Or perhaps they felt that it was their only option to keep their vehicle serviceable following repeated failures of early incarnations of DPF / EGR components , which as we know were hastily bolted by manufactuers and generally not fit for purpose unless the vehicle was being used as a motorway mile muncher.
Mine failed after a months of ownership and was quoted £1600 to replace the DPF - obviously not covered by any warranty. I am not fortunate enough to consider that sort of money as loose change, so I wouldn't consider it 'stupid' to perform a perfectly legal modification to remove an unreliable, under-developed piece of hardware to keep one's car running. Especially when all the diesel related emisison quality / NOX issues weren't as topical (or understood) at the time.
Obviously I no longer have this vehicle - I got rid of it a while ago being mindful of the ever-tightening legislation. I now have a Fiesta with one the the 1.0L Ecoboost engines and it is fantastic for a vehicle of that size. Averaging ~43 mpg day to day, will do 50-55 mpg on a run. Haven't had it long enough to comment on reliability issues, but it's on ~70k miles and no dramas as of yet.
Not sure I would have the same engine in something Focus sized or above, the little turbos do get worked quite hard - and the economy does suffer if you're frequently outside the optimum rev range.
Although we have the Nissan 1.2 turbo petrol I'm not convinced its the way to go. Its meant to do 52mpg and we've had 43mpg out of it which isn't bad but put 4 people and some shopping in it and the mpg drops off.
My son in law had a ford 1L Focus Eco boost. After approx. 24,000 he had overheating problems. The garage said they had sorted it, two months later the engine packed in. Some arguments later they agreed to replace the engine because he had taken out an extended warranty. It was in the garage for weeks and weeks. I have since read of similar problems other people have experienced. Make sure you research the cars very well before parting with your money.
Still got my DPF and had no plans to remove. Nobody likes a smokey diesel.
Exactly. And there is nothing wrong with a DPF when you run a diesel car for what it was intended to be. Otherwise get a petrol.
I also fully agree with the comments earlier about bigger cars with smaller engines. It’s a recipe for disaster and it just doesn’t work.
Twin turbo V6 petrol for me in our mid sized suv data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 We still touch upon 40mpg until I drive it....
Not sure whether it applies to me, but as my MOT is due on the 25th,I'm having it done on Thursday 17th data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Just to help a bit more... From the website ."Which."
New MOT rule changes: what you need to know – Which? News
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I came home with a nice shiny MOT certificate today //static.avforums.com/styles/avf/smilies/clap.gif.The emissions were only tested for Opacity with a pass limit of 1.5 m-1 and achieved 0.31 m-1, so I assume that is good?
It’s not bad, i think i had 0.01 reading last time.
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