300 mile journeys each year but the likelihood is that someone doing 6k is going to be doing a lot of short journeys. When you take into account other factors like more expensive repairs etc then the fuel saving over 6k miles doesn’t make sense anyway.