Mark_J
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2003
- Location
- Deer Park, Washington
- TDI
- 2015 TDI Passat SEL Premium, 2017 Fiat Spider, 2017 Ford F350 6.7 Diesel crew cab PU, 2016 Harley Trike, 2016 Tesla Model X P90D (I know went to the dark side)
It's interesting how some complain how much maintenance a TDI takes. I am 63 and bought the very first VW Rabbit diesel and have been driving VW diesels and several TDI's and in all those years, had one DMF come apart. And other than regular maintenance, IE: timing belt, water pump, and yes a glow plug or two etc. I have not had any major repairs. By reading some of the horror stories here, I must have been very lucky. I don't care who it is, all manufacturers produce a lemon once in a while. Have nothing against EV, but my son had a Prius and when it finally came time to replace the batteries, they wanted almost double to replace the batteries as the car was worth. So he is back to driving a Honda. So the EV's still have a ways to go but they will get there. The Tesla today is the only EV that would fit my needs, but I would have a hard time spending more on one that I just spent on a 2017 Ford 6.7 diesel crew cab, 4X4, pu.