Car decision....help

[Eaglen00b]

I do on field work. Driving car from 8.30 to 5 pm. Diesel is best option for me.
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Not if you're doing predominantly stop start metro work. DPFs don't like that.

[saint70]

Agree with it. I do driving 25-40 km beetwen every customer. Could be 5-6 customer per day. So far, dpf does regen every 800- 900 km.

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[Transporter]

Not if you're doing predominantly stop start metro work. DPFs don't like that.

We have 2 Tiguans TDI, both used for short trips in the city, absolutely no problems. As long as you don't drive less than 2km to bus stop only, for 6 months day after day. Your DPF will be just fine.

The 2012 Tiguan done only 20,000km and the 2010 one just 54,000km (max. length of trip 16km to work and 16km back home, other than that 3-8km to shops probably 3x per week). Fuel consumption 7.4L/100km and 6.5L/100km consumption on the 2012 Tig with the stop start turned off. No problems with the DPF here.

So, there are big savings on fuel cost, longer range between the fill ups.

[Tuan]

I do on field work. Driving car from 8.30 to 5 pm. Diesel is best option for me. I am not petrol head anymore

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all good lots of guys with diesels on here that can help.

[saint70]

Decision been made - b8 132 tsi demo

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[Amalgam]

Now that was not expected

A choice of 3 diesel cars and the petrol wildcard pips them at the post.

Enjoy your new wheels.

[saint70]

My wifi will drive it. When time comes i will chose diesel again. I have to say, very nice car, soft ride, engine is so quiet that unbelievable....and fast. We see in next month's ....

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[Sunny43.5]

What a shame VW don't offer the TSi in the Transporter van range all they have is diesel right across the whole lot , in the UK they offer a 2.0 TSi . Personally I am not a fan of some of the issues the diesels have been having , belts being dragged into the timing gears with catastrophic engine failure . DPF problems seem to be an issue , for the love of me why cant a car be driven the way an owner wants to rather than being dictated by design that will cause a problem if not driven a certain way . Not all of us are going to drive long distances every day , my wife would drives our 2012 T5 2.0 turbo diesel twice a week to the local shops 4 kms each way . So when I get in the van on the weekend I have to flog the sht out of it to ensure the DPF gets its jollies . Petrol would not have the same problem I am sure , my current work van is a humble non turbo 2.0 petrol from 2005 now nudging 300000 kays and only had timing belt water pump done every 100000 . Didn't have has its first set of plugs and leads changed until around 260000 kays bloody thing runs rings around our previous 2.5 Turbo diesel for reliability .