VW Clean diesels.... how did they get them so clean?

[RalphVa]

Been checking into what other choices are available if VW buys back my 2010 Jetta TDI. There are NO stick shift diesels other than VWs.

The only other cars that do 40 mpg or more with stick are the Scion or Mazda3. I rented a Mazda3 in Forida about 2 or 3 years ago. It got 43 mpg, with an auto.

Lots of choices for over 40 mpg if I can get my wife to go auto. The biggest mpg winners are the BMW 3 series diesel @ 45 mpg and the Cruze @ 46 mpg. Even the Benz E series 4 cylinder gets 42 mpg, but it'll cost us $53k. It's the direct replacement to our old 240D that we had for 25 years.

I find that we get EPA hwy mileage on average plus a little bit more in the type of driving we do every day.

Highway driving on the TDI produces 45 (in mountains) to 49 on flat interstates. No so with our sorry gas 2005 Tacoma. It's pushing too much wind with its humongous frontage.

Ralph

 

[Garandman]

We have two Cruze TD's. I like them and they have a DEF system so should continue to pass US emissions.

So where is the "rolling coal" switch?

 

[Garandman]

They are so screwed.

http://www.autonews.com/article/201...legal-software-use-in-diesel-cars-report-says

 

[Bota4me]

They are so screwed. http://www.autonews.com/article/20150927/COPY01/309279989/bosch-warned-vw-about-illegal-software-use-in-diesel-cars-report-says

You are right there Garandman
" Houston we have a problem" lol

 

[Ford850]

Years of research, 2 failed attempts in the past year to fix the issue, and now only a few hours after receiving a demanding letter from the German government, VW has a FIX!
Volkswagen to refit cars affected by emissions scandal - Yahoo News

 

[IslandTractor]

They are so screwed.

http://www.autonews.com/article/201...legal-software-use-in-diesel-cars-report-says

Yep. Sounds like Bosch is going to end up being implicated too. I can just hear the Bosch PR people: "yes we did write the software that enabled VW to cheat but we told them not to use it".

 

[Ford850]

Obviously they know this 'fix' has problems that will come back to haunt them... ""We are facing a long trudge and a lot of hard work," Mueller told a closed-door gathering of about 1,000 top managers at Volkswagen's Wolfsburg headquarters late on Monday.

"We will only be able to make progress in steps and there will be setbacks," he said, according to a text seen by Reuters.

 

[tcartwri]

The only other cars that do 40 mpg or more with stick are the Scion or Mazda3. I rented a Mazda3 in Forida about 2 or 3 years ago. It got 43 mpg, with an auto.

You can get the new generation Corolla in a 6-speed manual, very nice cars. They will touch 40 or better on the hwy, but the problem is that they are so quiet at idle I found it difficult the feed the throttle smoothly from a stop. I'm sure with some use it would become easier.

 

[hutchman]

Been checking into what other choices are available if VW buys back my 2010 Jetta TDI. There are NO stick shift diesels other than VWs.

The only other cars that do 40 mpg or more with stick are the Scion or Mazda3. I rented a Mazda3 in Forida about 2 or 3 years ago. It got 43 mpg, with an auto.

Lots of choices for over 40 mpg if I can get my wife to go auto. The biggest mpg winners are the BMW 3 series diesel @ 45 mpg and the Cruze @ 46 mpg. Even the Benz E series 4 cylinder gets 42 mpg, but it'll cost us $53k. It's the direct replacement to our old 240D that we had for 25 years.

I find that we get EPA hwy mileage on average plus a little bit more in the type of driving we do every day.

Highway driving on the TDI produces 45 (in mountains) to 49 on flat interstates. No so with our sorry gas 2005 Tacoma. It's pushing too much wind with its humongous frontage.

Ralph

I have a friend with a 1976 240D engine and that is what I'm thinking of using for my generator head build with as I really want something that is all mechanical with no computer/electronics.

 

[hutchman]

I do, 09 JSW.

Have gotten up to 48 mpg riding light and keeping it under 75 mph.


The a/c fix cost my BIL and I the valve and freon. Very easy, about a 10 minute job, not counting drawdown and testing.

The big worry is the HPFP, which would explode and cost $8K plus to repair.

The thread on the HPFP blowup is huge on TDIClub. I followed it some. So you've never seen metal flakes in your fuel filter changes? Our 06 had the dual mass flywheel problem. I kept an eye on it and when I saw it throw grease everywhere I changed it out to a single mass flywheel before it actually came apart.