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depends on the intended mission!Passat vs. Lupo. Which would you rather buy?
depends on the intended mission!Passat vs. Lupo. Which would you rather buy?
Agreed.I really, really like the Lupo's styling. Inside and out. It still looks fresh today.
What was the title of this thread again???
if you're actually serious about fuel mileage, I can point you toward something that is known to get about 350 mpg..... and has for the last 40+ years. its also the best selling vehicle on earth, many, many times over.I care less than nothing about 0-60 mph ( more than willing to live with 20+ sec. range of 0 to 60 ). .
Don't blame VW, blame the EPA for lower mpg's and higher car costs...I think the point is to many of us here on this site at least is we want a new replacement that can at least equal the mid 50s mpgUS, easily achieved with a manual trans and 1Z or ALH equipped car.
Every diesel I have purchased for purpose of being my daily driver has always exceeded what the older model was capable, going back to the late 70s.
But today because of high cost at the pump making all VW diesel offerings sold for the last 30 years if in working order hold their value like no other thing ever sold here in the states. And the very limited supply of offered diesel models from the last 15 years that gets smaller everyday along with the high price at the pump have combined to make their resale value just too high for me unless they are in pieces not running. Because of the high value of my 20+ year old Jetta D last year I got enough to purchase a 16 year newer low miles on the clock Toyota.
This price difference has forced me to purchase a late model Toyota Corolla and newer Honda Accord in the last 2 years because of the lower price. I could get these decades newer Asian models with low miles compared under 50k miles compared to VW diesel models with 150k to 200k+ miles at twice their age or more .
If I am going to have to put out this kind of cash to replace my diesel it needs to at least equal the mid 50s mpgUS in mixed driving of pretty much any manual trans 1z or ALH equipped car. Nothing sold since 03 MY in the US can do this, hybrids included real world the way I drive. I have plenty of miles clocked in these pieces of crap to prove that hybrids donnot equal my diesels at speed or in miles clocked at speed mpgs.
I care less than nothing about 0-60 mph ( more than willing to live with 20+ sec. range of 0 to 60 ). A lower power 3-4 cylinder that can return 60+ mpgs in a Polo, Jetta/Golf, Passat BlueMotion powered car is what I want with TDI diesel power.
Don't bet on it. Not many were made (bad market timing, I think), and now they're in high demand. Especially the diesel ones. They're a hit also with hot-hatch tuners, the TDI can be chipped and the car's low weight makes it quite quick.When the Lupo is 15 years old though, it will be legal to import one into Canada. Should be easy to find a clean, low-mileage European Lupo. Mind you I think I'd prefer the Polo, a little more right-sized for me.
For today, this is not exactly true. Due to the problems in Japan, most of the Japanese manufactured used cars are increasing in value. I have a 2009 CR-V with almost 50K miles and was just offered $21,500 in cash from the Honda dealer. No tie to having to purchase a new car from them. I can take the cash and walk across the street to buy a 2011 TDI Golf, if I wanted. I paid around $26,000 for it in November of 2008 and value has gone up between $3000 and $4000 this summer. I know this is short lived but at least I can dream of having two TDIs in my garage at the same time.But today because of high cost at the pump making all VW diesel offerings sold for the last 30 years if in working order hold their value like no other thing ever sold here in the states.
Definitely.Don't blame VW, blame the EPA for lower mpg's and higher car costs...
This isn't clear to me. Are you saying that the weekend effect study is pseudoscience, or that it counters pseudoscience?When emissions standards are based on pseudoscience, they may have gone too far. (See: the weekend effect, and studies of the effects of very high particle mass but with low particle count (what diesels put out) versus low particle mass but with very high particle count (what gassers put out).)
I could not see the link from work, but from the subsequent posts I'll just say this; EGR seems to cause more smoke out the tail pipe while reducing NOX supposedly. Smoke out the tail pipe gives diesels a bad rap while reducing invisible products does not seem to help public perception of our cars.
That's correct. There have been at least 13 peer-reviewed studies (10 of which were independent) published in respected scientific journals in the past decade or so focusing on the "weekend ozone effect". This is a phenomenon that occurs on weekends mainly in urban cores where ambient ozone levels rise in spite of significant reductions in ozone precursor emissions (ozone is the primary constituent of "smog"). All of these studies concluded that the increases in ozone levels on weekends were the results of larger reductions in NOx (oxides of nitrogen) emissions (mostly from a very large decrease in diesel truck traffic) than other ozone "precursors" (e.g., volatile organic compounds (VOC), carbon monoxide). EPA refers to this phenomenon as "NOx disbenefit".I'm saying that it counters pseudoscience.
