Gotta love Tdi economy

[Greg Roles]

Silicon envy?

[gldgti]

nah, i'm a luddite!

[smithy010]

There is never silicon envy in a diesel, i'm sure!

Gotta love springs and levers!

[sparkie]

Thanks for hijacking guys.

I managed another 75 kms or so this time before chickening out, again without really driving economically, air-con on occasionally. Now I'm going to try to get 1100kms out of it! Still wondering whether a further warning light comes on when it gets REALLY low anyone know?

[Pumpe-Düse]

Thanks for hijacking guys.

I managed another 75 kms or so this time before chickening out, again without really driving economically, air-con on occasionally. Now I'm going to try to get 1100kms out of it! Still wondering whether a further warning light comes on when it gets REALLY low anyone know?

Just make sure not to run out or its a bit of a PITA...

[neil]

Okay been through my first ever full tank with my new 1.9 TDI (1300km on the clock), 90-95% city driving... 6.27L/100km.

So is that any good?

Are you sure this is right?? did you refill at 1300km?? and how many litres.

Not the best at math but if you have the golf with 55 litre tank than 55 divided by your distance 1300km X 100 should give a little over 4.2 L/100 You should have done better than 6.27/100km for 1300km.

If you have the Polo I think it has a 50 litre tank so this would be under 4 litres......Not sure about the caddy tank.

[gldgti]

i think he means he only has 1300km on the car in total (ie not run in yet)

i'd say anywhere between 5.5 and 6.5l/100km is "normal" for a new tdi

[Pumpe-Düse]

Are you sure this is right?? did you refill at 1300km?? and how many litres.

Not the best at math but if you have the golf with 55 litre tank than 55 divided by your distance 1300km X 100 should give a little over 4.2 L/100 You should have done better than 6.27/100km for 1300km.

If you have the Polo I think it has a 50 litre tank so this would be under 4 litres......Not sure about the caddy tank.

There were 1300km on the car. The tank is 45L. It did somewhere close to 720km from that tank.

[WEDEL.1]

Makes me laugh whenever I hear people say it's not worth buying a diesel car because it costs an extra 20c/litre over unleaded (more like 10c/litre over premium - which most cars need nowadays anyway). They will also tell you how many years it will take you to recoup the extra $$s spent in the premium you paid for buying a diesel car too...but they never take into account the higher resale figure!!

You make a very good point(s) here.

We were going in for a Polo 1.6, 6-speed auto, and even signed on the dotted line. When I saw the price, with all the options, I looked at the 1.9 TDI Golf. I did the sums on the Polo & Golf, at a price difference of 0.25 C/L, and the Golf was still the better buy.

Maris

[Pumpe-Düse]

Makes me laugh whenever I hear people say it's not worth buying a diesel car because it costs an extra 20c/litre over unleaded (more like 10c/litre over premium - which most cars need nowadays anyway). They will also tell you how many years it will take you to recoup the extra $$s spent in the premium you paid for buying a diesel car too...but they never take into account the higher resale figure!!

Also, my experience has been that with diesel cars it is fairly easy to achieve (or better) the fuel economy figures stated by the manufacturer...but with petrol cars it never is.

Going from a 2001 RenaultSport Clio 172 (2.0 DOHC 16v petrol, 124kW 200Nm, 1035kg, 5sp manual) to my 2008 VW Polo 1.9 TDI (as everyone shold know, 1.9 SOHC 8v Diesel Turbo, 74kW 240Nm, 1222kg, 5sp manual)... with the Clio's old consumption figures (7.8-8.0/100km avg per tank) to this car's (5.67/100 best so far, 6.32/100 worst, average around the 6.0 mark) and the current price difference of 98 RON vs Diesel... it costs me roughly the same to run as the Clio did. In fact, if I were to be an avid watcher of the cheaper days with petrol, the Clio would be 50 cents cheaper (its nothing I know) a week to run.

Not quite what I imagined it would be like, and a fair bit off the little sticker in the window that said 5.0L/100km but hey, doesn't bother me.

Can't wait to do a highway trip in it, Clio's best on one of those (Sydney - Canberra - Sydney) was 5.2L/100km. I wonder if the Polo can better it...