Polo Comfortline rarely seen here - why?

[alexaescht]

Polo Comfortline rarely seen here - why?

You should avoid the diesel if you arent doing longer trips or freeway drives to keep the particulate filter clean. Its worse if you are a lead foot city driver. There is nothing at all wrong with the tdi if driven within its parameters.

You are totally right. The diesel Polo is a truly great car, but only if you do lots of freeway driving and/or you drive it sans lead foot. My family's driving habits do not really help the DPF that much – Dad changes up too early, Mum is a lead foot, my sister doesn't change up at all (well that's what it feels/sounds like anyway ) and I only use the car to feed the horse/take the rubbish bins out.
The DPF is one reason why we stayed away from the Renault Megane dCi and opted for the petrol, although that probably wasn't the main reason (I swear the megane diesel is louder than a 3 cylinder tractor).

[Guest001]

I am considering buying a Polo Comfortline 77TSI. I am wondering why I don't see many Polos on the streets in Melbourne, despite this car having won several awards. The VWs I see all seem to be Golf. Does that mean there are reasons to be cautious about a Polo? Or perhaps the Golf represents better value?

Dont see ANY in America either, nor any Passat wagons Not a one of 2010 onwards.

Was disappointed as was going to buy a few bits but there wasnt any anywhere as they dont sell them there LOL

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On a 30 minute drive, I would probably see about 3 of them on the road, which is why I don't bother posting them on the Polo Spotted thread anymore. You are right about the amount of Golfs though...we once played 'spot the Golf' and we spotted 54 of them on a drive from Camberwell to North Melbourne

[Diesel_vert]

Dont see ANY in America either, nor any Passat wagons Not a one of 2010 onwards.

Was disappointed as was going to buy a few bits but there wasn't any anywhere as they don't sell them there LOL

Americans don't like small cars and/or small engines, lol.
Since petrol costs about USD 3.30 per gallon over there (AUD 0.85 per litre!), what's the point?

For instance, the smallest engine in the Audi A3 is the 2.0 TFSI, the smallest BMW 1 and 3-series variants are the 128i/328i, the smallest Mercedes C-class variant is the C250, and the A-class and B-class aren't even available.