NZ Energywise rally

[smoo]

http://www.aa.co.nz/about/events/AAe...s/default.aspx

Not a very good variety especially from Ford but again proving what a crock Hybrids are, before taking into account their hiked up purchase costs.
It needs mentioning, that the placing is judged on the overall cost of the trip, and in NZ diesels are taxed per km, so that put the Mini diesel behind the Honda Hybrid. They just needed the Skoda Fabia TDi and Fiesta Econetic which would have given the hybrids a good hiding.

Currently light diesels are taxxed $0.04 per km, which makes my Peugeot 406 HDi more expensive to run than my EF coon, or any 4.0 Falcon I've owned, even though it gets 1200km per tank

[MAGPIE]

Originally Posted by smoo

http://www.aa.co.nz/about/events/AAe...s/default.aspx

Not a very good variety especially from Ford but again proving what a crock Hybrids are, before taking into account their hiked up purchase costs.
It needs mentioning, that the placing is judged on the overall cost of the trip, and in NZ diesels are taxed per km, so that put the Mini diesel behind the Honda Hybrid. They just needed the Skoda Fabia TDi and Fiesta Econetic which would have given the hybrids a good hiding.

What were FordNZ thinking not entering the Fiesta

So over 1763 km a WRX STi used 33 litres more than a Honda City... I know what I'd rather be driving

Originally Posted by smoo

Currently light diesels are taxxed $0.04 per km, which makes my Peugeot 406 HDi more expensive to run than my EF coon, or any 4.0 Falcon I've owned, even though it gets 1200km per tank

Sure is bollocks

[sgt_doofey]

Originally Posted by MAGPIE

Sure is bollocks

Considering diesel is 60c/L cheaper though, maybe not. ~$1.75 for unleaded and ~$1.18 for diesel when we were there a few months back.

[ebxr8240]

Yes speedo's in diesels seem to have issues... Lol...