phoosty
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Hello Q7 TDI'ers,
New member, first post. A little background on me: wife's MDX is getting old and I've always liked the Q7 as a step-up 7 seater option. In particular I like the idea of a TDI, having driven a Golf TDI in Europe back in the day, loving the mileage and the torque and the range. I found this forum in order to do some research on a potential (new or very slightly used) 2015 Q7 TDI purchase, as they seem to be coming out of the dealer woodwork in no small numbers these days.
The role of the wife-mobile is two-fold:
Weekdays: lots of very short cross-town trips, shuttling kids or going to/from local work.
Weekends: longer, and fewer, trips out of the area for various sports matches, getaways, etc.
My question/concern is that I have read here that the TDI does not like short trips where the engine never really comes up to temp, as it needs to get to a fully warmed up state to get into regeneration cycle.
Would the weekend only longer drive(s) be sufficient to maintain the health of the engine, given a weekday schedule of sometimes up to 10 short, 0.5-3 mile trips per day, where I'm sure the engine would never achieve a fully warmed up state?
thanks for any BTDT insight,
/Peter
New member, first post. A little background on me: wife's MDX is getting old and I've always liked the Q7 as a step-up 7 seater option. In particular I like the idea of a TDI, having driven a Golf TDI in Europe back in the day, loving the mileage and the torque and the range. I found this forum in order to do some research on a potential (new or very slightly used) 2015 Q7 TDI purchase, as they seem to be coming out of the dealer woodwork in no small numbers these days.
The role of the wife-mobile is two-fold:
Weekdays: lots of very short cross-town trips, shuttling kids or going to/from local work.
Weekends: longer, and fewer, trips out of the area for various sports matches, getaways, etc.
My question/concern is that I have read here that the TDI does not like short trips where the engine never really comes up to temp, as it needs to get to a fully warmed up state to get into regeneration cycle.
Would the weekend only longer drive(s) be sufficient to maintain the health of the engine, given a weekday schedule of sometimes up to 10 short, 0.5-3 mile trips per day, where I'm sure the engine would never achieve a fully warmed up state?
thanks for any BTDT insight,
/Peter