Diesel Car -- Should you buy it

Diesel Car .

Which one to choose to buy among Diesel or Petrol car  . With difference in prices of Petrol and Diesel Car getting spread out . Is Fuel economy be the only criteria while buying car ?

Petrol prices have been hiked from Rs. 40/liter (of close to 2 year back) to Rs. 63/liter now (in Delhi) with Mumbai been close to around Rs. 67/liter

In relative, diesel cost at around Rs. 38/liter in Delhi which implies gap of approx 25/liter in running cost

If on an avg you drove 1200 kms in city (which is bare average driving in city Like Delhi) , petrol car will tend to eat up around Rs. 5000 , where as diesel variant will eat up around Rs. 3000 .. implies saving of Rs. 2000 pm , 25K in a year and close to a Lac of rupees in 4 years -- the diesel variant of cars also cost anything between 75K-1 Lac expensive than the petrol car

By that logic, you would be able to recover the cost in close to 4 year if you go in for diesel car instead of petrol car

Though, the running costs seems lesser, but over a longer period of time -- the maintenance cost of a diesel car is slightly expensive than maintaining a petrol car

In-fact, there are other fuel options too -- better one is to go for CNG cars , but a word of advice CNG kits should be installed only and only by the authorized vendor as approved by Transport Office or it should be Manufacturer fitted. Again, CNG is not available in outskirt locations , Hence, if you are driving on highway you need to be slightly aware of this fact

Verdict -- Improve your driving habit if you are still fizzy on the fuel economy -- Drive at 60km/hr, avoid using clutch pedal as footrest, stop the car ignition at red lights, get the air filter cleaned regularly and check air pressure regularly. By all logic, you will surely save upto 20% of your fuel wastage if you follow these basic steps.