Gotta love Tdi economy

[kaanage]

Not bad for a tankful with no country mileage (used the vent cheat on fillup so 55 litres). The skinny tyres that I've now fitted will get more out of the next tank

[hiho]

Drove from Keith to Melbourne on 20l with worn tie rod ends when I picked up the 1.6TD. Thats just on 4L/100kms at 120km/hr.

[harlie]

Well I'm starting to think we need much more than 1000km to a tank to make VW diesel ownership worthwhile.

Our pampered 2.0tdi golf died in the peakhour city traffic last night, delivered to Austral VW on a truck, I've been quoted $4800 for injectors - "VW state that all should be replaced if 1 fail" - extended warranty ran out 3 weeks ago.

I'm now thinking that $4800 buys a hell of a lot of extra petrol!

[Evaded Motorsport]

Remove it from them, get it to JMAC and source some injectors from overseas.

I'll do some looking and source the parts for you. You obviously have one of the models with all the dramas. Greg Roles may be able to help you out as well.

[harlie]

Thanks for that, one Q - who is JMAC?

[Transporter]

Thanks for that, one Q - who is JMAC?

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[kaanage]

Our pampered 2.0tdi golf died in the peakhour city traffic last night, delivered to Austral VW on a truck, I've been quoted $4800 for injectors - "VW state that all should be replaced if 1 fail" - extended warranty ran out 3 weeks ago.

Looking at your post history, I see you have the ordinary 103kW PD
Even through the thread is for the ending in the 125kW GT, have a look at http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...ead-54215.html and maybe register in the group that Greg Roles has set up. You'll see that some people have successfully argued for splitting the cost on injector (and loom) replacement after warranty has recently expired

[Mofo]

This was at the end of my weekly commute from Brisbane to the Goldy. Got to the Nerang BP with DTE 0 and a smile on my face
As we all know, the l/100km is always very optimistic, in real terms my overall tank was 4.98l/100km but I was still a little gutted I couldn't break the 4 in the first shot!
That'll probably be my last great tank for a while, with the heat hitting in the last few days, the aircon will take the edge off my economy runs.

[gokartgti]

Great readings you guys are getting...

[Buller_Scott]

Tell me your prius can do that. Go on..

can someone explain the prius to me please?

so.... it's better for the environment / more fuel efficient, because in addition to using normal petrol, some big fcking diesel powered excavation equipment digs up a whole bunch of dirt and places it into the tray of a huge fcking diesel powered tonka truck, all the way over in the mines where my dad's a consultant in indonesia.

from there, the coal gets extracted from all that dirt, and it's sent on a 12 km long conveyor belt out to one of the ships waiting at port. once this ship is full, it makes the ~1000's kilometer journey to australia, where it's processed at a power station into electricity to be put into the power grid, which you use to fuel your prius...

so how, exactly, is that beneficial to the environment?

the amazonian tribes that are saved each and every time someone drives their prius - are they saved when the massive CAT mining truck fires up in the morning? or when the cook serves breakfast to the crew who are taking the coal that is required to fuel a prius, to a country 5,000km's away?

[stickshift3000]

can someone explain the prius to me please?

The prius is just a means for people to feel a little bit better about themselves as we all fvck the planet up well and proper together.

Yes, car companies claiming to produce environmentally friendly cars is ironic in its own right...

[gldgti]

80km/h

so my wife who is still on her L's drove the octavia for the first time about a week ago. with her driving, half country roads and half freeway (at 80km/h) we were averaging 4.4l/100km (200km drive)

i know we all know it, but it does make a difference to drive a little slower (ok a lot slower)

also, in the 10,000km i've done with the octavia, i'm certain that it uses between 5-10% more fuel using the cruise control compared with my foot, for my daily commute (hilly freeway).

still havn't managed to crack the 1000km tank yet but i'm sure if i actually try I will, easily... but I'm getting about 950/tank without trying.

[5pot]

can someone explain the prius to me please?

so.... it's better for the environment / more fuel efficient, because in addition to using normal petrol, some big fcking diesel powered excavation equipment digs up a whole bunch of dirt and places it into the tray of a huge fcking diesel powered tonka truck, all the way over in the mines where my dad's a consultant in indonesia.

from there, the coal gets extracted from all that dirt, and it's sent on a 12 km long conveyor belt out to one of the ships waiting at port. once this ship is full, it makes the ~1000's kilometer journey to australia, where it's processed at a power station into electricity to be put into the power grid, which you use to fuel your prius...

so how, exactly, is that beneficial to the environment?

the amazonian tribes that are saved each and every time someone drives their prius - are they saved when the massive CAT mining truck fires up in the morning? or when the cook serves breakfast to the crew who are taking the coal that is required to fuel a prius, to a country 5,000km's away?

You forgot that they need to mine for the NiMH batteries' raw materials too... and then they have to recycle them somehow, if they're recycleable at all... or rather, if it's economically/financially viable to recycle them...

[Gigitt]

You forgot that they need to mine for the NiMH batteries' raw materials too... and then they have to recycle them somehow, if they're recycleable at all... or rather, if it's economically/financially viable to recycle them...

read this... a quick link
The Prius Bad for the Environment?

Main issues relate to:
Dust to Dust study from Total cost of Production to End Of Use.

Then there is the outrageuos Prius battery raplacement program costs to concider.

[wai]

can someone explain the prius to me please?

The Prius and just about all hybrid vehicles are there so that vehicle manufacturers can meet their fleet average gas mileage targets. There is no account taken of the initial charge in the batteries or where the charge came from. As a result, they start the test with fully charged batteries.