The weekend effect studies are showing that in a VOC-rich environment, which is true of (IIRC) all smoggy areas in the US, NOx is actually beneficial for reducing smog. (And, there are studies showing that in forest areas, even if you banned all human activity, there would still be a VOC-rich environment unless you deforested the area.)
Meanwhile, those in charge of emissions standards are ratcheting down on NOx emissions.
Now at home I see why my work site did not let me see it, you sarcastic xxx
act...thanks, and thanks for your support on that site. I've sort of given up, because no matter how many times I refute the comments of the EV weenies on there, the same comments wind up in another blog post about diesels by the same commenters! I noticed the commenter who claimed he was an expert in emissions never responded to my follow-up posts. (Anyone can claim to be anything they want on the internet. That's why I don't bother explaining I've worked in air quality since March 1985, even though I really have; I just support my position with actual published data.)wxman, always glad to see your straightforward, informative (and factual, document supported) posts. Too bad the people on Autoblog/AutoblogGreen won't pay attention to you.
I guess that's why you joined PriusChat, too.act...thanks, and thanks for your support on that site. I've sort of given up, because no matter how many times I refute the comments of the EV weenies on there, the same comments wind up in another blog post about diesels by the same commenters! I noticed the commenter who claimed he was an expert in emissions never responded to my follow-up posts. (Anyone can claim to be anything they want on the internet. That's why I don't bother explaining I've worked in air quality since March 1985, even though I really have; I just support my position with actual published data.)
I think they perceive diesels as threats to their EV-only utopia, and use the usual "there's no such thing as clean diesel" or "clean diesel is an oxymoron" nonsense to try to shame people into not buying any type of diesel vehicles because they pollute *their* air, as if gasoline vehicles, FCV or EVs don't.
Oh and wolfskin, thanks for your kind comment!
The local VW dealership had a few of the new 2012 Passat TDI's on display and the Saturday morning air seemed right to kick a few tires. One TDI was black w/beige interior and the second was silver w/black interior. The Monroney label MSRP $ range for both cars was $32k or so.Remind me what this has to do with the 2012 Passat?
Exactly!I think the solution to the weekend ozone effect is not so much more NOx but (drastically) less VOCs, HC and CO....
Exactly!
Yeah, the $30k price of admission to the Pa(US)sat TDI could buy ten 15 year old A3 TDIs, but as far as fuel economy goes, I think this will be giving the ALH 5 speeds a run for the money. See below.I think the point is to many of us here on this site at least is we want a new replacement that can at least equal the mid 50s mpgUS, easily achieved with a manual trans and 1Z or ALH equipped car......
.......If I am going to have to put out this kind of cash to replace my diesel it needs to at least equal the mid 50s mpgUS in mixed driving of pretty much any manual trans 1z or ALH equipped car.
Lug_Nut came over today to see the Passat and take it for a drive.
And of course, mileage expert that he is, after his test drive this is what the display read.
That 51.4 was obtained on a loop that I drove about an hour later in my B5.5. The loop consisted of highway, stop and go, and rural traffic. I was not making any serious attempts at max-MPG, but wanted to get an idea of what I'd get driving that car in my usual mode.
The B5.5's MFA indicated a 36.4 mpg average for that loop. Since I average 36 mpg in that car, I think the traffic and route was a fair equal to what I enounter everyday.
40% better in the '12? That's a big difference to attribute to an optimistic MFA.
The backup cameras had to be deleted because no one can get the parts necessary to build them. Those plants are still shut down in Japan. It would be great if VW could give you a voucher to have the camera installed once they start shipping again, but that is probably more work then most of the dealer's garages can handle.the lack of a back-up camera being one when you purchase the NAV option. No BU camera is insane when buying a NAV in todays market.
Interesting that Mazda and few others will be introducing diesels here next year which should make things more interesting!
LED tails are a pain in the... tail, in Canada or other snowy areas. In a snowstorm, they get coated in snow, and become nearly invisible, because they don't generate enough heat to melt the snow off. It's actually dangerous. On my B6 Passat I had to install a rear fog to overcome this. The rear fog is incandescent. It generated enough heat to melt the snow off the lens, so I could at least be seen by people approaching from behind.Oxford, I agree. Now how much would it have really added to put LED running lights and LED tails on the US version It makes the car look so much nicer and upscale. The more I give thought to this, the more I want to wait one more year to see how folks respond and buy the 2012. There are just too many open issues for me at this point...the lack of a back-up camera being one when you purchase the NAV option. No BU camera is insane when buying a NAV in todays market.
Don't get me wrong, I love the car but feel that VW will evolve and make a few tweaks to the 2013 that may get me closer to where I want to be. Interesting that Mazda and few others will be introducing diesels here next year which should make things more interesting!