Quote Originally Posted by s7gpt View Post
Agree

and dont start thinking you should have bought the 2.0 tdi for better mpg, you would have then always wished you bought the bigger better one

oh and mines got 30k on the clock and start stop commuting to and from work gives me 30+ even on these very cold days we have been having.
The 2 litre isn't any better at this. My 143 is biased towards town driving too, but does enough motorway to keep the DPF light at bay. The combined is suppose to be 52mpg and my DIS 2 average over 4 years is 37 mpg although I never reset it, although I did doa mile/litres comparison a while back and got 39mpg.

That's still way ahead of a petrol in the same conditions though and relative to my last 1.8T (20mpg) the TDI is also far more responsive, so I'll live with it.

It's well documented that diesel doesn't recoup the cost over petrol but with this type of car, its not purely about running costs. OP - Enjoy the 3 litre!