Well according to your sig you already have a 2014 TDI. Are you considering buying another car? What is worth it?Hi All,
I've test driven both the TDI and TSI. I wonder if anyone else has weighed the pros and cons of each and which would be better to go with. Is the price premium for the TDI still worth it to you?
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Sounds like you already have your mind made up. Fowvay spelled it all out for you. What would you like the rest of us to help you with?Yes, I have the TDI, but I think it's good but doesn't knock my socks off. I get good mpg... probably around 41 to 42 mixed overall since getting it. I test drove the TSI and was impressed but couldn't find it decently equipped with a stick. I'm thinking of driving the TDI over the next year or two, but with the new Golf Wagon coming out in TSI and TDI, I may cut that short and opt for the gas engine. TBD
Really?/ I owned my Ex 2010 Jetta Sportwagen TDI 6 speed manual for 3 years and 61 thousand miles......the lifetime average for the car was 33.8 MPG!! best ever was 47 and got as low as 27 MPG My daily commute is 3 miles 1 way.....My Hybrid now has 28000 miles in 15 months and lifetime average is 38.1 and it could get a lot better if I drove just a little differently......NOT and I have always been a HYBRID HATER!! still hate them!! except the Jetta! Price wasn't a consideration when purchased this car I love the Headlights and Taillights and climatronic and Fender stereo and backup camera which I could not get on a TDI waiting for the EA288 Golf Wagon.....but it will a deal breaker with no HIDS.....Couple of things. The TDI is going to get better miliage then 34 mpg, that number is crazy low. Second the last couple of 1.8 that I owned all ran on premium fuel. Did that change somewhere?
Yep, just pumping 87 since I have owned it. Haven't tried anything else.The 1.8T introduced this year is a new engine. Runs on regular.
Unless you're at high altitude like me. 85 is regular around here and 87 is mid-grade. That's why the price of diesel isn't that big of a deal in comparison. The TSI requires 87 (most other parts of the country that's considered regular) which is only .25 cents less than diesel.The 1.8T introduced this year is a new engine. Runs on regular.
What's up with that? Why would the octane rating be different at high altitudes? And do cars' requirements for octane change as well: i.e will a car that requires 87 at low altitudes require 85 at high altitudes? If it's only that the altitude affects the octane measurement, it should follow that it would affect the car's requirement similarly. If so, you could still run the TSI on regular.Unless you're at high altitude like me. 85 is regular around here and 87 is mid-grade.
Really?/ I owned my Ex 2010 Jetta Sportwagen TDI 6 speed manual for 3 years and 61 thousand miles......the lifetime average for the car was 33.8 MPG!! best ever was 47 and got as low as 27 MPG My daily commute is 3 miles 1 way.....My Hybrid now has 28000 miles in 15 months and lifetime average is 38.1 and it could get a lot better if I drove just a little differently......NOT and I have always been a HYBRID HATER!! still hate them!! except the Jetta! Price wasn't a consideration when purchased this car I love the Headlights and Taillights and climatronic and Fender stereo and backup camera which I could not get on a TDI waiting for the EA288 Golf Wagon.....but it will a deal breaker with no HIDS.....
I have a very hard time believing it also, 6x365=2190 miles a year x 3 = 6570 total milage, I think your off a little bud.... And even so my commute to my house from work is 1.3 miles, and i still am able to average 36MPG just going there and back everyday... The moment the engine warms up im at 40MPG anywhere, on highways im at 48-50.....I am confused you racked up 61,000 in three years and your commute was 3 miles one way???? If your driving 3 miles each way a TDI is not gonna have great mileage. I get about 42 MPG but I do a ton of highway say about 80% and I have a DSG. I drive it fast and do not baby the car for mileage.
So are you suggesting I am a liar? Lol.....I don't only drive those 6 miles a dayI am confused you racked up 61,000 in three years and your commute was 3 miles one way???? If your driving 3 miles each way a TDI is not gonna have great mileage. I get about 42 MPG but I do a ton of highway say about 80% and I have a DSG. I drive it fast and do not baby the car for mileage.
Fuelly would have me believe that what you're seeing on your customers' computers is not typical or representative of the larger population.It has to be way you drive then, cause my TDI is beating your hybrid MPG.... I work at a dealership and have seen a lot of TDI's come in, they all are 40+ on then MPG according to the car computer
Thanks Lawson!Fuelly would have me believe that what you're seeing on your customers' computers is incorrect.
The following information is for Jetta TDIs...
2014: 114 TDIs, 38.3 MPG average
2013: 603 TDIs, 38.5 MPG average
2012: 699 TDIs, 38.6 MPG average
2011: 593 TDIs, 37.9 MPG average
2010: 673 TDIs, 38.6 MPG average
2009: 530 TDIs, 37.7 MPG average
Not until <2006 do the average numbers on Fuelly increase to 40 MPG or above.