Diesel cars

[JC316]

I know it is not always the case but today gas is 3.53 and diesel is 3.59.

Oh I know, but you cut off most of my point. Maintaining that diesel was the biggest problem. I spent $700 on the turbo and exhaust system due to it breaking down. Then you have the fuel filter, the expensive oil, the glow plugs, the injection pump that requires software to program after a timing belt swap, etc. Problems like that don't generally show up on a gas based engine.

[War Machine]

Oh I know, but you cut off most of my point. Maintaining that diesel was the biggest problem. I spent $700 on the turbo and exhaust system due to it breaking down. Then you have the fuel filter, the expensive oil, the glow plugs, the injection pump that requires software to program after a timing belt swap, etc. Problems like that don't generally show up on a gas based engine.

dont forget recommended cam swap at 175k miles

[1carcrazyguy]

Had them include the 100k mile warranty and plan to trade it in somewhere between 90-100k.

[2165 Turbo Rail]

Diesel cars

I have a 2002 TDI beetle. I look like a fag every month when I put fuel in it but I get over it when I realize I'm paying $55 bucks a month for 600 miles a tank

[Sean88gt]

I have a 2002 TDI beetle. I look like a fag every month when I put fuel in it but I get over it when I realize I'm paying $55 bucks a month for 600 miles a tank

I've thought about getting one, with that being a fear, then I realize 1) I don't give a shit, 2) A paid off POS > monthly payment, and 3) I prefer to have cash in hand.

[1carcrazyguy]

Twice I have had guys in diesel trucks roll down their window at QT and tell me...."you know these end pumps are the pumps for diesel trucks, right?". I just laughed and replied...."you know this is a diesel, right?"!!

[JC316]

dont forget recommended cam swap at 175k miles

Wow. Didn't know that one. People automatically think diesels will run forever based on the truck diesels and it's just not the case.

[dblack1]

Or like me being told I need to drive on the hwy to clean out the DPF on my damn truck. What a pain in the ass.

[barronj]

MIL has a jetta wagon TDI (2011?), I'm 6'2 and the biggest bitch i have is the key sticking out of the ignition hitting me in the knee. Other than that, it pulls like a freight train when I'm running it from Lake City to Gunnison CO, it's a hoot to drive through the bends and occasional stretches.

[ELVIS]

I have a 2002 TDI beetle. I look like a fag every month when I put fuel in it but I get over it when I realize I'm paying $55 bucks a month for 600 miles a tank

Saw your car at lowes yesterday. Rubbed my weiner on the door handle!

God bless.

[Cooter]

Wow. Didn't know that one. People automatically think diesels will run forever based on the truck diesels and it's just not the case.

it's just one of those things... older VW diesels would run forever... older truck diesels would do the same. every vehicle has its quirks/issues.

[2165 Turbo Rail]

Saw your car at lowes yesterday. Rubbed my weiner on the door handle!



God bless.

I knew I saw a tiny scratch on my plasti dip

[Rreemo]

You are at a better advantage right now with there only being ~0.30/gal difference between regular and unleaded, but it's still not a huge savings when you figure it over the course of a 20K mile driving year.

Considering current prices...

14 gallon fill-up of diesel will run you about $52, and averaging 42mpg means you would get about 588 miles out of a tank. Dividing that by 20K means you are going to fill that tank about 34 times in a year...for a total cost of $1768.

conversely a 14 gallon fill-up of unleaded will run you about $48, and averaging 30mpg means you would get about 420 miles out of a tank. Dividing that by 20K means you will fill-up about 48 times in a year...for a total cost of $2304.

Only saving you $536/yr to go with the diesel over a good gasser....probably not enough to cover the added ownership cost in the TDI. And the cost of diesel will gain higher over gas in the summer months...as it always does, so overall the difference will likely work out even less.

I went through this same dilemma when I bought a commuter Golf a few years ago. At the time there was about a ~$0.65/gal difference between gas and diesel, and when I figured out the annual cost for each with the mileage I was driving at the time, it would have only saved me like $300/yr to have gone with the diesel. Knowing that I don't typically keep cars more than 2-years, it wasn't worth paying the extra ~$4K for a comparable diesel at the time. I bought the gasser Golf for $5500...put ~15K miles on it over the course of a year or so, and sold it for $5500.

Regardless which way you decide, you will be way better off than what it's costing to feed that 5.4/4x4 truck.

[CyaNide]

I had a prius I drove around for almost a year and I loved it.

You know how I know you are gay?

CN

[samuel642000]

I'm highly considering on of Nissan's Leafs, lease would be less than I pay in gas for my truck, and my commute, round trip, is around 40 miles, so I could charge it everyday at work for free.