Some years ago, we had a diesel VW Golf, which was a fabulous car, but had far too many bells and whistles for me to understand...
I have a great local garage, which looks after everything motorised - and also costs me a few more splonders for the privilege, but the MD is a good chap, well-respected, and I like his business-like attitude. He'll often do small jobs on the car, and just mention that he'll 'put a tenner on the next service'!
I'm now blessing the day that he rang me up and suggested that the diesel Golf should really go, and be replaced with a petrol one, which we did!
At well over £2.00 a litre for the diesel, for once, everyone is a winner...