So this is kinda scary. Dare I say I might be growing up and being more serious about life.

 

Sooooooo now thats I'm back in school and driving to Newark 5 days a week, my gas bill has sky rocketed to about 450 dollars a month. And well thats pretty much out of control. Also I seem to be getting to the point where I no longer enjoy working on the vehicle I need to drive everyday so thus started my quest for a replacement vehicle.

 

So my buddy has had an 06 Jetta TDI for almost 2 years now and for the past 2 years I have laced into him with every joke imaginable about driving a Jetta. And guess what I am going to go look at tomorrow. Yes a Jetta.

 

I just found one literally 7 miles from my house on Hamburg turnpike, within my price range, with less miles than I was looking for, with every option that I wanted. So now I am going there tomorrow to see what kind of laughable price they will give me on a trade in for my WRX as I don't have cash to put down to hold me over until I sold both vehicles.

 

So wish me luck, and damn this growing up crap

I love TDIs. My sister has had one for awhile (a Golf TDI), and the sucker goes 40+ MPG easy... plus, inspections are super easy. Good luck.

I love TDIs. My sister has had one for awhile (a Golf TDI), and the sucker goes 40+ MPG easy... plus, inspections are super easy. Good luck.

 

 

You have no idea how long I've looked for a gulf (less gayer of a vehicle in my opinion) and they are impossible to find. Also if you find them, they are priced at 5k more than the Jetta. So I just said screw it, and I think I'm just going to get the Jetta. My buddy has the exact same car I'm going to look at, just different color, and the worse mpg he ever got was 38 around town, but I do all highway, he says 50mpg consistently won't be hard.

 

If that was the case, it'd bring my gas bill to about 100-150 haha

A friend of mine is selling a golf diesel in saddle brook. What you looking topay for it. This car is in great shape. He also has a jetta diesel that he drives everyday

A friend of mine is selling a golf diesel in saddle brook. What you looking topay for it. This car is in great shape. He also has a jetta diesel that he drives everyday

 

My max is like 15k depending on the car

I know the feeling. I used to be a man's man and drive a Dodge Durango. the lease was cheap but it got like 12 miles to the frigging gallon, now a Honda Accord that I lease for 292 a month including maintenance and i get nearly 3 times as many miles for my money

tiny I also had a Durango loved that truck.

yeah i can't justify driving a 98 cherokee and spending 450 a month in gas plus maintenance when i can drive an 06 have a small car payment and a much cheaper gas bill, and still be paying less a month that I was before.

matt... selling the truck? my dad is looking for an suv.

 

for gas... my gf picked up a honda civic... gets 36mpg on a bad week.

My first cars in order:

 

88 Jeep Sahara

72 Oldsmobile Cutlass

74 Toyota Hilux (spelling?)

79 Lincoln Town Car

83 Cadillac El Dorado

78 Chrystler New Yorker

92 Jeep Wrangler

97 Jeep Grand Cherekee

01 Chevy S-10

 

I really love big cars since I'm a big guy but I'm also a Jeep man.

So as some of you knew, I was in Germany last week.

 

The car we rented was a Ford Mondeo Turbo Diesel/CI. It looks sorta like a 3 series Bmw wagon.

 

We drove quite a bit over the week, much of it on the Autobahn between Frankfurt/Saarbrucken/Trier and a few other places.

 

While you have to get 5 or so miles out of the city before the speed limits disappear and there was some bridge construction every once and a while where you had to slow to 130kph, I am quite happy to say that this Mondeo was able to run 100-110mph and held the road nicely. Even at that we would get passed, but I have a new respect for Turbo Diesels.

 

We measured from one fillup to the next.

800km = 497 Miles

60 liters = 15.85 Gallons

497 / 15.85 = 31.3564669 Miles Per Gallon

 

Pretty good for 100mph and 4 men in the car.

 

Why can't we get cars like that in the US?

 

So as to the point...Matt, good idea. Those krauts know how to make a good car.

As some of you guys get to know me.... 23+ years in auto industry..... I have my opinions...

 

You couldnt give me a German car..... they are no better then the 90's American cars....

 

I never did as much warranty work on cars as I did in the 2 years I worked at Audi....

 

Now at GM dealer..... I do very little warranty work....

Matt, I bet you will look cute driving your new Girly Car. Pink or Futia?

Now at GM dealer..... I do very little warranty work....

That's because nothing breaks until the day after the warranty expires.

I was driving a Audi A3 1.9TD(09) in Wales a few weeks ago.

