bigal My look on it (and by no means this should apply to you or others) is diesels are expensive to maintain (that was my hellish nightmare experience with my late model hilux 3.0 D4D). I couldn't handle the cost. 3 grand job for injectors. I tried replacing them myself but they were baked in so hard so required specialist pulling gear. Took them all day to get them out. The 500km trips each week I do with that diesel rattle drove me up the wall. I ripped the interior out and put dynamat everywhere and new carpet. The noise levels improved but still bothered me. I would rather pay a little more for petrol and do most maintenance myself as I'm more comfortable with Petrol and I love the peace and quiet. I average 11 to 11.4L/100km and Tassie is a hilly place. On flat highways I get it down to 9.4L/100km if trying my best. Again, my personal view and experience only. I'm sure a xc90 diesel would be far quieter but no experience on maintaining them myself.
bigal And a great workhorse too! Just ticks all the boxes for me. Here she is retrieving a 68' Fiat 124S yesterday. Suites my number plates too.
egads (she/her) Tas being low on dealerships would also make the 2.5 that any Ford place would be able to work on a good plan.
Philia_Bear egads;90542 wroteTas being low on dealerships would also make the 2.5 that any Ford place would be able to work on a good plan. Ford places dont have vida afaik
