Petrol or Diesel

[acdcfan]

diesel hands down mate!!!!

VW, it aint just a car, its a way of life.
I am new here, just signed up
I agree 120%. Three weeks ago I bough my first diesel car 2.0 TDI Golf. Briliant German engineering

[brackie]

Nice to have another Western Australian aboard (I'm homesick )

Yes, there are +es and -es for both petrol and diesel. For me there is no argument but then I'm a Diesel Nut.

I agree that the diesel is noisier, I agree it's not instantaneous in its pickup and I agree that it costs more to service. However I still believe it's quiet enough, the torque if you know how to use it more than compensates for the initial tack of take off (9.2sec to 100kph ain't bad by any estimation!) and in the long run it will be cheaper to service than a petrol equivalent. It's all about choice.

[acdcfan]

[QUOTE=brackie]Nice to have another Western Australian aboard (I'm homesick )

Found out today about this thread. I think, haven't read all of it yet, you can find thing that you may not know about new Golf diesel

[acdcfan]

[quote=brackie]Nice to have another Western Australian aboard (I'm homesick )QUOTE]

How many West Australians is ther in this forums ?
And how do you get picture aginst your name ?
I have gone and reduced one I added to 80x80pixels and still not comming up?

[brackie]

[How many West Australians is ther in this forums ?

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And how do you get picture aginst your name ?

Look in "User Tips" and all will be explained (It's called an Avatar.)

I have gone and reduced one I added to 80x80pixels and still not comming up?

[acdcfan]

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Look in "User Tips" and all will be explained (It's called an Avatar.)

it worked. thanks Brackie

[acdcfan]

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It looks like Westerners are in huge monority here, but this is gettin away from the topic.

[acdcfan]

Hi Denilu,

i am the happy owner of a TDI Jetta, I drive around the city but regularly drive in the bush and this is obviously where the diesel comes into its own, but I must say that being somewhat lead footed and still getting 750K + in he city whilst getting 990+ on the highway does it for me, and I stll get performance when I push the peddle. I have about 5k+ on the clock at the moment and from what I understand the fuel consumption will only improve as the engine beds down.

How fast do you need go whilst still saving fuel and being kind to the planet,as has been previusly said go the diesel!!

good luck

ferg

All I do is make sure i change gears on about 2000 RPM and manage to use around 5.7-6.0L/100 town driving but on the freeway i managed 4.6L/100km doing about 100kph in sixth gear.That is around 1700-1800RPM. Ihave GOLF 2.0 TDI 2007 model not even a month old but alread done 1500km.For the first week I just wanted ti drive it
In the mornings whane engine is cold i don't push it at all but slow accelaration until engine warms up that revert to above gear change. recently ( last Wednesday) i filled up and travelled nearly 200 km before nedle moved to half of a frist quater of a tank (( deos it make sence ) So all in all i have no regrets whatsoever buying this little pice of German egnineering

[brackie]

There are a number of posts regarding the speedo error in Mk5s. My mrs checked our TDI with a hand-held navigator borrowed from gtimk5 and confirmed that it's about 10kph "fast" @ 100kph. The tacho reads 2000rpm @110kph on the speedo.

I do very little city driving but consistently get under 5L/100km of country driving.

Important to get the oil hot asap before stressing the engine when running in.

[acdcfan]

[QUOTE=brackie]There are a number of posts regarding the speedo error in Mk5s. My mrs checked our TDI with a hand-held navigator borrowed from gtimk5 and confirmed that it's about 10kph "fast" @ 100kph. The tacho reads 2000rpm @110kph on the speedo.QUOTE]


So if I am sitting on 100kph I am actualy doing 110
Who can check speedo because this is very dangerous in respect to your $$$ in your pocket and demerit pionts ?