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Originally Posted by six
Coming from a 40d F15 and now in a 40i G05 I much prefer the 40i. Unless you're doing mega miles or perhaps towing I'd seriously consider the petrol option. It's a much sweeter and refined delivery and it is seriously quick too with no apparent downside to the lower torque in the diesel.
On a different note the fake exhaust speaker on the diesel M-Sport's makes me cringe, I would find it embarrassing to be driving a diesel and having it pretend to sound like a petrol V8! It's not quite as bad as the one Audi use though that's current day interpretation of the 80's tea tray rear wing on a 1.4 escort!
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Are you UK based?
I do probably 10k miles a year with a real mix of driving. Traffic, town and city, motorway...
I've always doubted petrol engines in cars this size just due to the effort the engine needs to exert to move it.
Is the 40i really that good?