Thread: Possible DMF failure - Car people
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Old 17-02-2017, 10:37   #13
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Re: Possible DMF failure - Car people
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees View Post
Modern petrol engines are actually getting more and more similar to diesels as they're classed as high pressure & use turbocharging. With that increased complexity comes of course increased servicing & maintenance costs

An example this is the 2.0 TFSI unit used by VW/Audi

Me, I get perhaps 28 Mpg If I'm lucky in the car (most days it's 20) and perhaps 45mpg on the bike.
Indeed.

Thankfully no turbo or anything fancy here

I'll fully expect all petrols to go the way of diesels in the next 10 -15 years when we'll be 'encouraged' to go EV
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