Note the Miles until empty and the fuel gauge isnt at full.

 

 

 

Now at GM dealer..... I do very little warranty work....

That's because nothing breaks until the day after the warranty expires.

 

:x

I was driving a Audi A3 1.9TD(09) in Wales a few weeks ago.

Note the Miles until empty and the fuel gauge isnt at full.

 

 

 

At that speed, it's going to take a long time to get there, no matter what your MPG is. I'm pretty sure that miles remaining is calculated off of an average sampling of your current speed. At a standstill, that should be an impressive number (and it is - 770 miles remaining on 7/8 of a tank at 0 MPH).

Well im not going to drive and take a picture, yes it was taken while i was stopped.

The mpg is based on your driving habbits,speed,gears ect ect.

I did 1,300 miles and filled up twice, not bad at all.

Those 1.9 TDI audi's get about 61mpg.

 

12.1 IMPERIAL gallon tank or 14.5us gallons.

 

Say it had 13 gallons in it...just off of full.

 

13*61 = 793 miles to zero.

I had a Chrysler 300 AWD, I was happy to get 17 city and 21 hwy. The blokes over the pond had the CRD model and they regularly got over 30 mpg...

 

Not available here - but let's talk about 'energy independence'...

Well im not going to drive and take a picture, yes it was taken while i was stopped.

The mpg is based on your driving habbits,speed,gears ect ect.

I did 1,300 miles and filled up twice, not bad at all.

It's fun to watch the remaining miles/tank on my son's Passat. It samples about every 10 seconds, and it changes radically if he's accelerating, or just cruising, or lightly on the gas going downhill. I've seen it go from 600 at a near idle all the way down to 175 under heavy acceleration. It seem to be useful information only in the most general sense and not much more than the fuel gauge. On the other hand, the average MPG indicator has made him a better and more consistent driver. He's a lot less heavy footed on the gas and brake now,

Well im not going to drive and take a picture, yes it was taken while i was stopped.

The mpg is based on your driving habbits,speed,gears ect ect.

I did 1,300 miles and filled up twice, not bad at all.

It's fun to watch the remaining miles/tank on my son's Passat. It samples about every 10 seconds, and it changes radically if he's accelerating, or just cruising, or lightly on the gas going downhill. I've seen it go from 600 at a near idle all the way down to 175 under heavy acceleration. It seem to be useful information only in the most general sense and not much more than the fuel gauge. On the other hand, the average MPG indicator has made him a better and more consistent driver. He's a lot less heavy footed on the gas and brake now,

 

All three of my cars don't rapidly change the remaining miles to zero. The instant mileage floats all over, but the average doesn't. It drops over time if I'm running it hard.

I had a Chrysler 300 AWD, I was happy to get 17 city and 21 hwy. The blokes over the pond had the CRD model and they regularly got over 30 mpg...

 

Not available here - but let's talk about 'energy independence'...

 

 

High Pressure Injected Turbo Diesal is the way to go....

BTW, Matt,

 

Good luck with the car search...

 

Another example of "Forum ADD". Gawd, I love it.

I wish the American automobile industry would get its head out of its a$$ and offer more diesels, especially 4 cylinder diesel pickups. I have no use for a 6 liter diesel. :roll:

troy i hear you about the audi's. My brother has an audi and its the biggest piece of crap i've ever had to work on. Just to replace the downpipe was a 3/4 day affair. The germans do some funky engineering. Now what I don't get is, Audi and VW owned by same people correct??? my brain is a little flakey today but I think I'm right. Now audi everyone has problems with, vw on the whole i don't hear as much breaking down as audi's. Also the diesel vw's compared to the gas vw's are completely different in reliability as well.

 

Called this dealership this morning, one guy wasn't in, waiting to hear back. If i don't hear back by the time I'm out of class, I am going to call again.

 

And you guys can take any topic and go to left field off topic with it.

They park on the sidewalks over there?

VW owns Audi.....

 

Dont get me wrong.... the drivetrains are nice....

 

They are over engineered in every other way.... and expensive and complicated to fix...

and go to left field off topic with it.

 

If you build it, they will come...

VW owns Audi.....

 

Dont get me wrong.... the drivetrains are nice....

 

They are over engineered in every other way.... and expensive and complicated to fix...

This is the problem, they are beyond cutting edge technology and the vehicle is driven by software. BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Porsche engineer and produce amazing vehicles but when there are 70-80 computers (control units )using multiple communications buses as well as fiber optic in a vehicle, things go wrong.