Many people who have bought diesels have made the decision based on the wrong criteria. They bought it because the fuel is cheaper and you get more miles to the gallon.<p>However people that only drive short distances daily (less than 15 minute trips. I.e. the school run), are damaging their diesel engines because the DPF (diesel particulate filter) needs at least 15 minutes to get to a temperature that can burn off the particulates.<p>People who don&#x27;t regularly drive long distances in their diesels are therefore driving on false economy. The repair bills will end up outstripping the fuel savings. Also, as the article points out, cheap diesel is artificially cheap due to government incentives, which could (and probably will) be taken away at any time. People driving diesels in Europe are sitting on a financial time bomb.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thisismoney.co.uk&#x2F;money&#x2F;cars&#x2F;article-2332107&#x2F;Petrol-vs-diesel-cars-Drivers-warned-diesel-filter-trap.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thisismoney.co.uk&#x2F;money&#x2F;cars&#x2F;article-2332107&#x2F;Petr...</a>