Rico567
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There are many people involved in Dieselgate (I think 480,000 just in the U.S.), and there are people in different circumstances and with different motivations from thee and me.<snip>
It seems A LOT of TDI owners are not going back to the TDI. Why is this?
I've read there has been almost no drop in fuel mileage, and no drop in hp or torque.
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For myself, I'm in my '70s, have owned a dozen and a half vehicles, and our Passat is the first diesel. It's been a good car, no question, but diesel savings has become a far more dubious proposition with the higher cost of ULSD fuel, and the repair costs of certain components and systems in these common-rail cars can be hair-raising. By the time we turn this car in, we'll have around 80K miles on it, and VW is going to pay us just a few thousand less than we paid for the car in 2013. To me, that means it gets turned in, and given what's available out there, we'll be going to a gas car. Will we take an mpg hit? Sure, that's the breaks, but we'll do fine.