New daily driver/MK4 ALH TDI
#16
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actually one reason i'm not a fan of this car is the headlights at night look almost exactly the same as CVPI
there's been times when i've tensed up only to realize oh it's just a jetta XD
there's been times when i've tensed up only to realize oh it's just a jetta XD
#17
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Heck, back in the day they used the same round or square headlights for all the cars.
#18
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otherwise i have nothing against the car lol
#19
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At 300k miles I'd like to know how the leather seats look so dam good.
Previous owner must've wore a suit everyday. Lol
Blue jeans tears up leather fast
Previous owner must've wore a suit everyday. Lol
Blue jeans tears up leather fast
#20
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I'm not sure myself but I won't complain! I will however need to get it a seat cover for coming back from work so they remain decent
#21
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My lazy was off the charts and I just picked up a uhaul .7 miles from the car instead of bringing my 3000lb monstrosity of a tilt bed powered trailer.
Had to stop for fuel since the sequoia drinks like crazy and I'm stupid and only had just under half tank....180 mile trip both ways and towing is like 15 mpg.
#22
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I was talking to my nephew at Christmas about his Jetta diesel and I had him send me a pic today.
He says he gets 55mpg on highway and approx 45mpg for mix of around town/highway.
He says he gets 55mpg on highway and approx 45mpg for mix of around town/highway.
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They get higher than that, the one I bought is considered the pinnacle and can hit 70+ if you tune for max MPG vs power. They also drive amazingly well due to the high TQ levels and don't bore you to death like a hybrid, so much less fuel is used as well as no batteries etc that the actual long term effect is near zero if you care about that sort of thing......I don't but I want to play a game of "can I drive a whole year on less than $400"!
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#27
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#28
Diesel has slightly more energy per volume. Against an atkinson gas/petrol engine, it isn't so impressive. Factor in what you have to do to make a diesel anywhere near as clean (not clean burning, just clean) and it's very obvious why hybrids were/are developed. I'd rather drive my car and not be bored with fuel quality, HPFPs slowly disintegrating and sending particles down the high pressure fuel rail, blown injector coils & drivers, partially/sometimes/however clogged injectors, stuck glow plugs, blown head gaskets (somehow a common thing on most diesels?!), all the cleanup circuits (low & high pressure EGR, DPF, SCR, LNT, all of them on newer ones) & other diesel goodies. But yes, they do well on long highway runs, and a lot of euro manufacturers simply couldn't build reliable petrol engines to save their lives. And they pretty much always come with a turbo, so cheap gains.
Anyways, the way I see it, less refinement & less reliability for better fuel consumption vs. a pure petrol car.
Anyways, the way I see it, less refinement & less reliability for better fuel consumption vs. a pure petrol car.
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Diesel has slightly more energy per volume. Against an atkinson gas/petrol engine, it isn't so impressive. Factor in what you have to do to make a diesel anywhere near as clean (not clean burning, just clean) and it's very obvious why hybrids were/are developed. I'd rather drive my car and not be bored with fuel quality, HPFPs slowly disintegrating and sending particles down the high pressure fuel rail, blown injector coils & drivers, partially/sometimes/however clogged injectors, stuck glow plugs, blown head gaskets (somehow a common thing on most diesels?!), all the cleanup circuits (low & high pressure EGR, DPF, SCR, LNT, all of them on newer ones) & other diesel goodies. But yes, they do well on long highway runs, and a lot of euro manufacturers simply couldn't build reliable petrol engines to save their lives. And they pretty much always come with a turbo, so cheap gains.
Anyways, the way I see it, less refinement & less reliability for better fuel consumption vs. a pure petrol car.
Anyways, the way I see it, less refinement & less reliability for better fuel consumption vs. a pure petrol car.
The production and god forbid shipping side of fuel production is insane vs tailpipe, the less any car uses the better even if it has 20-200% more at the tailpipe. Now if the goal is to just simply offload pollution to other parts of the world we don't care about then absolutely! The current plan is perfect for that.
All the newer diesels with those emissions systems become amazing when you strip it all off, you gain 30-40% MPG and if you convert the pump to a CP3 it also grants perfect reliability
#30
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Even with max power it's still slow vs my other stuff so why bother lol?!? I would want this to play to its strengths as much as possible and that dictates optimized injection events etc
If I had something like the Audi 4.2 then yeah, I would go for a power build as those are very crazy with moderate work
If I had something like the Audi 4.2 then yeah, I would go for a power build as those are very crazy with moderate work