Others considered... NAC : TDI mileage

[Mark J. Besso]

I got the chance to drive a 2009 Jetta TDI this afternoon.  This generation 
uses the dual-clutch automatic rather than the Tiptronic-style of the 
previous generation.  That makes a big difference in how smooth the car is 
to drive.

I drove it back-to-back with a Passat 2.0t with the regular automatic 
transmission.

Once I got past the incredibly short amount of time the engine spends 
revving before each shift it was really quite nice in the Jetta.  The trunk 
on the Jetta has to be 30%-40% larger than the Passat too.  When you couple 
the much higher degree of usability with the much lower price the Jetta 
really is the logical choice for someone driving longer distances.

If only the diesel fuel itself weren't such a slimey substance to deal with. 
 Any contact seems to linger with you for half a day!

Decisions... Decisions...

~Mark



On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 19:28:27 -0500
  "Louis-Alain Richard" <larichard at plguide.com> wrote:
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  Oh I forgot the most important : we dynoed it at Brady's shop, and
found 139
  hp at 4000 rpm, 277 lb-ft at 2100 rpm. Nothing spectacular, except
these are
  "at the wheels" figures... So the real HP is closer to 160, if we
take
  drivetrain loss in consideration. But we are the only one to know it
so
  far...
  
  160 horse is exactly where my 1983 Quattro was back then. Now, this
is what
  a 2,0 litre diesel engine can normally develop, while producing 100
lb-ft
  more than my 2,1 turbo. That's progress.
  
  Louis-Alain
  
  
  -----Message d'origine-----
  De : quattro-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] De
  la part de Louis-Alain Richard
  Envoyé : 2 décembre 2008 19:11
  À : kentmclean at comcast.net; quattro at audifans.com
  Objet : RE: Others considered... NAC : TDI mileage
  
  Kent,
  
  I drove one of them TDI 2009 last fall with everyone aboard : I
managed to
  hit the 4,2 L/100km mark, 0,6 L/100km better than advertised. Oh, for
you US
  guys, it means that I achieved 56 mpg while the Transport Canada
figure is
  51 mpg, for US gallons obviously.
  
  I wrote a post about this on TDICurious.ca : ¸
  http://www.tdicurious.ca/2008/10/quebec-city-to-montreal-tdi-style/
  
  Louis-Alain
  
  
  
  -----Message d'origine-----
  
  
  If you held a gun to my head to buy new, I'd look at a VW
  TDI diesel or maybe a hybrid. Right now I've got a consulting
  contract through January that has me commuting from NH to
  RI -- 280 miles a day.  Good highway manners, high mileage
  and lots of miles between fill-ups mean a lot.
  
  --
  Kent McLean
  
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