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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jul 01, 2009 7:10 am)  4,500 rpms (?) (no disrepect intended or implied I own a whinny Honda and guess how I drive it?..... and it gets 38-42 mpg in daily commuting !!?? Predictably they are usually dissapointed.  Again off topic but the real secret to best mpg in the Civic is again to drive the torque. (aka with the 4500/6100 rpms ratio or 75% in mind.
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jul 01, 2009 7:17 am) Also I think it's kind of risky to rev a little diesel right up to redline all the time. We are talking about very high compression engines, here, and I do worry about the ability of the cylinder head itself and the head bolts and gasket to take all that day after day (comment is not specific to VW).
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jul 01, 2009 7:28 am) 6,100 rpms and 110 # ft of torque 4500 rpms, 36-42 mpg. Off the charts in comparison is the 03 TDI 90 hp/155# ft 2,950#'s or 435 #'s more while getting 48-52 mpg during the same point a to b commute. In addition, there are almost no comparisons any altitude (practically 2,000 to 8,000 ft). I guess one day I need to go back up to Pikes Peak (14,100 ft) |
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..."Compact sporty car: Scion tC 2nd place: Volkswagen TDI Only two vehicles are listed here because they were the only ones to score above average in this category."... link title |
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Here is something a little depressing by J.D. Powers. Instead of the initial quality study, it's the long term study of 3 year old vehicles. In one report VW is 36 of 37 manufacturers and then the Jetta was 17 out of 18 vehicles in the compact class. Manufacturer Rank Compact Cars Ranking |
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Replying to: tld (Jul 01, 2009 9:36 am)  indicates a whole lot of other things are going on besides fine quality, durability, reliability, etc. You would think those qualities would MASSIVELY correlate with extremely good sales. Not even Tiger Woods (like he needs introduction as Golf legend, entrepreneur, etc.) could generate enough interest for and in Buick !!?? As for bringing up the rear as VW does, it is a PROFITABLE company !!?? It is also poised to be a dominate force in the diesel market. It is truly the only one that have able to put a large minority (30% of Jetta models) of its model production in diesels. To do this in the worst model year sales in many years is also a feat. They are shooting for 40% of their US production as diesels !!! |
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jul 01, 2009 11:47 am) Does a companies current profits necessarily equate to quality??? That must mean when the Detroit Three were making tons of money they must have been generating very good vehicles indeed. I like to turn negatives into positives but this one doesn't fly!!!
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Replying to: m6user (Jul 01, 2009 12:19 pm) 2.25 to 3.13 per gal gas than like models. (on the order of 107 to 122% per mile driven cheaper) Well I think by the examples, a lot of things do not necessarily correlate or correlate inversely, or with no real trend. Another off topic example, I read in the local rag that the fate of the NUMMI, Fremont, CA plant (among other things, makes one of the best economy cars Toyota Corolla and light trucks Toyota Tacoma), looms in the "uncertain" column. |
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Replying to: m6user (Jul 01, 2009 12:19 pm) RE: Break-In period -- I think modern cars are already broken in when you get them, pretty much. I never fuss over that, other than avoiding doing something really stupid with a car with 10 miles on it. But I think at 3,000 miles, you are more than done, and the car is fully broken in. |
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I bought a 2003 Jetta TDi this january with 200,000 km's. every time I start out, it smokes black, sometimes for quite a while. My mechanice tells me to put a bottle of John Deere fuel conditioner in the tank with every fill, which I have been doing. He has manually cleaned out the EGR valve, and lubricated the turbo, but it still smokes.
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