Diesel reverse petrol?

Question

Iv recently passed my driving test in a renualt clio mrk 2 diesel and just purchased myself a ford KA 2 petrol. I took the car for a test drive and was finding it hard to find the bit point in which i stalled a few times. Can someone tell me, is there a great difference in driving a petrol car to a diesel car?

Am i going to find this hard to get use to??

Answer 1

It is just a different Clutch you get this difference every time you drive a different car, Diesels are a lot more difficult to stall so you would be able to drive off with less revs than a petrol one, also you may now be driving a car with lots less power so you need to give it more revs to get going. Go somewhere quiet like an empty car park and practise a bit till you get the hang of it..

Answer 2

A diesel engine produces more torque at low revs than a petrol engine.

Often this means that with a diesel you can pull away from standstill without pressing the accelerator. You generally need to give a petrol engine more revs before you can let the clutch out.
You will get used to it very quickly.

Answer 3

Driving a diesel car is the same as driving a petrol 'in reverse gear' - almost impossible to stall.

This is one of the reasons they make great learner cars.

Dont worry, you will get used to the bite point of your new car's clutch in no time.

Answer 4

Diesel engines have more "grunt" at lower revs, so you can (if careful) pull away without touching the accelerator.

Petrol engines don't have that low-rev torque, so you'll need to rev it a bit. Petrol cars are usually nippier than their diesel equivalents.

Answer 5

You mean diesel versus petrol and not reverse, I hope?? Pleasure of driving is of course in driving petrol vehicle for many reasons.